Tuition and Financial Aid
UCLA MAGIST offers many financial aid and support resources and opportunities, including scholarships and grants, to help make this next step in your professional journey as affordable as possible.
Funding opportunities specific to the MAGIST program include both merit and need-based awards for which most MAGIST applicants will be automatically considered.
Tuition and Fees
Tuition for the MAGIST program is charged at a rate of $981 per unit for all incoming students (California residents AND non-residents) who first enroll in MAGIST during the 2024-25 academic year. Assuming this per-unit rate, a typical four credit MAGIST course costs $3,924. Tuition and fees are billed every quarter corresponding to the number of units in which a student is enrolled.
In the interest of ensuring predictable costs for continuing students, tuition for all continuing MAGIST students will be billed at the same rate that was in place during the student’s first term of enrollment after admission. Students who have been readmitted to MAGIST after participating previously should be aware that they will be assessed tuition at the rate in place at the time of their most recent readmission.
Additional mandatory campus fees will be assessed in addition to tuition. Student service fees of at least $418 per quarter (2024-25 academic year rate; subject to change) will be assessed during all terms in which a student is enrolled in MAGIST courses.
Students who complete MAGIST in one academic year can expect to pay total tuition and fees of $36,640 (36 units at $981/unit = $35,386; three quarters of student service fees at $418/quarter = $1,254).
Funding Opportunities for MAGIST Students
In addition to the many financial aid options offered by the UCLA Financial Aid and Scholarships office, MAGIST offers a series of innovative scholarship and grant opportunities exclusively for MAGIST students. Most students will be automatically considered for program-specific scholarship opportunities, including general need-based and merit-based recruitment awards, upon application.
MAGIST Scholars Program
The MAGIST Scholars Program offers partial to full-tuition scholarships to incoming students who both (1) identify as a member of an underrepresented minority community and (2) articulate a plan for using GIS and geospatial technology in the interest of the public good. Specific award amounts vary and will depend upon merit considerations and demonstrated financial need.
MAGIST True Bruin Grant
Students who have completed the UCLA Department of Geography’s undergraduate minor in GIS&T or the UCLA Extension GIS and Geospatial Technology Certificate Program will automatically receive a grant in the amount needed to cover the tuition of one MAGIST course.
MAGIST Technology Grant
Students with demonstrated financial need will be eligible for grants which can be used to subsidize, if not completely cover, the technology-related costs that students incur as a result of enrolling in MAGIST. This may include funding to offset the cost of broadband Internet access for a student’s home or cover the cost of purchasing a suitable laptop computer.
Financial Aid Advising
Prospective and admitted students have access to student advisors who can provide guidance on securing funding for a MAGIST education. Prospective students interested in learning more about MAGIST funding opportunities are encouraged to request more information about the program.