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University of California-Santa Cruz: cost, debt and earnings by major
40 programs with reported graduate earnings. Click one for net cost, payback and 10-year return.
- Average net price, all families
- $18,549
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Odds of finishing
- 74%
- Within 150% of normal time · Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Admission rate
- 66%
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Undergraduates
- 17,940
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Median debt of graduates
- $15,000
- NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Borrowers in default after 2 years
- 2.0%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Net price by family income
| $0–30,000 | $9,973 |
|---|---|
| $30,001–48,000 | $10,713 |
| $48,001–75,000 | $13,446 |
| $75,001–110,000 | $18,220 |
| $110,000+ | $35,350 |
What families paid per year after grants, AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Bachelor's programs (37)
- Computer Engineering$124,641
- Computer Science$123,422
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$118,290
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering$98,567
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$94,589
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$88,305
- Business/Managerial Economics$82,064
- Economics$76,382
- Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology$74,517 (1 yr)
- Physics$72,553 (1 yr)
- Cognitive Science$72,125
- Chemistry$71,348
- Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences$69,849
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences$69,027
- Design and Applied Arts$66,333
- Non-Professional Legal Studies$66,244
- Political Science and Government$65,890
- Biology, General$65,036
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences$64,499
- History$60,519
- Psychology, General$59,948
- Mathematics$59,214
- Graphic Communications$58,163
- Community Organization and Advocacy$56,620
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies$55,798
- Sociology$55,338
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research$55,240
- Behavioral Sciences$54,606
- Anthropology$52,315
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$51,519
- Philosophy$51,398
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology$49,821
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services$49,763
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts$45,815
- Fine and Studio Arts$40,156
- Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education$30,814 (1 yr)
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$30,524
Master's programs (2)
- Economics$110,425
- Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research$73,343