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Costs

​CSU Tuition And Fees: 2025-26​​​​​​*​​
Degree
Cost
Underg​​raduate
$6,450
Credential$7,488
Graduate/Postbaccalaureate$8,064
Audiology Doctorate$16,560
Education Doctorate$13,296
Nursing Practice Doctorate$17,160
Occupational Therapy Doctorate$19,320
Physical Therapy Doctorate$19,320
Public Health Doctorate$20,034

(Campus mandatory fees add an average of ​$1,981 to student costs.)**

Graduate Business Professional Fee

State university tuition fee plus $303 per semester unit or $202 per quarter unit.

Non-Resident Fees

State university tuition fee plus $444 per semester unit or $296 per quarter unit.

*Rates are for the 2025-26 academic year.

**Based on 2024-25 tuition.

Financial Aid

The CSU provides an affordable, quality education. In 2023-24, nearly $5 billion was distributed to more than 369,000 students. The average award was $13,523. In fall 2023, 94% of undergraduate students with family incomes under $75,000 who applied for aid received full or partial grants, scholarships or fee waivers to cover the cost of tuition. Plus, 64% of the CSU’s bachelor’s degree recipients in 2023-24 graduated with zero student loan debt.

Presidential Scholars programs, which provide full scholarships to National Merit scholars and high school valedictorians, are also available at many CSU campuses.

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