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UC Irvine tuition and net price

University of California, Irvine · Irvine, California · Public · 30,197 undergraduates

$16,235
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$53,837
out-of-state tuition and fees
$39,170
full cost of attendance a year
$13,866
average net price after aid

Out-of-state students pay 3.3 times the in-state price: $53,837 against $16,235 in tuition and fees for 2025-26. Grants cut the bill sharply. The average in-state student receiving aid paid $13,866, under half of the $39,170 cost of attendance. What a family pays depends heavily on income. Households under $30,000 paid $6,160 on average; those above $110,000 paid $30,831.

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $6,160Income under $30,000$6,160Income $30,001 to $48,000: $6,609Income $30,001 to $48,000$6,609Income $48,001 to $75,000: $9,897Income $48,001 to $75,000$9,897Income $75,001 to $110,000: $14,658Income $75,001 to $110,000$14,658Income over $110,000: $30,831Income over $110,000$30,831
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 Irvine'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: $36k In-state: $13k2015-16 Out-of-state: $38k In-state: $13k2016-17 Out-of-state: $40k In-state: $13k2017-18 Out-of-state: $42k In-state: $14k2018-19 Out-of-state: $43k In-state: $14k2019-20 Out-of-state: $43k In-state: $14k2020-21 Out-of-state: $44k In-state: $14k2021-22 Out-of-state: $44k In-state: $14k2022-23 Out-of-state: $44k In-state: $14k2023-24 Out-of-state: $45k In-state: $14k2024-25 Out-of-state: no data In-state: no data2025-26 Out-of-state: $54k In-state: $16k
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$16,235$53,837
2023-24$14,237$45,014
2022-23$13,939$44,011
2021-22$13,775$43,529
2020-21$13,753$43,507
2019-20$13,727$43,481
2018-19$13,700$42,692
2017-18$13,738$41,752
2016-17$13,360$40,042
2015-16$13,252$37,960
2014-15$13,179$36,057

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$16,235 in-state, $53,837 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$19,653
Books and supplies
$1,543
Full cost of attendance
$39,170 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
37%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
21%
Median federal debt at graduation
$12,821

Colleges similar to UC Irvine

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

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA		27%34,948$14,794$96,197
San Diego State
San Diego, CA		36%35,377$13,243$73,494
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA		33%23,113$16,807$82,568
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA		31%21,996$18,832$96,304
University of Georgia
Athens, GA		38%32,137$13,636$77,246
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL		24%32,212$8,605$68,225

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 Irvine on College Scorecard