Fees and Tuition

Fees and Non-Resident Tuition

• California Residents: $21,428 ($7,143  per quarter)
• Non-California residents: $34,130  ($11,377 per quarter)

The most current fees and tuition rates are always posted on the Registrar’s Office web site [1]. The Registrar’s Office Fees website is the authoritative UCLA source on fees and non-resident tuition. The fees and tuition published on the Registrar’s web site are subject to revision without notice.

California students pay only fees, whereas out-of-state and international students pay fees and non-resident tuition which are listed in two formats, annual and quarterly. These are flat fees and not based on number or units, although a minimum of 12 units is required to maintain full-time graduate student status.

For Annual Fees [2] check the School of Public Affairs M.P.P. degree program link under the Annual Fee Charts section of the Registrar’s Office Fees web page. For Quarterly Fees [3] check the M.P.P. link under the Term Fee Charts section.

International students pay non-resident fees and tuition but require additional documentation of financial resources to qualify for a student visa. Click here [4]

Fees and Anticipated Living Expenses
To gauge a better sense of the total fees and living expenses typical for UCLA graduate students, check this link for UCLA Fees and Living Expenses [5]

California Residency Requirements
For information on who qualifies as a resident of California or for establishing residency for tuition purposes, please consult the Registrar's Office website on Residence for Tuition Purposes Index [6].