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College costs in California

All 328 colleges in California, 203 four-year and 125 two-year. Median published tuition and fees at the four-year schools is $16,900, rising about 2.1% a year. 49 of the four-year schools are public. 84 show a tuition freeze or guarantee.

Four-year colleges (203)

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Abraham Lincoln University	private	$9,120	n/a
Academy of Art University	private	$28,024	4.0%
Agape College of Business and Science	private	$10,619	n/a
Alliant International University-San Diego	private	$17,949	0.5%
America Evangelical University	private	$6,200	n/a
American Jewish University	private	$10,596	n/a
American University of Health Sciences	private	$24,575	0.7%
Antelope Valley Community College District	public	$1,124	0.2%
Antioch University-Los Angeles	private	$16,350	-5.3%
Antioch University-Santa Barbara	private	$19,560	1.3%
Arizona College-Ontario	private	$30,133	n/a
Art Center College of Design	private	$51,640	3.5%
Ashford University	private	$13,160	2.6%
Azusa Pacific University	private	$43,600	3.1%
Bakersfield College	public	$1,430	0.9%
Bergin University of Canine Studies	private	$10,440	0.6%
Berkeley School of Theology	private	$2,856	n/a
Bethesda University	private	$7,220	-2.6%
Beverly Hills Design Institute	private	$23,220	0.4%
Biola University	private	$46,704	3.8%
California Aeronautical University	private	$35,465	n/a
California Arts University	private	$9,500	n/a
California Baptist University	private	$39,720	3.4%
California Christian College	private	$10,890	3.1%
California College of the Arts	private	$57,946	3.7%
California Institute of Arts & Technology	private	$15,390	n/a
California Institute of Arts & Technology-National City	private	$15,390	n/a
California Institute of Integral Studies	private	$22,334	-2.2%
California Institute of Technology	private	$71,229	4.2%
California Institute of the Arts	private	$56,724	3.3%
California Intercontinental University	private	$9,054	-0.1%
California Jazz Conservatory	private	$23,700	3.5%
California Lutheran University	private	$50,670	3.5%
California Miramar University	private	$9,994	2.4%
California Northstate University	private	$59,254	n/a
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	public	$14,682	4.5%
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt	public	$7,913	1.1%
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	public	$7,439	0.8%
California State University Maritime Academy	public	$7,672	1.8%
California State University-Bakersfield	public	$7,696	1.4%
California State University-Channel Islands	public	$6,817	0.5%
California State University-Chico	public	$8,064	1.6%
California State University-Dominguez Hills	public	$7,064	1.6%
California State University-East Bay	public	$7,055	0.8%
California State University-Fresno	public	$6,980	1.1%
California State University-Fullerton	public	$7,073	1.3%
California State University-Long Beach	public	$8,752	2.8%
California State University-Los Angeles	public	$6,818	0.8%
California State University-Monterey Bay	public	$7,437	2.5%
California State University-Northridge	public	$7,095	0.9%
California State University-Sacramento	public	$7,602	1.5%
California State University-San Bernardino	public	$7,675	1.8%
California State University-San Marcos	public	$7,734	0.8%
California State University-Stanislaus	public	$7,826	1.8%
Chamberlain University-California	private	$21,602	1.5%
Chapman University	private	$70,374	3.7%
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science	private	$18,933	5.7%
Claremont Lincoln University	private	$6,000	n/a
Claremont McKenna College	private	$75,720	4.0%
Columbia College Hollywood	private	$26,175	3.6%
Concordia University-Irvine	private	$41,390	3.4%
Cypress College	public	$1,146	0.1%
Design Institute of San Diego	private	$29,350	4.7%
DeVry University-California	private	$15,032	-1.4%
Dharma Realm Buddhist University	private	$21,000	n/a
Dominican University of California	private	$50,666	2.2%
Epic Bible College & Graduate School	private	$11,484	1.9%
Feather River Community College District	public	$1,465	0.1%
FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising	private	$34,325	1.5%
Foothill College	public	$1,565	0.1%
Fresno Pacific University	private	$35,558	3.3%
Gnomon	private	$34,215	2.7%
Golden Gate University	private	$11,343	-2.8%
Grace Mission University	private	$3,500	3.0%
Harvey Mudd College	private	$77,280	3.9%
Haven University	private	$7,120	n/a
Holy Names University	private	$42,115	2.7%
Hope International University	private	$36,250	3.3%
Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses	private	$14,760	1.9%
Hussian College-Los Angeles	private	$41,596	0.7%
Interior Designers Institute	private	$20,250	1.3%
John Paul the Great Catholic University	private	$29,500	1.9%
La Sierra University	private	$35,910	2.1%
Laguna College of Art and Design	private	$35,650	3.0%
Latin American Bible Institute	private	$12,320	n/a
Life Pacific University	private	$20,462	5.3%
Lincoln University	private	$11,900	2.0%
Lionel University	private	$15,288	7.6%
Loma Linda University	private	$27,900	-1.4%
Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art	private	$31,618	n/a
Los Angeles College of Music	private	$25,650	1.3%
Los Angeles Pacific University	private	$11,975	0.7%
Loyola Marymount University	private	$68,929	4.5%
Marymount California University	private	$36,908	2.1%
