2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at University of California-Riverside with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For California residents, the tuition & fees are $14,366 and $29,468 for non-California residents.
Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)
2024 COATuition Trends
2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$12,264$27,366
Fees$2,102$2,102
Books & Supplies$1,748
Room & Board$19,433 (On-Campus) / $13,781 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$4,934 (On-Campus) / $5,752 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$40,481$55,583
Off-Campus Total$35,647$50,749
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
In-State$13,584$13,584$13,467$13,749$14,366
Out-of-State$28,686$28,686$28,569$28,851$29,468

Graduate Program Overview

University of California-Riverside is a four-years, public school located in Riverside, California. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $14,366 for California residents and $29,468 for out-of-state students.
It offers 102 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameUniversity of California-Riverside
TypeFour-years, Public
Address900 University Ave, Riverside, CA
Graduate School Students3,979 students
125 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$14,366
Out-of-State$29,468
Student to Faculty24:1 (4.17%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 102 Graduate Programs
57 Master's, 45 Doctorate

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of California-Riverside offers Masters, Doctorate graduate degree/certificate programs through 102 major areas - 57 Master's , 45 Doctorate . 842 students have been conferred Master's degree and 400 students have received Doctorate degree last year.The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total842400--
Men435225--
Women407175--
Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
Agriculture
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Soil Science and Agronomy- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Natural Resources and Conservation
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental Science5 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Southeast Asian Studies1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)4 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science54 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Education
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education112 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering46 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering17 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering12 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer Engineering10 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering43 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering15 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Comparative Literature3 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and Literature5 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature4 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Creative Writing45 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biomedical Sciences6 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology9 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Botany/Plant Biology2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Microbiology1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Entomology5 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Environmental Toxicology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Bioinformatics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Ecology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience1 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mathematics and Statistics
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics10 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Statistics10 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Philosophy and Religious Studies
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy6 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Religion/Religious Studies2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physical Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry9 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science5 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics7 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Materials Science11 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Psychology
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)11 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Human Services
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Policy Analysis23 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology6 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Economics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics2 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government10 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Sociology10 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Visual and Performing Arts
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Visual and Performing Arts7 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Dance2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Dance (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Art History, Criticism and Conservation7 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Music3 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management166 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Accounting- NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Finance51 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)73 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
History
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History7 - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Agriculture
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Soil Science and Agronomy- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Natural Resources and Conservation
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental Science- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
Computer and Information Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Education
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Comparative Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
English Language and Literature
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biomedical Sciences- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Botany/Plant Biology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Microbiology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Entomology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Environmental Toxicology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Bioinformatics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Ecology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Evolutionary BiologyNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mathematics and Statistics
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Statistics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Philosophy and Religious Studies
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Religion/Religious Studies- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physical Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Physics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Materials Science- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Psychology
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Economics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Sociology- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Visual and Performing Arts
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Dance (other)- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Art History, Criticism and Conservation- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Music- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
History
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History- - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
MedicineNOT OFFERED - NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 26,847 students enrolled in University of California-Riverside including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.
In graduate school, 3,979 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 2,141 male and 1,838 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 3,658 full-time and 321 part-time students in graduate schools.
It offers online degree programs and 125 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 433 students are taking some online graduate courses.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total3,979
Men Students2,141
Women Students1,838
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total3,979
Full-time Students3,658
Part-time Students321
By race/ethnicity 955 White, 108 Black, and 475 Asian students are attending at University of California-Riverside. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total3,979
American Indian /
Native American
20
Asian475
Black108
Hispanic703
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
4
White955
Two or more races147
Un-Known134
76 students are younger than 22 and 182 students are older than 65. The school has 2,837 students aged between 22 and 30 and 803 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total3,979
21 & Under76
22-241,121
25-291,716
30-34605
35-39198
40 & Over182
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of California-Riverside, 125 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 433 students are enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment3,898
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses125
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses433
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses3,340
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses125
California Resident114
Other State In U.S.-
Outside of U.S.0

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