Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$43,191
$22,926
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$14,318
$9,426
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$51,920
$22,746
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
University of California, Davis
California State University-Long Beach
Under $30,000
$8,770
$6,443
$30,000–$48,000
$9,042
$6,576
$48,000–$75,000
$11,562
$7,576
$75,000–$110,000
$15,645
$11,462
Over $110,000
$32,902
$19,919
After you start
Measure
University of California, Davis
California State University-Long Beach
Undergrads
32,253
35,924
Graduate within 6 years
85%
70%
Come back for year two
93%
87%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$86,999
$69,554
Median debt at graduation
$12,038
$14,195
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers