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View your bill
You can view your charges, credits, account balance, and billing statement in CalCentral.
Fees and tuition are typically due the Friday before the start of instruction. You can find the exact due date on the unpaid balance tab in “View Transactions” once fees have been assessed. Fall semester fees are typically assessed in July and spring semester fees are typically assessed in November.
Some fees are charged later in the semester or on a monthly basis. Please monitor your CalCentral billing summary for any changes to your balance as some fees are due later in the semester such as room and board installment, meal plans, and University Health Services charges. If you received a financial aid refund, you can use this to pay any new charges on your account.
Your account balance
You can view your account balance through your CalCentral account. Log in to CalCentral. Select the “My Finances” tab at the top of the page. There, you can see your fees due now, charges not yet due, and get your overall account balance. To view more account information such as your billing history, your unpaid balance, and summary of payments and aid, click the “View Transactions” link in the Billing Summary section.
Billing statements
Your monthly billing statement will be published at the beginning of the month in CalCentral and will be a summary of all transactions for the prior month.
Please note that a billing statement may not be the most recent version of your bill. You can view the most current bill under My Finances > Billing Summary > View Transactions > Unpaid Balance.
For details visit the Student Billing website.
Make a payment
For full details about payment options, please visit the Payments & Refunds page.
Tuition and fees
UC Berkeley students pay several types of fees, including a campus fee, registration fees, student services fee, and others. All fees are automatically billed to student accounts and will be reflected on students’ monthly bills in CalCentral’s billing details section. All fees are subject to change.
Tuition and fee schedule
How much is tuition? Tuition and fees will vary for undergraduate and graduate students. To review the current tuition and fee structure, visit the Office of the Registrar Fee Schedule page.
- Tuition and fees are part of a student’s “direct costs” paid directly to the university. Direct costs are charged to your CalCentral account.
- Each student’s bill will be specific to them since there can be different charges and fees assessed for different reasons.
For total cost of attendance and a comprehensive student budget, visit the Financial Aid and Scholarships Student Budgets (Cost of Attendance) page. Your “Cost of Attendance” will not be the actual amount of your bill, but is intended to provide an estimate of all your costs for the academic year.
- The cost of attendance can vary from person to person due to your chosen program, enrollment level, and housing arrangements.
- Your total cost of attendance will include billable costs, like tuition, and non-billable “personal expenses,” like off-campus housing or books, that are associated with earning your degree.
Cancel for non-payment
What happens when there’s a missed payment? Please refer to the Office of the Registrar website for information on the Cancel for Non-Payment Policy.
Fee remission
If included in your fellowship: registration fees and/or nonresident supplemental tuition will be credited directly to your CalCentral account. If you have a fellowship and your fees have not been paid, please contact your academic department.
If you are employed as a GSI, GSR, Reader, or Tutor: you will receive salary and, if eligible, benefits (fee remission). Fee remission is a benefit of eligible employment, which offsets specific assessed fees in your CalCentral account. Fee remission only occurs if there is an eligible GSI, GSR, Reader, or Tutor appointment in the payroll system. If you have not received your fee remission, please contact the department administrator in the department for which you will be employed.
To learn more about graduate student academic appointments (employment), please refer to the GSI, GSR, Reader, Tutor Guide and the Fee Remission Program Bulletin.
Residency and fees
Residency for purposes of tuition is decided by the campus Residence Deputy — that means the decision is made at a campus-level, by UC Berkeley on behalf of the University of California. The classifications are based on the Statement of Legal Residence (SLR) and supporting documentation. Decisions are governed by policies of the University of California.
To see if you might qualify for residency: visit the appropriate residency requirements page.
You will receive communication if the Residence Affairs Unit requires documentation to complete your residency application. You are required to submit all requested documentation in order to make a residency determination. Go to: CalCentral > My Dashboard > Tasks > Residency Tasks.
For more information about submitting documents to the Residency Office, please visit the How to Apply for Residency (For Tuition Purposes) page on the Office of the Registrar website.
For international students: you will need to submit the Nonimmigrant Information Form (NIF) and send appropriate documentation required and requested by the Berkeley International Office.
Withdrawal impact on fees
Refunds and withdrawals
The percentage of possible refund after withdrawal depends on the effective date of your withdrawal. When you withdraw your registration, the fees assessed to your account are prorated according to the effective date of the withdrawal; it will depend on the effective date whether you would still owe any fees or if you would get any money back for that semester. After instruction begins, it will depend on the withdrawal date how much you would owe the university and whether you would receive a refund of any fees paid.
The Office of the Registrar website offers a comparison chart to determine the prorated fee amounts and full details of the process on the Refunds after Withdrawal page. NOTE: The health insurance fee, Class Pass fee, and the Document fee (new students only) are nonrefundable and will remain charged at 100% for all withdrawals.
For details about timing and potential impacts of withdrawal, visit the Cancellations and Withdrawal page.
Completing your withdrawal
Students have the responsibility to monitor their account after submitting a withdrawal. Please make sure to do the following:
- Monitor your balances in CalCentral for new invoices that result from your withdrawal.
- You are responsible for all outstanding invoices.
- If living in campus housing, notify the UC Berkeley Housing Administration Office and complete the move-out checklist to avoid additional fees.
- If you received any financial aid, the Financial Aid & Scholarships Office has 30 days to calculate how much you are eligible to keep. Please monitor your email for communication from their withdrawal team.
Please allow four to five weeks from the effective date of your withdrawal for us to determine if you are due a refund. Continue to monitor CalCentral and your campus email for your final billing statement and related billing notices.