The Records Management Fee* is a one-time fee (undergraduate $185; graduate $150) charged to new students admitted in the 2026-27 academic year in covered groups that replaces individual transaction costs for students and alumni within those groups; see Covered Groups, below.
The fee provides a number of benefits to covered student and alumni groups:
- Current prices of documents and services are locked in, with lifelong access to covered documents.
- Improved service; transactions aren’t slowed by payments or billing.
- Document requests are fulfilled in one-three business days; additional time needed for mailing.
- Electronic transcript service.
The fee provides the following to student and alumni in covered groups:
- Unlimited Official Transcripts.
- Unlimited Verifications.
- Unlimited Completion of Undergraduate Degree Requirements Verifications; e.g., Letters of Degree Certification; may require additional time for processing.
- Unlimited electronic transcript service.
- Mailing of the original diploma.
The fee does not cover expedited mail service, e.g.; Fed-Ex, overnight mailing, etc., duplicate diplomas, fax requests, and services not provided by the Office of the University Registrar.
Figures for tuition and fees represent currently approved or proposed amounts and may not be final. Actual tuition and fees are subject to change by the University of California as determined to be necessary or appropriate. Final approved tuition and fee levels may differ from the amounts presented. Some or all instruction for all or part of the academic year may be delivered remotely. Tuition and fees have been set regardless of the method of instruction and will not be refunded in the event instruction occurs remotely for any part of the academic year.
* Formerly Document Fee.