2024 Tuition & fees

The 2024 tuition & fees at UCSB is $14,965 for California residents and $45,742 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 2.36% from last year.
The next table shows the 2024 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at UCSB.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at University of California-Santa Barbara Cost of Attendance page.
University of California-Santa Barbara 2024 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
California ResidentsOut-of-StateCalifornia ResidentsOut-of-State
2020$14,391$44,145$13,554$28,656
2021$14,406$44,160$13,568$28,670
2022$14,417$44,171$13,581$28,683
2023$14,617$44,689$13,872$28,974
2024$14,965$45,742$14,453$29,555

Online Student Population

There are 26,420 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at UCSB. Of that, 10 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 2,747 students have joined to some online courses and 23,663 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2022-2023.
Online Student Population at University of California-Santa Barbara
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total26,42023,4592,961
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes10100
Enrolled Some in Online Classes2,7472,461286
Not Enrolled in Online Classes23,66320,9882,675
Online Student Population by Student Location at University of California-Santa Barbara
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)10100
California Residents10100
Other State in U.S.000
Outside of U.S.000
Unknown000