Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$44,833
$26,045
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$16,807
$13,243
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$54,409
$29,563
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
University of California, Santa Barbara
San Diego State University
Under $30,000
$9,523
$8,258
$30,000–$48,000
$10,281
$8,236
$48,000–$75,000
$14,181
$10,413
$75,000–$110,000
$18,954
$13,498
Over $110,000
$36,658
$22,130
After you start
Measure
University of California, Santa Barbara
San Diego State University
Undergrads
23,113
35,377
Graduate within 6 years
85%
78%
Come back for year two
93%
91%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$82,568
$73,494
Median debt at graduation
$11,776
$14,500
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