Four Year Colleges in California

How much does it cost to attend four year college in California?   The average annual in-state four year college tuition in California was $25,310 for the 2021-2022 academic year. This is a change of ($225) from the 2019-2020 average of $25,535 and represents a -0.88% annual decline. The list of California four year colleges below provides school specific cost and value rating.

Our guide surveyed tuition data from the 143 four year colleges and universities in California, the most popular being University of California Los Angeles with 43,955 full time students and an in-state tuition list price of $11,442. University of Southern California is the most expensive four year school in California with an in-state tuition of $60,446.

Click on any school for current tuition, future cost estimates, school specific savings plans and estimated student loan payments. California colleges can also be filtered by public, private, community colleges and four year schools. Additionally, cost based sorting is available for the lowest and highest tuition options. Jump directly to our ranking of best values in California or cheap California colleges guide.

<Academic Rating is a CollegeCalc proprietary national percentile ranking of a college's overall difficulty and educational effectiveness. An average score is 50. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average net price paid. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our ratings.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2020-2021 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2021-2022 academic year.

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