Cost & Financial Aid

The tuition and fees for the 2024-2025 academic year will be posted in late summer and can be found on the Registrar’s website. 

Please note all MCS students are automatically charged for and enrolled in the UC Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan.  If you are covered by another health insurance plan that complies with UC’s waiver criteria, you may apply for a waiver.

Please note that the compulsory campus-based fees included in the total estimated compulsory campus-based fees are estimated.  Actual compulsory campus-based fee amounts will be adjusted annually for the calendar-year California Consumer Price Index for Urban areas (CA CPI-U) and for any newly implemented campus-based fees as voted by student referendum.  All future fees levels, including, but not limited to compulsory campus-based fees and GSHIP, are estimates and the university may impose additional fees.

Fellowships are available to domestic and international students.  Recipients are selected based on academic merit, financial need, and/or their contribution to strengthening the program’s commitment to diversity. 

A separate fellowship application is not required; all admissions applicants will be automatically considered for fellowships by the admissions committee and final selection of fellowship recipients will be announced in the applicants’ admission offer letters.

For information on financial aid and scholarships, please visit the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships. Please also review their helpful information on estimated budgets for new graduate students.