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San Diego State tuition and net price

San Diego State University · San Diego, California · Public · 35,377 undergraduates

$9,180
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$25,500
out-of-state tuition and fees
$26,045
full cost of attendance a year
$13,243
average net price after aid

Residency is worth $16,320 a year in tuition and fees at San Diego State: California residents pay $9,180 for 2025-26, everyone else $25,500. Low-income students pay comparatively little: $8,258 a year on average for families under $30,000, rising to $22,130 above $110,000. University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign has the lowest average net price among the schools closest to San Diego State in size and selectivity ($13,042), and University of California, San Diego the highest ($14,794).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $8,258Income under $30,000$8,258Income $30,001 to $48,000: $8,236Income $30,001 to $48,000$8,236Income $48,001 to $75,000: $10,413Income $48,001 to $75,000$10,413Income $75,001 to $110,000: $13,498Income $75,001 to $110,000$13,498Income over $110,000: $22,130Income over $110,000$22,130
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid and paying the in-state rate.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use San Diego State's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$10k$20k$30k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26Out-of-stateIn-state2014-15 Out-of-state: $18k In-state: $7k2015-16 Out-of-state: $18k In-state: $7k2016-17 Out-of-state: $18k In-state: $7k2017-18 Out-of-state: $19k In-state: $7k2018-19 Out-of-state: $19k In-state: $7k2019-20 Out-of-state: $19k In-state: $8k2020-21 Out-of-state: $20k In-state: $8k2021-22 Out-of-state: $20k In-state: $8k2022-23 Out-of-state: $20k In-state: $8k2023-24 Out-of-state: $20k In-state: $8k2024-25 Out-of-state: no data In-state: no data2025-26 Out-of-state: $26k In-state: $9k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearIn-stateOut-of-state
2025-26$9,180$25,500
2023-24$8,290$20,170
2022-23$8,174$20,054
2021-22$8,136$20,016
2020-21$7,720$19,600
2019-20$7,510$19,390
2018-19$7,488$19,368
2017-18$7,460$19,340
2016-17$7,084$18,244
2015-16$6,976$18,136
2014-15$6,866$18,026

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$9,180 in-state, $25,500 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$23,736
Books and supplies
$970
Full cost of attendance
$26,045 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
35%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
24%
Median federal debt at graduation
$14,500

Colleges similar to San Diego State

The six public four-year colleges closest to San Diego State in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
University of Georgia
Athens, GA		38%32,137$13,636$77,246
University of Washington
Seattle, WA		39%31,942$13,663$83,105
UC Davis
Davis, CA		42%32,253$14,318$86,999
University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign
Champaign, IL		42%36,258$13,042$87,599
UC Irvine
Irvine, CA		29%30,197$13,866$83,432
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA		27%34,948$14,794$96,197

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · San Diego State on College Scorecard