University of California-Riverside

Riverside, California · Public · Predominantly bachelor's · City: Large

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The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $12,672. 75% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $72,974 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $16,368.

Average net price
$12,672
per year Verified data
Completion rate
75%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$72,974
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$16,368
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$16,103
Out-of-state tuition and fees$53,705
Average cost of attendance$38,424
Books and supplies$1,750
Room and board, on campus$20,416
Average net price, all aided students$12,672
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$6,871
Average net price, family income over $110,000$30,021

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
76%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
Data unavailable
ACT composite range, middle 50%
Data unavailable
Undergraduate enrollment
22,593
Graduate enrollment
3,784
Students receiving Pell grants
49%
Student to faculty ratio
22 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time75%
Completion within normal time64%
First-year retention (full-time)88%
Median federal debt, graduates$16,368
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$186
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$26,718
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry73%
1 year after completion$40,332
4 years after completion$64,926
6 years after entry$52,866
8 years after entry$65,479
10 years after entry$72,974
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $72,974; the middle half earned $47,574 to $103,672. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at University of California-Riverside

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

159 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Bachelor's degree (60)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
68$35,867$17,144
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
112$40,163$15,000
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
583$29,365$16,142
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
CIP 14.05 · No credentials fully online
74$52,518$18,500
Botany/Plant Biology
CIP 26.03 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
812$54,234$13,707
Business/Managerial Economics
CIP 52.06 · No credentials fully online
0$48,627Suppressed for privacy
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
CIP 26.04 · No credentials fully online
65$44,322$18,323
Chemical Engineering
CIP 14.07 · No credentials fully online
48$73,094$17,565
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
59$51,428$15,603
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Engineering
CIP 14.09 · No credentials fully online
42$76,772$20,083
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
301$73,293$16,242
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · No credentials fully online
33Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dance
CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online
11$28,531Suppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.03 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
315$45,759$15,301
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · No credentials fully online
62$83,137$22,250
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
106$28,456$15,000
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
CIP 14.14 · No credentials fully online
23$48,896$21,250
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02 · No credentials fully online
34$35,211$13,960
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online
196$29,349$16,550
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
53$26,177$16,875
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
CIP 16.99 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
16$31,628Suppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
110$32,760$17,707
Information Science/Studies
CIP 11.04 · No credentials fully online
52$90,235$15,188
International Relations and National Security Studies
CIP 45.09 · No credentials fully online
57$41,407$15,000
International/Globalization Studies
CIP 30.20 · No credentials fully online
21$40,708Suppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · No credentials fully online
98$34,349$16,333
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
49$29,142$17,243
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Materials Engineering
CIP 14.18 · No credentials fully online
21$66,124$23,276
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
130$39,461$17,902
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
121$69,819$20,000
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
CIP 26.05 · No credentials fully online
35$52,104$17,918
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
23$38,187$20,035
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
50$46,178$13,000
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
CIP 26.15 · No credentials fully online
108$26,659$18,625
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
31$32,349$15,944
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
43$34,470$17,697
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
232$38,295$18,000
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, Other
CIP 42.99 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Policy Analysis
CIP 44.05 · No credentials fully online
89$44,033$19,000
Religion/Religious Studies
CIP 38.02 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Research and Experimental Psychology
CIP 42.27 · No credentials fully online
599$31,960$15,000
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
61$26,549$17,296
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
52$30,400$15,000
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Sciences, Other
CIP 45.99 · No credentials fully online
20$43,005$17,764
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
CIP 13.09 · No credentials fully online
179$31,262$15,000
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
252$36,034$14,981
Statistics
CIP 27.05 · No credentials fully online
22$53,939Suppressed for privacy
Sustainability Studies
CIP 30.33 · No credentials fully online
25$45,627$21,500
Zoology/Animal Biology
CIP 26.07 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Post-baccalaureate certificate (1)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Education, General
CIP 13.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Master's degree (54)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
23Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
CIP 26.11 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
CIP 14.05 · No credentials fully online
30$84,440Suppressed for privacy
Botany/Plant Biology
CIP 26.03 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
118Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
CIP 26.04 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemical Engineering
CIP 14.07 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Engineering
CIP 14.09 · No credentials fully online
57Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
177$127,113Suppressed for privacy
Dance
CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
CIP 26.13 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · No credentials fully online
145$67,246Suppressed for privacy
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · No credentials fully online
43$101,455Suppressed for privacy
Engineering, General
CIP 14.01 · Some credentials fully online
73$118,979Suppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
CIP 14.14 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
28Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online
64$73,780Suppressed for privacy
Materials Sciences
CIP 40.10 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
26Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering
CIP 14.42 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
CIP 26.05 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
CIP 26.15 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Pharmacology and Toxicology
CIP 26.10 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Policy Analysis
CIP 44.05 · No credentials fully online
19$59,133Suppressed for privacy
Religion/Religious Studies
CIP 38.02 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Research and Experimental Psychology
CIP 42.27 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
41$43,711Suppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Soil Sciences
CIP 01.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Statistics
CIP 27.05 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Visual and Performing Arts, General
CIP 50.01 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Zoology/Animal Biology
CIP 26.07 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Doctoral degree (43)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
CIP 26.11 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
CIP 14.05 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Botany/Plant Biology
CIP 26.03 · No credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
CIP 26.04 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemical Engineering
CIP 14.07 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
23$106,653Suppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
25Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dance
CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
CIP 26.13 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · No credentials fully online
9$78,491Suppressed for privacy
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · No credentials fully online
19Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Materials Engineering
CIP 14.18
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Materials Sciences
CIP 40.10 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Medicine
CIP 51.12
$75,691Suppressed for privacy
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
CIP 26.05 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
CIP 26.15 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Pharmacology and Toxicology
CIP 26.10 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
25Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Religion/Religious Studies
CIP 38.02 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Research and Experimental Psychology
CIP 42.27 · No credentials fully online
14$76,159Suppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Soil Sciences
CIP 01.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Statistics
CIP 27.05 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Zoology/Animal Biology
CIP 26.07 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Professional degree (JD, MD, and similar) (1)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Medicine
CIP 51.12 · No credentials fully online
66Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 110671, OPEID 001316. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.