Financial Aid at UC Berkeley

Financial Aid Amount Received

$21,056 (47.35% of tuition & fees)

Percent of Financial Aid Received

57% of 31,814 students

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

17,627 undergraduate students (57% of all students) have received grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at University of California-Berkeley. 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 Colorado School of Mines and University of Virginia-Main Campus, the percentage of students who received financial aid is average (the average of the schools is 63.30%).

The average amount of grants of scholarship aid is $21,056 and the average loan amount is $5,507. The average financial aid amount is 47.35% of tuition & fees based on out-of-state rate (tuition & fees: $44,467).

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	17,627	57%	$371,161,296	$21,056
Pell Grants	8,377	27%	$45,018,213	$5,374
Federal Students Loans	4,560	15%	$25,113,509	$5,507

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), 3,141 students have received one or more types of financial aid at University of California-Berkeley.

The average amount of federal, state, local or institutional grant aid is $21,406 and the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time first-time undergraduate students is $7,202.

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

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	3,351	55%	-	-
Grant or scholarship aid	3,141	52%	$67,235,362	$21,406
Federal Grants	1,854	31%	$11,990,027	$6,467
Pell Grants	1,548	25%	$9,031,263	$5,834
Other Federal Grants	1,844	30%	$2,958,764	$1,605
State/Local Grants	2,191	36%	$24,420,874	$11,146
Institutional Grants	2,760	45%	$30,824,461	$11,168
Student Loans	944	16%	$6,798,378	$7,202
Federal Student Loans	883	15%	$4,049,175	$4,586
Other Student Loans	386	6%	$2,749,203	$7,122

Financial Aid by Income Level

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

Income Level	# of Students	# of Students Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
All Income Level	-	-	$43,092,769	$22,270
0 - $30,000	728	726	$20,322,559	$27,916
$30,001 - $48,000	431	431	$11,477,369	$26,630
$48,001 - $75,000	311	310	$7,185,023	$23,103
$75,001 - $110,000	174	167	$2,834,931	$16,293
$110,001 - more	291	167	$1,272,887	$4,374

Paid Tuition Rates by Residency

At University of California-Berkeley, for the first-time/full-time students, 4,503 students have paid in-state rate of tuition and 1,569 students have paid out-of-state tuition rate.

	# of Students
In-District Rate	0
In-State Rate	4,503
Out-of-State Rate	1,569
Un-known	0

Number of Students by Living Arrangement (Freshmen)

At University of California-Berkeley, 927 full-time/first-time students live on-campus such as dormitory and campus-owned apartments, and 1,408 students live off-campus. In addition, 411 students live with their family.