Menlo College	private	$51,070	3.5%
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey	private	$47,026	3.0%
Minerva University	private	$18,700	5.6%
MiraCosta College	public	$1,152	0.0%
Modesto Junior College	public	$1,270	1.1%
Mount Saint Mary's University	private	$48,132	3.7%
Musicians Institute	private	$27,194	1.4%
National University	private	$13,320	0.8%
New York Film Academy	private	$36,738	3.5%
Newschool of Architecture and Design	private	$30,291	3.4%
Northcentral University	private	$12,594	2.3%
Notre Dame de Namur University	private	$15,792	-7.5%
Oak Valley College	private	$16,100	n/a
Occidental College	private	$71,103	3.4%
Otis College of Art and Design	private	$52,460	2.9%
Pacific College of Health and Science	private	$10,732	2.6%
Pacific Oaks College	private	$33,360	5.9%
Pacific States University	private	$9,810	-5.3%
Pacific Union College	private	$35,214	2.5%
Palo Alto University	private	$23,096	1.4%
Pathways College	private	$6,180	n/a
Pepperdine University	private	$75,202	4.1%
Pitzer College	private	$70,496	3.4%
Platt College-Anaheim	private	$14,804	n/a
Platt College-Los Angeles	private	$14,804	0.0%
Platt College-Ontario	private	$14,804	0.0%
Platt College-Riverside	private	$14,804	0.0%
Platt College-San Diego	private	$15,310	-5.4%
Point Loma Nazarene University	private	$43,550	3.7%
Pomona College	private	$72,080	3.8%
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America	private	$8,839	n/a
Providence Christian College	private	$35,172	3.6%
Reach University	private	$12,374	n/a
Rio Hondo College	public	$1,388	0.3%
Saint Mary's College of California	private	$56,134	3.4%
Samuel Merritt University	private	$50,934	-1.0%
San Diego Christian College	private	$26,300	-0.3%
San Diego Global Knowledge University	private	$13,774	n/a
San Diego Mesa College	public	$1,150	0.1%
San Diego State University	public	$9,780	3.1%
San Francisco Bay University	private	$8,775	1.4%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music	private	$54,550	3.2%
San Francisco State University	public	$7,424	1.5%
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia	private	$16,606	n/a
San Jose State University	public	$9,553	2.4%
Santa Ana College	public	$1,180	0.4%
Santa Barbara Business College-Bakersfield	private	$11,658	-0.3%
Santa Clara University	private	$65,610	3.4%
Santa Monica College	public	$1,156	0.2%
Scripps College	private	$70,926	3.4%
Shasta Bible College and Graduate School	private	$14,535	3.0%
Shasta College	public	$1,197	0.1%
Simpson University	private	$38,522	5.3%
Skyline College	public	$1,332	-0.9%
Smith Chason College	private	$19,100	-5.9%
Sofia University	private	$18,575	n/a
Soka University of America	private	$37,450	2.4%
Solano Community College	public	$1,172	-2.1%
Sonoma State University	public	$8,190	1.3%
Southern California Institute of Architecture	private	$53,564	3.2%
Southern California Institute of Technology	private	$20,515	2.0%
Southern California Seminary	private	$18,720	3.1%
Southern California University of Health Sciences	private	$7,725	-3.5%
Southern States University	private	$7,439	n/a
Stanford University	private	$68,484	3.6%
SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary	private	$10,460	1.3%
Teachers College of San Joaquin	public	$6,270	n/a
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles	private	$20,844	5.2%
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at San Diego	private	$20,844	n/a
The Master's University and Seminary	private	$36,930	2.4%
The University of America	private	$8,000	n/a
Thomas Aquinas College	private	$28,700	1.8%
Touro University Worldwide	private	$14,640	0.0%
United States University	private	$7,067	-3.9%
Unitek College	private	$35,284	4.2%
University of California-Berkeley	public	$18,214	2.8%
University of California-Davis	public	$18,078	2.4%
University of California-Irvine	public	$14,237	0.9%
University of California-Los Angeles	public	$13,747	0.9%
University of California-Merced	public	$14,167	0.8%
University of California-Riverside	public	$16,745	2.0%
University of California-San Diego	public	$15,265	1.4%
University of California-Santa Barbara	public	$17,673	2.2%
University of California-Santa Cruz	public	$17,232	2.3%
University of La Verne	private	$49,450	3.4%
University of Massachusetts Global	public	$12,520	0.3%
University of Phoenix-California	private	$9,552	-2.0%
University of Redlands	private	$57,614	3.3%
University of Saint Katherine	private	$28,800	n/a
University of San Diego	private	$64,854	3.5%
University of San Francisco	private	$64,432	3.8%
University of Silicon Valley	private	$22,480	3.7%
University of Southern California	private	$76,981	3.9%
University of the Pacific	private	$55,340	3.3%
University of the People	private	$1,200	2.6%
University of the West	private	$14,718	4.4%
University of West Los Angeles	private	$7,795	n/a
Vanguard University of Southern California	private	$39,950	3.2%
West Coast University-Los Angeles	private	$37,194	1.5%
West Coast University-Ontario	private	$37,194	1.5%
West Coast University-Orange County	private	$22,685	-3.9%
West Los Angeles College	public	$1,238	0.2%
Westcliff University	private	$21,000	n/a
Westmont College	private	$51,790	2.9%
Whittier College	private	$49,864	2.0%
William Jessup University	private	$37,150	4.5%
Woodbury University	private	$44,886	2.8%
World Mission University	private	$6,920	3.4%
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary	private	$16,900	2.7%

