2025 Tuition & fees

The 2025 tuition & fees at UC Santa Cruz is $15,035 for California residents and $46,923 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 3.50% from last year.
The next table shows the 2025 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at UC Santa Cruz.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at University of California-Santa Cruz Cost of Attendance page.
University of California-Santa Cruz 2025 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
California ResidentsOut-of-StateCalifornia ResidentsOut-of-State
2021$14,025$43,779$13,850$28,952
2022$14,070$43,824$13,895$28,997
2023$14,240$44,312$14,213$29,315
2024$14,560$45,337$14,855$29,957
2025$15,035$46,923$15,410$30,512

Online Student Population

There are 19,938 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at UC Santa Cruz. Of that, 166 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 5,098 students have joined to some online courses and 14,674 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2023-2024.
Online Student Population at University of California-Santa Cruz
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total19,93817,9401,998
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes1661651
Enrolled Some in Online Classes5,0985,08810
Not Enrolled in Online Classes14,67412,6871,987
Online Student Population by Student Location at University of California-Santa Cruz
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)1661651
California Residents1631621
Other State in U.S.220
Outside of U.S.110
Unknown000