Records Management Fee

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:

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.

Covered Groups

Covered groups include students enrolled in degree-seeking undergraduate and graduate programs as well as students in some self-supporting programs. Former students in these covered groups must have completed at least one term to receive the covered documents at no charge. Groups not covered by the fee do not pay the fee and, therefore, are required to pay-per-service; see below. If a student enrolls in a program covered by the fee, and also enrolls in a program not covered by the fee (e.g., an undergraduate alumnus enrolled in the School of Medicine M.D. program) all of their student record is covered by the fee.

Fee Programs

  • Undergraduate Students
  • Graduate Academic Students
  • Professional Programs
    • Education, Ed.D. Doctorate in Educational Leadership (CANDEL).
    • Education, Teaching Credential Program.
    • Health Informatics, M.S.
    • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, M.P.V.M.
    • Public Health, M.P.H.
  • Self-Supporting Programs
    • Doctor of Nursing Practice - Family Nurse Practitioner (DNP-FNP).
    • Doctor of Nursing Practice - Nurse Anesthesia (DNP-NA).
    • Master of Advanced Study - Clinical Research.
    • Master of Advanced Study - Maternal and Child Nutrition.
    • Master of Engineering in Medical Device Development.
    • Master of Health Services, Physician Assistant (MHS).
    • Master of International Commercial Law (ICL)
      • No longer offered; former students are covered by the fee.
    • Master of Law (LLM).
    • Master of Science Entry Program in Nursing.
    • Master of Science in Forensic Science.
  • Special Programs and Non-Degree Seeking Students
    • UC Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Certificate Program.

Pay-Per-Service Programs

Professional Programs

  • Business Administration, M.B.A.
  • Law, J.D.
  • Medicine, M.D.
  • Veterinary Medicine, D.V.M.

Self-Supporting Programs

  • Master of Management
  • Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc); full-time.
  • Master of Science in Business Analytics.
  • Part-Time M.B.A. Program in the Sacramento Area.
  • Part-Time M.B.A. Program in the Bay Area.
  • On-Line M.B.A. Program.

Special Programs & Non-Degree Seeking Students

  • University of California Center at Sacramento Program.
  • UC Education Abroad Reciprocity Program.
  • Global Study Program.
  • Redwood SEED.
  • Summer Session.