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About STEM summer camps in the Bay Area

Prices

  • A typical week of STEM day camp in the Bay Area costs about $590, with half of paid options priced between $469 and $656. Median tuition for regular camp hours is $20.00 an hour.
  • A week of STEM sleepaway camp within 50 miles typically costs about $2,658.

Aid and policies

  • 37% of STEM camps offer financial aid, 61% offer refunds, and 44% are nonprofits.

Hours and extended care

  • 26% of STEM day camp options cover 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. including extended care, and 18 providers offer that coverage Monday through Friday. A Monday-through-Friday camp week covering 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. typically costs about $705, including listed care fees. The typical fee for paid extended care is about $110 a week.

More options

  • STEM day camps continue into late summer, with day camps starting August 17 to 31 from 12 providers. For families exploring STEM sleepaway camp close to the Bay Area, there are 19 providers with venues within 50 miles.
Data is from summer 2026

Based on summer 2026 camp listings.

Area covered

  • U.S. venues within 40 miles of the Bay Area landing-page center for day camps, and within 50 miles for sleepaway camps.
  • All figures use sessions classified as STEM. Providers offering other categories are counted only for their matching sessions.

Prices and care

  • Typical prices are medians (the middle price) of paid camp options. Day-camp weekly tuition is adjusted to five camp days.
  • Sleepaway weekly tuition is adjusted to seven calendar days using the listed session dates.
  • Hourly tuition covers regular camp hours only, excluding extended-care hours and fees.
  • The 8-to-5 weekly price includes required, listed care fees.
  • Separate care prices are medians of listed paid weekly fees. Free care and missing fees are excluded, and packages vary.

How we count

  • Price and hour percentages count options with known prices or hours.
  • Aid, refund and nonprofit percentages count each day or sleepaway camp provider once across both areas, using October 2026 provider records.
  • Policy percentages use all those providers as the denominator, count only explicit positive records, and are rounded to the nearest whole percent.
  • Prices and hour percentages need at least 20 usable options from five providers. Sparse figures are omitted rather than filled in from a larger area.

Check with each camp for current prices, care packages and refund terms.