Two-year colleges (125)

Community and technical colleges, projected over two years rather than four.

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Allan Hancock College	public	$1,146	-1.8%
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles	private	$39,475	2.9%
American River College	public	$1,288	1.7%
Barstow Community College	public	$1,104	0.0%
Berkeley City College	public	$1,148	0.0%
Butte College	public	$1,336	-0.2%
Cabrillo College	public	$1,270	-0.7%
California College of Music	private	$18,830	n/a
California Indian Nations College	public	$7,742	n/a
Canada College	public	$1,332	-1.0%
Cerritos College	public	$1,364	0.1%
Cerro Coso Community College	public	$1,384	0.8%
Chabot College	public	$1,150	0.1%
Chaffey College	public	$1,184	0.3%
Citrus College	public	$1,204	0.3%
City College of San Francisco	public	$1,696	3.1%
Clovis Community College	public	$1,334	0.3%
Coastline Community College	public	$1,180	0.4%
College of Alameda	public	$1,148	0.0%
College of Marin	public	$1,494	0.6%
College of San Mateo	public	$1,332	-0.3%
College of the Canyons	public	$1,176	0.2%
College of the Desert	public	$1,326	-0.1%
College of the Redwoods	public	$1,147	-0.3%
College of the Sequoias	public	$1,394	0.3%
College of the Siskiyous	public	$1,444	2.6%
Columbia College	public	$1,547	3.4%
Community Christian College	private	$9,130	5.4%
Compton College	public	$1,142	0.0%
Contra Costa College	public	$1,312	0.1%
Copper Mountain Community College	public	$1,114	0.1%
Cosumnes River College	public	$1,288	1.7%
Crafton Hills College	public	$1,188	0.4%
Cuesta College	public	$1,340	0.9%
Cuyamaca College	public	$1,340	-0.4%
De Anza College	public	$1,562	0.1%
Diablo Valley College	public	$1,312	0.1%
East Los Angeles College	public	$1,238	0.2%
El Camino Community College District	public	$1,144	0.0%
Evergreen Valley College	public	$1,366	0.3%
Folsom Lake College	public	$1,288	1.7%
Fresno City College	public	$1,334	1.3%
Fullerton College	public	$1,151	0.1%
Gavilan College	public	$1,506	2.1%
Glendale Community College	public	$1,181	0.1%
Golden West College	public	$1,196	0.2%
Grossmont College	public	$1,332	-0.4%
Hartnell College	public	$1,404	0.0%
Healthcare Career College	private	$8,575	n/a
High Desert Medical College	private	$29,932	n/a
Imperial Valley College	public	$1,126	-1.8%
Irvine Valley College	public	$1,156	-1.5%
Lake Tahoe Community College	public	$1,131	-0.8%
Laney College	public	$1,148	0.0%
Las Positas College	public	$1,168	0.3%
Lassen Community College	public	$1,144	0.2%
Long Beach City College	public	$1,556	3.1%
Los Angeles City College	public	$1,238	0.2%
Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health	public	$5,050	n/a
Los Angeles Harbor College	public	$1,238	0.2%
Los Angeles Mission College	public	$1,238	0.2%
Los Angeles Pacific College	private	$7,130	n/a
Los Angeles Pierce College	public	$1,238	0.2%
Los Angeles Southwest College	public	$1,238	0.2%
Los Angeles Trade Technical College	public	$1,238	0.2%
