Financial Aid at UCSB

Financial Aid Amount Received

$18,427 (41.73% of tuition & fees)

Percent of Financial Aid Received

62% of 23,070 students

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

13,861 undergraduate students (62% of all students) have received grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at University of California-Santa Barbara. 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-Davis and University of California-Irvine, the percentage of students who received financial aid is higher (the average of the schools is 55.70%).

The average amount of grants of scholarship aid is $18,427 and the average loan amount is $5,794. The average financial aid amount is 41.73% of tuition & fees based on out-of-state rate (tuition & fees: $44,160).

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	13,861	62%	$255,413,658	$18,427
Pell Grants	8,224	37%	$39,131,049	$4,758
Federal Students Loans	7,659	35%	$44,373,935	$5,794

Undergraduate Student Financial Aid Comparison Chart

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	2,696	60%	-	-
Grant or scholarship aid	2,505	55%	$49,294,371	$19,678
Federal Grants	1,447	32%	$7,726,422	$5,340
Pell Grants	1,443	32%	$7,096,603	$4,918
Other Federal Grants	411	9%	$629,819	$1,532
State/Local Grants	1,860	41%	$21,309,033	$11,456
Institutional Grants	2,279	50%	$20,258,916	$8,889
Student Loans	1,688	37%	$10,411,558	$6,168
Federal Student Loans	1,629	36%	$8,956,363	$5,498
Other Student Loans	112	2%	$1,455,195	$12,993

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

For the full-time, first-time undergraduate students (freshmen, in most cases), 2,505 students have received one or more types of financial aid at University of California-Santa Barbara.

The average amount of federal, state, local or institutional grant aid is $19,678 and the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time first-time undergraduate students is $6,168.

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

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-Santa Barbara.

Income Level	# of Students	# of Students Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
All Income Level	-	-	$40,351,125	$19,751
0 - $30,000	761	761	$19,218,014	$25,254
$30,001 - $48,000	384	384	$9,303,015	$24,227
$48,001 - $75,000	328	325	$6,888,856	$21,003
$75,001 - $110,000	227	221	$3,380,274	$14,891
$110,001 - more	343	201	$1,560,966	$4,551

Paid Tuition Rates by Residency

At University of California-Santa Barbara, for the first-time/full-time students, 3,728 students have paid in-state rate of tuition and 786 students have paid out-of-state tuition rate.

	# of Students
In-District Rate	0
In-State Rate	3,728
Out-of-State Rate	786
Un-known	0

Number of Students by Living Arrangement (Freshmen)

At University of California-Santa Barbara, 2,322 full-time/first-time students live on-campus such as dormitory and campus-owned apartments, and 129 students live off-campus.