<p>You are an out-of-state student and California’s first obligation is to the children of California taxpayers. There are thousands of California student residents. Scholarships -like Cal Grants and the Blue and Gold plan-go to California residents only. </p>
<p>The UC’s need money and they do accept OOS students in order to get full pay from you. So you will probably be accepted at full pay. Your $20K will barely cover the annual state differential of $23K required of non-residents that is not covered by any scholarship or grant: </p>
<p>“Non-California resident students: Non-California residents pay Non-California Resident Supplemental Tuition (currently estimated to be $22,878 annually) in addition to charges paid by in-state students. The university is unable to provide university grant or scholarship support for this additional tuition cost. Federal loans, which must be repaid by you or your family, may help cover some or all of this cost. Not all Non-California residents will qualify for a Federal or Private Loan, thus all Non-California resident families should be prepared to pay the additional cost, currently $22,878 annually, from family resources. For details, see:
Residence for tuition purposes” <a href=“Cost of Attendance”>https://students.ucsd.edu/finances/financial-aid/budgeting/index.html</a></p>
<p>So add the OOS state fee of $23K to the average cost of $32K and you should get a figure of around $55K per year for that UCSD education. Subtract your $20K per year and you are looking at a cost of $35K. You would be able to bring that down by $5500 in loans so probably an overall cost of $29K that your family would have to come up with.<br>
PLUS, San Diego is a really expensive place to live. It adds up. </p>