Financial GPS

Financial GPS · for parents

Can I, the parent, afford it?

Question 2 of 4

UC San Diego

What does your household earn a year?

It sets UC San Diego’s price after grants, and how much room your budget has for a payment.

For a household of three: two adults and one child at home.

At University of California-San Diego, families earning about $83,000 pay an estimated $13,588 a year after grants.

Why a household of three?

Basic expenses are 200% of the 2026 poverty guideline for two adults and one child at home: $54,640 a year.