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2023-2024 Graduate and Professional Tuition Rates

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Tuition rates for the academic year 2023-24 

Choose your student classification to find tuition rates.

(Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer)

 Graduate Engineering Business School Medical School Law School Postdoc & Non-Matriculated Special Registration Statuses 

(Visiting Summer Session student? Use the Summer Session cost calculator.) 

Graduate School (Master's / Doctorate)

Please note: Ph.D. students in the Biomedical Sciences and in the Graduate School of Business are assessed the standard graduate tuition rates.

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Total Units

Quarterly Tuition (unless otherwise specified)

8-10 units

$12,720

11-18 units

$19,582

each Graduate unit above 18

$1,305 per unit

1-7 units (Summer only)

$1,272 per unit


Graduate School of Engineering

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Total Units

Quarterly Tuition

8-10 units

$13,560

11-18 units

$20,860

each Graduate Engineering unit above 18

$1,391 per unit

1-7 units (Summer only)

$1,356 per unit


Graduate School of Business (GSB)

MBA Program 

Term

Quarterly Tuition 

First year (GSB)

$26,620  

Second year (GSB)

$25,650 

MSx: M.S. in Management for Experienced Leaders 

$138,640 Annual tuition

This is the annual rate, comprising 4 quarters: Summer 2023-Spring 2024



School of Medicine (SoM) 

MD Program

$21,781 per quarter

Total Units

Quarterly Tuition 

Regular enrollment

$21,781

Each unit above the quarterly maximum

$1,452 per unit


Stanford Law School 

$23,870 per quarter

Law/GSB Joint Program 

$24,265 per quarter

Multiple-Career Graduate Tuition  

For details, please see
Joint Degree Programs and Tuition Schedules

Tuition Agreement for Students with Multiple Programs (TAGM)


Postdoc & Non-Matriculated

Tuition Category

Quarterly Tuition (unless otherwise specified)

Postdoc Fee

$150

VSR Monthly Fee

$1,272

This is the monthly rate

Permit to Attend (PTA)

$6,308

Policies concerning auditing are available in the Student Policies section.

Special Registration Statuses for Graduate & Professional Students

Graduate Part-time Enrollment (3-7 units; Autumn, Winter, Spring)

Graduate students who need only 3-7 units to complete degree requirements or qualify for TGR status may be eligible for part-time enrollment. For more information on eligibility for part-time graduate enrollment and for information on how to apply, please see our special registration page.

Graduate Part-time Enrollment (OAE Accommodation) (3-7 units; Autumn, Winter, Spring)

This registration status is for graduate students who have been recommended for an approved reduced course load by the Office of Accessible Education (OAE). For more information on eligibility and how to apply, please see our special registration page.

Total units

Graduate quarterly tuition rate

Engineering quarterly tuition rate

3 units

$3,816

$4,068

4 units

$5,088

$5,424

5 units

$6,360

$6,780

6 units

$7,632

$8,136

7 units

$8,904

$9,492

Graduation Quarter

$150 per quarter

Graduate students who have completed all degree requirements and need a registration status in order to graduate may qualify for a graduation quarter.  For more information on eligibility for graduation quarter and for information on how to apply, please see our special registration page.

Medical School Research Rate

$3,619 per quarter

For more information on eligibility and for information on how to apply, please see the School of Medicine Registrar's Office Reduced/Research Tuition Rate Eligibility web page.

TGR (Terminal Graduate Registration) / TGR Final Registration

$3,816 per quarter
TGR students who carry 0-3 units are assessed the TGR rate of $3,816.

Graduate students who have completed all degree requirements (including minimum residency units) but are working on finishing a thesis, project or dissertation may qualify for TGR. For more information on eligibility for TGR and for information on how to apply, please see our special registration page and our TGR page.