Fees and Expenses

Student expenses depend upon a great many factors that should be considered carefully before planning a budget. Financial help needed — beyond funds that students or their families are able to provide — should be determined well in advance of the entering quarter. Use the charts in this section as guides to planning and visit finaid.ucr.edu for detailed information on costs to attend UCR.

Students pay nonresident supplemental tuition if they have not been living in California for more than one year immediately prior to the residence determination date for the term in which they propose to register at UCR. Along with the criterion physical presence, the other criteria are intent to become a California resident and financial independence. Information on these three criteria is provided at registrar.ucr.edu and below, under Residence for Tuition Purposes.

Residence classification of new, readmitted, and continuing students is made for each term and at each campus of the UC. Classifications are based on evidence presented in and supporting each student’s Statement of Legal Residence. Students sign all Statement of Legal Residence forms under oath, and further information required may need to be provided under oath, by declaration or affidavit.

The residence determination date is the day instruction begins at the last of the UC campuses to open for the quarter and, for schools on the semester system, the day instruction begins for the semester. Students classified as nonresidents retain that status until they apply for, and receive, a new classification. Students planning to file for residence status after their first year should talk with the residence affairs officer well before the appropriate residence determination date, preferably during their first few weeks in California. Students may apply for classification as California residents as soon as they meet all three criteria for residence and, if successful in changing their status, would not pay nonresident supplemental tuition for subsequent quarters if they continued to meet the criteria.

Residence Determination All questions concerning residency are referred to the residence affairs officer in the Office of the Registrar. No other campus personnel are authorized to supply information regarding residence requirements for tuition purposes. Students wishing to appeal a final decision on residence classification by the residence affairs officer are assisted and referred to the appropriate member of the General Counsel’s Office.

Late fees are assessed to students who fail to make payments or file forms by published deadlines. Late enrollment and late registration fees may be waived only for the following reasons: student health problems verified by a physician; death in the family; or a verified administrative error on the part of the university.

Dependents of Veterans The California Education Code provides for exemption from certain fees at state-owned colleges, universities, and other schools for eligible students who are dependents or spouses of veterans whose death or disability was service connected. Qualifying UCR students are eligible for exemption from the Student Services Fee, tuition, and Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition. Claims for fee exemptions must be presented to the university during the academic year for which the claim applies. Retroactive approval can be granted only in situations in which students applied for the exemption in a timely manner but approval was delayed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs processing of an original or reopened service-connected disability compensation or Dependency and Indemnity Compensation claim. Contact the Financial Aid Office, 2106 Student Services Building, (951) 827-3878, for information. Exemption from Nonresident Supplemental Tuition Some students may be eligible for exemption from nonresident supplemental tuition.

Visit registrar.ucr.edu for information.

Employees A regular status employee who meets the admission requirements of the university is eligible for a two-thirds reduction of both the Student Services Fee and tuition for up to 9 units or three regular- session university courses per quarter or semester, whichever is greater. An employee so registered is ineligible for the services and facilities of the counseling center, gymnasiums, or the student health services, other than those to which the employee may be otherwise entitled.

For detailed information on fees, visit registrar.ucr.edu

Undergraduate Students Resident Nonresident Student Services Fee $ 358.00 $ 358.00 Tuition 3,740.00 3,740.00 Health Insurance Premium 543.03 543.03 Recreation Center Fee 59.00 59.00 Recreation Expansion Fee 149.00 149.00 Division I Fee 35.00 35.00 Student Center Fee 110.00 110.00 ASUCR Fee 12.50 12.50 ASPB Fee 30.00 30.00 UCR Student Services Fee 6.00 6.00 KUCR Fee 3.00 3.00 Highlander Fee 2.00 2.00 Highlander Empowerment Student Services Fee 14.00 14.00 EOP Fee 1.50 1.50 Student Voice Initiative 1.33 1.33 Subsidized Student Admission Plan 2.50 2.50 UC Student Association Fee .75 .75 Green Campus Action Plan 2.50 2.50 Total—California Residents $5,070.11

Nonresident supplemental tuition 8,894.00 Total—Nonresidents $13,964.11

Graduate Students Resident Nonresident Student Services Fee $ 358.00 $ 358.00 Tuition 3,740.00 3,740.00 Graduate and Professional Student Health Insurance Premium 1137.30 1137.30 Recreation Center Fee 59.00 59.00 Recreation Expansion Fee 149.00 149.00 Student Center Fee 110.00 110.00 Graduate Student Association Fee 13.13 13.13 Graduate Student Association Conference Travel 10.00 10.00 Graduate Student Association (GASUCR) Fee Fellowship 1.05 1.05 UCR Student Services Fee 6.00 6.00 Total—California Residents $5,583.48

Nonresident supplemental tuition 5,034.00 Total—Nonresidents $10,617.48

Note Students in the M.B.A. and M.P.P. program pay Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition. Additional mandatory fees such as the Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition and the Medical School Disability Insurance Fee are assessed to all medical school students. Visit registrar.ucr.edu for more information.

Totals do not include the Technology Course Materials Fee of $2.00 per unit for graduate students and $4.00 per unit for undergraduate students.

The amounts shown in this document represent fees as currently approved. However, all University fees are subject to change, and the fee amounts billed for this period may be adjusted at a future date. Day 2 and After Beginning the second day of instruction, a prorated refund is given for eligible fees paid.

If students withdraw during a quarter, federal regulations require UCR to calculate the amount of federal financial aid that has been “earned” for the period they attended. If they withdraw before completing 60 percent of the quarter, a pro rata portion of the aid must be returned to the federal government. Any portion of unearned aid that must be returned to federal aid programs by UCR will be deducted from the amount of the tuition and fee and/or housing refund. If the amount UCR must return to federal aid programs exceeds the amount of the student’s institutional refund, the student’s account may be billed. More information regarding the return of Title IV federal aid requirements is available at finaid.ucr.edu.

If a Housing or Registration refund is due to a student under UCR’s refund policy and the student received financial aid under any aid program other than Federal Work-Study, the refund shall be returned to student assistance programs in the following order: outstanding balances on Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, Federal Direct Stafford Loan, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Direct PLUS Loan, Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Cal Grant A or B, UC Student Loan, Grant-in-Aid State, other institutional grants or scholarships. The portion of a refund allocated to a program may not exceed the amount a student received from that program.