Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$39,170
$41,664
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$13,866
$14,794
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$51,468
$52,396
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
University of California, Irvine
University of California, San Diego
Under $30,000
$6,160
$9,229
$30,000–$48,000
$6,609
$9,965
$48,000–$75,000
$9,897
$12,147
$75,000–$110,000
$14,658
$17,235
Over $110,000
$30,831
$32,338
After you start
Measure
University of California, Irvine
University of California, San Diego
Undergrads
30,197
34,948
Graduate within 6 years
86%
88%
Come back for year two
94%
94%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$83,432
$96,197
Median debt at graduation
$12,821
$13,000
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