La Jolla, CA · Public
26.7%
Acceptance rate
$11,750
Avg net price
33,787
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 9,717Master’s 2,581Doctoral 924 |
| Bachelor’s 1,892Master’s 241Doctoral 159 |
| Bachelor’s 1,726Master’s 149Doctoral 18 |
| Bachelor’s 1,128Master’s 738Doctoral 168 |
| Bachelor’s 919Master’s 126Doctoral 42 |
| Bachelor’s 890Master’s 16Doctoral 30 |
| Bachelor’s 679Master’s 385Doctoral 68 |
| Bachelor’s 619Master’s 363Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 345Master’s 111Doctoral 218 |
| Bachelor’s 316Master’s 166Doctoral 29 |
| Bachelor’s 244Master’s 126Doctoral 109 |
| Bachelor’s 244Master’s 4Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 221Master’s 24Doctoral 25 |
| Bachelor’s 100Master’s 11Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 73Master’s 54Doctoral 20 |
| Bachelor’s 68Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 67Master’s 5Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 67Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 61Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 26Master’s 8Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s 1Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 6Master’s 0Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 53Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
University of California, San Diego
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Big West Conference
Projected sponsored sports23
Athletic participation
563 unique student-athletes · 21 varsity teams
UC Application
FAFSA due Mar 2 · Financial Aid and Scholarships additional documents due Jun 15
· Apply with the UC application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $13,146
- Required fees
- $3,612
- Food and housing
- $18,970
- Books and supplies
- $1,286
- Other expenses
- $5,888
- Total
- $42,902
- $33,8492019–2019–20
- $35,3112020–2120–21
- $36,1602021–2221–22
- $37,0402022–2322–23
- $38,5052023–2423–24
- $42,9022024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $11,750 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 46%
- Average share of need met
- 83.5%
- Average need-based grant
- $28,634
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from University of California-San Diego’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
University of California-San Diego admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in University of California-San Diego's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. University of California-San Diego admits in-state applicants at 24.7%, out-of-state applicants at 39.7%, and international applicants at 30.9%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
7,801 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are not used in admission. Submission shares describe only students who chose to submit.
University of California-San Diego’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 94% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 96% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.88
High-school class rank
Among the 96% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
University of California-San Diego rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- State residency
- Important
- Volunteer work
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
University of California-San Diego leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Does disclose: Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
University of California-San Diego's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $11,750 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 3,616 of 7,788 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, University of California-San Diego offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
University of California-San Diego admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
93.9% of University of California-San Diego’s first-years return for a second year and 87.6% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03