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UC Santa Barbara tuition and net price

University of California, Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, California · Public · 23,113 undergraduates

$16,989
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$54,591
out-of-state tuition and fees
$44,833
full cost of attendance a year
$16,807
average net price after aid

Out-of-state students pay 3.2 times the in-state price: $54,591 against $16,989 in tuition and fees for 2025-26. Grants cut the bill sharply. The average in-state student receiving aid paid $16,807, under half of the $44,833 cost of attendance. What a family pays depends heavily on income. Households under $30,000 paid $9,523 on average; those above $110,000 paid $36,658.

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $9,523Income under $30,000$9,523Income $30,001 to $48,000: $10,281Income $30,001 to $48,000$10,281Income $48,001 to $75,000: $14,181Income $48,001 to $75,000$14,181Income $75,001 to $110,000: $18,954Income $75,001 to $110,000$18,954Income over $110,000: $36,658Income over $110,000$36,658
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 Santa Barbara'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: $14k2021-22 Out-of-state: $44k In-state: $14k2022-23 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$16,989$54,591
2023-24$14,965$45,742
2022-23$14,617$44,689
2021-22$14,417$44,171
2020-21$14,406$44,160
2019-20$14,391$44,145
2018-19$14,391$43,383
2017-18$14,451$42,465
2016-17$14,073$40,755
2015-16$13,968$38,676
2014-15$13,865$36,743

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$16,989 in-state, $54,591 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$21,975
Books and supplies
$1,484
Full cost of attendance
$44,833 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
32%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
18%
Median federal debt at graduation
$11,776

Colleges similar to UC Santa Barbara

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

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA		31%21,996$18,832$96,304
UC Irvine
Irvine, CA		29%30,197$13,866$83,432
San Diego State
San Diego, CA		36%35,377$13,243$73,494
Clemson
Clemson, SC		38%23,300$22,032$79,064
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA		27%34,948$14,794$96,197
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC		42%27,371$16,486$77,810

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 Santa Barbara on College Scorecard