University of California-Riverside
University of California-Riverside is a public college in Riverside, CA. Its average net price is $12,672 a year - and the price families actually pay swings a lot by income, as the receipt below shows.
Money
Tuition and room and board for the 2025-26 academic year
Average Net Price by Family Income
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 to $30,000 | $6,871 |
| $30,001 to $48,000 | $7,549 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $9,099 |
| $75,001 to $110,000 | $13,190 |
| $110,001 and up | $30,021 |
Admissions
Outcomes
| Horizon | Median Earnings |
|---|---|
| 6 years after entry | $52,866 |
| 8 years after entry | $65,479 |
| 10 years after entry | $72,974 |
Campus Facts
Programs and What They Pay
Each figure prints the sample size behind it. A college figure appears only when at least 30 graduates sit behind it; smaller programs show the national median for the major instead. Read Why We Show Sample Sizes.
| Major | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | $35,867 n=114 | $17,144 Small program - rough guide n=84 |
| Area Studies | $38,972 National median for this major n=3,356 | Not published |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | $40,163 n=146 | $15,000 Small program - rough guide n=95 |
| Biology | $29,365 n=488 | $16,142 n=554 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | $52,518 Small program - rough guide n=69 | $18,500 Small program - rough guide n=62 |
| Botany/Plant Biology | $36,829 National median for this major n=278 | Not published |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | $54,234 n=1,037 | $13,707 n=680 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | $56,982 National median for this major n=4,348 | Not published |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | $44,322 Small program - rough guide n=67 | $18,323 Small program - rough guide n=52 |
| Chemical Engineering | $73,094 Small program - rough guide n=83 | $17,565 Small program - rough guide n=54 |
| Chemistry | $51,428 Small program - rough guide n=64 | $15,603 Small program - rough guide n=42 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $33,198 National median for this major n=732 | Not published |
| Computer Engineering | $76,772 Small program - rough guide n=65 | Not published |
| Computer Science | $70,762 National median for this major n=44,537 | Not published |
| Computer Science | $73,293 n=198 | $16,242 n=246 |
| Dance | $28,513 National median for this major n=2,991 | Not published |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | $29,768 National median for this major n=14,923 | Not published |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $36,286 National median for this major n=1,258 | Not published |
| Economics | $45,759 n=318 | $15,301 n=215 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering | $83,137 Small program - rough guide n=56 | $22,250 Small program - rough guide n=46 |
| English Language and Literature, General | $28,456 n=157 | $15,000 n=109 |
| Environmental Conservation | $46,178 Small program - rough guide n=50 | $13,000 Small program - rough guide n=39 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | $68,044 National median for this major n=1,601 | Not published |
| Ethnic and Gender Studies | $35,211 Small program - rough guide n=44 | $13,960 Small program - rough guide n=50 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | $29,349 n=239 | $16,550 n=192 |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other | $36,977 National median for this major n=166 | Not published |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | $45,534 National median for this major n=4,652 | Not published |
| History | $32,760 n=118 | $17,707 n=106 |
| Information Science/Studies | $90,235 Small program - rough guide n=32 | $15,188 Small program - rough guide n=52 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | $41,407 n=100 | $15,000 Small program - rough guide n=57 |
| International/Globalization Studies | $42,221 National median for this major n=4,870 | Not published |
| Languages and Linguistics | $29,142 Small program - rough guide n=52 | $17,243 Small program - rough guide n=52 |
| Liberal Arts | $34,349 n=101 | $16,333 Small program - rough guide n=87 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | $68,249 National median for this major n=9,765 | Not published |
| Materials Engineering | $75,940 National median for this major n=1,055 | Not published |
| Mathematics | $39,461 n=186 | $17,902 n=135 |
| Mechanical Engineering | $69,819 n=115 | $20,000 n=113 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | $52,104 Small program - rough guide n=42 | $17,918 Small program - rough guide n=33 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | $47,819 National median for this major n=24,237 | Not published |
| Music | $33,156 National median for this major n=13,251 | Not published |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | $26,659 n=127 | $18,625 n=115 |
| Philosophy | $32,349 Small program - rough guide n=63 | $15,944 Small program - rough guide n=49 |
| Physics | $34,470 Small program - rough guide n=45 | $17,697 Small program - rough guide n=37 |
| Political Science and Government | $38,295 n=356 | $18,000 n=243 |
| Psychology | $37,251 National median for this major n=100,431 | Not published |
| Psychology, Other | $40,236 National median for this major n=621 | Not published |
| Public Administration | $50,470 National median for this major n=2,829 | Not published |
| Public Policy Analysis | $44,033 n=106 | $19,000 Small program - rough guide n=91 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | $28,307 National median for this major n=4,315 | Not published |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | $31,960 n=621 | $15,000 n=540 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | $26,549 Small program - rough guide n=69 | $17,296 Small program - rough guide n=74 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $30,400 Small program - rough guide n=66 | $15,000 Small program - rough guide n=43 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | $41,787 National median for this major n=353 | Not published |
| Social Sciences, Other | $43,005 Small program - rough guide n=40 | Not published |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | $31,262 n=146 | $15,000 n=174 |
| Sociology | $36,034 n=424 | $14,981 n=269 |
| Statistics | $53,939 Small program - rough guide n=30 | Not published |
| Studio Art | $26,177 Small program - rough guide n=61 | $16,875 Small program - rough guide n=49 |
| Sustainability Studies | $45,627 Small program - rough guide n=59 | Not published |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | $33,118 National median for this major n=2,431 | Not published |
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