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UC Riverside tuition and net price

University of California, Riverside · Riverside, California · Public · 22,593 undergraduates

$16,103
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$53,705
out-of-state tuition and fees
$38,424
full cost of attendance a year
$12,672
average net price after aid

Out-of-state students pay 3.3 times the in-state price: $53,705 against $16,103 in tuition and fees for 2025-26. Grants cut the bill sharply. The average in-state student receiving aid paid $12,672, under half of the $38,424 cost of attendance. What a family pays depends heavily on income. Households under $30,000 paid $6,871 on average; those above $110,000 paid $30,021.

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $6,871Income under $30,000$6,871Income $30,001 to $48,000: $7,549Income $30,001 to $48,000$7,549Income $48,001 to $75,000: $9,099Income $48,001 to $75,000$9,099Income $75,001 to $110,000: $13,190Income $75,001 to $110,000$13,190Income over $110,000: $30,021Income over $110,000$30,021
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 Riverside'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: $14k2016-17 Out-of-state: $40k 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: $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$16,103$53,705
2023-24$14,170$44,947
2022-23$13,874$43,946
2021-22$13,754$43,508
2020-21$13,859$43,613
2019-20$13,853$43,607
2018-19$13,827$42,819
2017-18$13,917$41,931
2016-17$13,581$40,263
2015-16$13,527$38,235
2014-15$13,407$36,285

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$16,103 in-state, $53,705 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$20,416
Books and supplies
$1,750
Full cost of attendance
$38,424 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
49%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
30%
Median federal debt at graduation
$16,368

Colleges similar to UC Riverside

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

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Pomona, CA		75%25,042$9,404$77,464
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK		77%22,734$15,531$66,905
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL		77%22,170$9,540$73,666
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK		75%21,773$17,058$60,713
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte, NC		80%24,453$15,142$63,486
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV		74%15,599$13,797$67,303

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 Riverside on College Scorecard