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UC Davis tuition and net price

University of California, Davis · Davis, California · Public · 32,253 undergraduates

$17,346
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$54,948
out-of-state tuition and fees
$43,191
full cost of attendance a year
$14,318
average net price after aid

Out-of-state students pay 3.2 times the in-state price: $54,948 against $17,346 in tuition and fees for 2025-26. Grants cut the bill sharply. The average in-state student receiving aid paid $14,318, under half of the $43,191 cost of attendance. What a family pays depends heavily on income. Households under $30,000 paid $8,770 on average; those above $110,000 paid $32,902.

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $8,770Income under $30,000$8,770Income $30,001 to $48,000: $9,042Income $30,001 to $48,000$9,042Income $48,001 to $75,000: $11,562Income $48,001 to $75,000$11,562Income $75,001 to $110,000: $15,645Income $75,001 to $110,000$15,645Income over $110,000: $32,902Income over $110,000$32,902
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 UC Davis's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$20k$40k$60k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26Out-of-stateIn-state2014-15 Out-of-state: $37k In-state: $14k2015-16 Out-of-state: $39k In-state: $14k2016-17 Out-of-state: $41k In-state: $14k2017-18 Out-of-state: $42k In-state: $14k2018-19 Out-of-state: $43k In-state: $14k2019-20 Out-of-state: $44k In-state: $14k2020-21 Out-of-state: $44k In-state: $15k2021-22 Out-of-state: $44k In-state: $15k2022-23 Out-of-state: $45k In-state: $15k2023-24 Out-of-state: $46k In-state: $15k2024-25 Out-of-state: no data In-state: no data2025-26 Out-of-state: $55k In-state: $17k
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$17,346$54,948
2023-24$15,247$46,024
2022-23$14,858$44,930
2021-22$14,645$44,399
2020-21$14,597$44,351
2019-20$14,495$44,249
2018-19$14,402$43,394
2017-18$14,419$42,433
2016-17$14,046$40,728
2015-16$13,951$38,659
2014-15$13,896$36,774

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$17,346 in-state, $54,948 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$20,437
Books and supplies
$1,463
Full cost of attendance
$43,191 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
36%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
20%
Median federal debt at graduation
$12,038

Colleges similar to UC Davis

The six public four-year colleges closest to UC Davis in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
University of Washington
Seattle, WA		39%31,942$13,663$83,105
University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign
Champaign, IL		42%36,258$13,042$87,599
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD		45%30,760$14,296$89,228
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC		42%27,371$16,486$77,810
University of Georgia
Athens, GA		38%32,137$13,636$77,246
San Diego State
San Diego, CA		36%35,377$13,243$73,494

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 · UC Davis on College Scorecard