For California 4-Year Colleges, the 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees is $6,071 for California residents and $27,607 for out-of-state students.
For graduate programs, the average tuition & fees is $12,315 for California residents and $25,894 for out-of-state students.
Career Networks Institute has the highest undergraduate tuition & fees of $143,276 and Trinity School of Health and Allied Sciences has the lowest tuition & fees of $930 among California 4-Year Colleges. For graduate programs, Claremont McKenna College has the highest graduate tuition & fees of $72,294 and Grace Mission University has the lowest graduate tuition & fees of $2,460 among California 4-Year Colleges.
You can narrow California colleges down into public schools and private schools to check tuition and other college costs in deep.
The average COA of California 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $28,212 for state residents and $49,749 for out-of-state students including tuition, fees, books, supplies, room & board (on-campus), and other living expenses.
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-State | Out-of-State | In-State | Out-of-State | |
| Tuition & Fees | $6,071 | $27,607 | $12,315 | $25,894 |
| Books & Supplies | $1,234 | $1,234 | ||
| Room & Board | $16,599 | $16,599 | ||
| Other Expenses | $4,309 | $4,309 | ||
| COA | $28,212 | $49,749 | $34,456 | $48,035 |
The 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees of California 4-Year Colleges is $6,071 for state residents and $27,607 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of average tuition & fees for California 4-Year Colleges over last 5 years as well as recent year average tuition & fees.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| 2020-2021 | $4,593 | $1,024 | $23,985 | $909 |
| 2021-2022 | $4,580 | $1,048 | $24,064 | $961 |
| 2022-2023 | $4,599 | $1,069 | $24,385 | $1,009 |
| 2023-2024 | $4,646 | $1,131 | $25,340 | $1,088 |
| 2024-2025 | $4,858 | $1,213 | $26,442 | $1,165 |
The average graduate program tuition & fees of California 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $12,315 for state residents and $25,894 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of average graduate tuition & fees for California 4-Year Colleges over last 5 years.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| 2020-2021 | $9,672 | $1,876 | $21,835 | $1,014 |
| 2021-2022 | $9,654 | $1,880 | $22,072 | $1,061 |
| 2022-2023 | $9,715 | $1,842 | $22,522 | $1,092 |
| 2023-2024 | $9,829 | $1,925 | $23,286 | $1,149 |
| 2024-2025 | $10,357 | $1,958 | $24,649 | $1,245 |
The undergraduate average cost per credit hour of California 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $944 for state residents and $929 for out-of-state students.
The graduate average cost per credit hour is $988 for state residents and $908 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of tuition per credit hour over last 5 years.
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-State | Out-of-State | In-State | Out-of-State | |
| 2020-2021 | $843 | $824 | $889 | $816 |
| 2021-2022 | $859 | $841 | $962 | $878 |
| 2022-2023 | $871 | $854 | $921 | $844 |
| 2023-2024 | $898 | $882 | $936 | $857 |
| 2024-2025 | $944 | $929 | $988 | $908 |
The average living costs of California 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $20,908 when a student lives on campus such as dormitory and school's apartment and $25,862 living off campus including room, board, and other living expenses.
The following table describes the changes of average living costs over last 5 years for California 4-Year Colleges.
| On-Campus | Off-Campus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room&Board | Other Expenses | Room&Board | Other Expenses | |
| 2020-2021 | $13,695 | $3,414 | $14,655 | $4,581 |
| 2021-2022 | $13,928 | $3,368 | $15,368 | $4,639 |
| 2022-2023 | $14,558 | $3,517 | $16,219 | $4,897 |
| 2023-2024 | $15,525 | $3,974 | $17,804 | $5,547 |
| 2024-2025 | $16,599 | $4,309 | $19,768 | $6,094 |