Los Angeles Valley College	public	$1,238	0.2%
Los Medanos College	public	$1,312	0.1%
Madera Community College	public	$1,334	n/a
Mayfield College	private	$13,079	1.3%
Mendocino College	public	$1,423	0.0%
Merced College	public	$1,194	0.5%
Merritt College	public	$1,167	0.2%
Mission College	public	$1,438	2.3%
Monterey Peninsula College	public	$1,188	0.2%
Moorpark College	public	$1,412	0.2%
Moreno Valley College	public	$1,420	0.0%
Mt San Antonio College	public	$1,364	0.1%
Mt San Jacinto Community College District	public	$1,406	0.2%
Napa Valley College	public	$1,156	0.1%
National Polytechnic College	private	$14,275	n/a
Norco College	public	$1,420	0.0%
Ohlone College	public	$1,202	0.4%
Orange Coast College	public	$1,208	0.2%
Oxnard College	public	$1,412	0.2%
Palo Verde College	public	$1,380	0.0%
Palomar College	public	$1,354	0.1%
Pasadena City College	public	$1,180	0.3%
Porterville College	public	$1,409	0.7%
Professional Golfers Career College	private	$18,310	2.2%
Reedley College	public	$1,334	1.2%
Riverside City College	public	$1,420	0.0%
Sacramento City College	public	$1,288	1.7%
Saddleback College	public	$1,432	2.5%
San Bernardino Valley College	public	$1,185	-0.5%
San Diego City College	public	$1,150	0.1%
San Diego Miramar College	public	$1,150	0.1%
San Joaquin Delta College	public	$1,288	1.7%
San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield	private	$16,492	n/a
San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno	private	$16,023	n/a
San Joaquin Valley College-Hesperia	private	$16,658	n/a
San Joaquin Valley College-Lancaster	private	$16,659	n/a
San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto	private	$15,528	n/a
San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario	private	$17,724	n/a
San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho Cordova	private	$20,450	n/a
San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula	private	$17,384	n/a
San Joaquin Valley College-Trades Education Center	private	$13,620	n/a
San Jose City College	public	$1,366	0.3%
Santa Barbara City College	public	$1,234	-1.9%
Santa Rosa Junior College	public	$1,318	0.3%
Santiago Canyon College	public	$1,164	0.2%
Sierra College	public	$1,156	0.1%
South Coast College	private	$13,409	n/a
Southwestern College	public	$1,344	0.1%
Sri Sai Krish Institute	private	$70,000	n/a
Taft College	public	$1,108	-2.4%
Theatre of Arts	private	$21,940	1.3%
UEI College-Gardena	private	$12,075	n/a
Ventura College	public	$1,412	0.2%
Victor Valley College	public	$1,425	2.8%
West Hills College-Coalinga	public	$1,384	0.0%
West Hills College-Lemoore	public	$1,384	0.0%
West Valley College	public	$1,490	2.6%
Woodland Community College	public	$1,124	-0.2%
Young Americans College of the Performing Arts	private	$14,030	n/a
Yuba College	public	$1,128	-0.2%

Published rates before aid, from federal IPEDS data through 2023. Projections are estimates, not quotes. See the methodology, or browse another state.