Financial Aid at Cal State Fullerton

Financial Aid Amount Received

$8,483 (44.91% of tuition & fees)

Percent of Financial Aid Received

66% of 35,600 students

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

24,561 undergraduate students (66% of all students) have received grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at California State University-Fullerton. The percentage of students who received financial aid average compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in California.

Compare to similar schools in rankings such as University of California-Santa Cruz and California State University-Fresno, the percentage of students who received financial aid is average (the average of the schools is 66.33%).

The average amount of grants of scholarship aid is $8,483 and the average loan amount is $6,270. The average financial aid amount is 44.91% of tuition & fees based on out-of-state rate (tuition & fees: $18,887).

Undergraduate Financial Aid by Type

	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Grant or scholarship aid	24,561	66%	$208,345,056	$8,483
Pell Grants	17,394	47%	$83,457,115	$4,798
Federal Students Loans	7,072	19%	$44,341,800	$6,270

Undergraduate Student Financial Aid Comparison Chart

First-time (full-time) Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

For the full-time, first-time undergraduate students (freshmen, in most cases), 3,795 students have received one or more types of financial aid at California State University-Fullerton.

The average amount of federal, state, local or institutional grant aid is $9,215 and the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time first-time undergraduate students is $5,004.

The following table shows the financial data by type of aid at California State University-Fullerton.

First-time Undergraduate Financial Aid by Type

	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Any Financial Aid	3,996	78%	-	-
Grant or scholarship aid	3,795	74%	$34,970,454	$9,215
Federal Grants	2,599	51%	$14,528,527	$5,590
Pell Grants	2,598	51%	$13,749,926	$5,293
Other Federal Grants	957	19%	$778,601	$814
State/Local Grants	2,999	59%	$7,725,034	$2,576
Institutional Grants	2,234	44%	$12,716,893	$5,692
Student Loans	865	17%	$4,328,793	$5,004
Federal Student Loans	846	17%	$3,976,005	$4,700
Other Student Loans	31	1%	$352,788	$11,380

Financial Aid by Income Level

The following table summarizes the number of schools receiving financial aid and its average amount by income levels at California State University-Fullerton.

Income Level	# of Students	# of Students Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
All Income Level	-	-	$31,629,497	$9,971
0 - $30,000	1,269	1,269	$17,102,413	$13,477
$30,001 - $48,000	710	708	$8,165,754	$11,501
$48,001 - $75,000	578	575	$4,863,606	$8,415
$75,001 - $110,000	221	195	$1,046,948	$4,737
$110,001 - more	394	239	$450,776	$1,144

Paid Tuition Rates by Residency

At California State University-Fullerton, for the first-time/full-time students, 5,060 students have paid in-state rate of tuition and 49 students have paid out-of-state tuition rate.

	# of Students
In-District Rate	0
In-State Rate	5,060
Out-of-State Rate	49
Un-known	0

Number of Students by Living Arrangement (Freshmen)

At California State University-Fullerton, 92 full-time/first-time students live on-campus such as dormitory and campus-owned apartments, and 346 students live off-campus. In addition, 3344 students live with their family.