Tuition and Fees

Calculating Fees

UCSC Undergraduate Students

• $0 – Registration Fee (no registering, enroll like the rest of the year)
• $341.90* - Campus Fee (only paid once for the summer)
• $279 - Tuition per credit (the same for both in and out-of-state students)
• Pay for only 10 - No additional tuition is charged after 10 credits (UC students only)

Visiting Students from other UC campuses

• $50 - Registration Fee
• $341.90* - Campus Fee (only paid once for the summer)
• $279 - Tuition per credit (the same for both in and out-of-state students)
• Pay for only 10 - No additional tuition charged after 10 credits (UC students only)

Visiting Students from other colleges and universities, high school, professionals, etc.

• $50 - Registration Fee
• $341.90* - Campus Fee (only paid once for the summer)
• $279 - Tuition per credit (the same for both in and out-of-state students)
• No tuition discounts available. 

Visiting Students from California Community Colleges (CCC)

• $50 - Registration Fee
• $341.90* - Campus Fee (mandatory for all courses, including online)
• $139.50 - Tuition per credit (summer-only CCC students get 50% off per-credit tuition)

Non-UC students - to calculate your tuition, multiply the total number of credits x per credit tuition and then add the campus fee.

UC Student Fees Table

*2024 Campus Fee, subject to change. The 2025 Pay for Only 10 program is only for continuing UC and UCSC students. Non-UC visiting students (including former students who need to register to enroll), high school students, staff, alumni, and international summer-only students are not eligible for Pay for Only 10. 

Fee Information For:

Independent Studies (see your page for rates)

UCSC Faculty & Staff (see your page for rates)

UCSC Alumni (see rates for visiting students above)

Summer Edge Students (see rates for UC students above)

High School Students (see rates for visiting students above)

International Students (see your page for rates)

Campus Fee 

• The Campus Fee is mandatory for students enrolled in credits (on-campus, remotely, and online). It is charged every quarter at UC Santa Cruz. The only exception is for newly admitted students taking the one-credit Slug Orientation Course (with nothing additional).
• The Campus Fee is not a fee for usage of the campus. It is a campus-based fee, meaning it varies across the UC system's different campuses, charged by all UCs, all quarters, and semesters.  
• Our Campus Fee is a culmination of fees that UCSC students have self-assessed to fund services, resources, and projects that they have approved by votes of the student body and ratified by the Senate, approved by the Chancellor, and ultimately, the President of the University of California. Visit the 2024 fee breakdown (2025 fee breakdown available in spring) for extensive details.

VA Benefits

• Continuing UC students attending Summer Session can use their Cal Vet waiver.  Cal Vet waives the Summer Session tuition and course fees. The mandatory campus fee is not waived by Cal Vet. New fall admits can use their GI Bill for the preceding summer if the courses fulfill their degree requirements. Students from another UC Campus or California Community College may use the GI Bill with a Parent School Letter agreement. Contact the UCSC VA Certifying Official or email vets_benefits@ucsc.edu for more information.

Tuition and fees have been set regardless of the method of instruction and will not be refunded in the event instruction occurs remotely for any part of the Academic Year.  Figures for tuition and fees represent currently approved amounts and may not be final.  Actual tuition and fees are subject to change by the University of California as determined to be necessary or appropriate.  Final approved tuition and fee levels may differ from the amounts presented.