Financial Aid at UC Santa Cruz

Financial Aid Amount Received

$18,500 (42.26% of tuition & fees)

Percent of Financial Aid Received

69% of 17,792 students

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

12,056 undergraduate students (69% of all students) have received grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at University of California-Santa Cruz. The percentage of students who received financial aid higher compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in California. Compare to similar schools in rankings such as University of Washington-Seattle Campus and University of Georgia, the percentage of students who received financial aid is higher (the average of the schools is 60.40%).

The average amount of grants of scholarship aid is $18,500 and the average loan amount is $5,806. The average financial aid amount is 42.26% of tuition & fees based on out-of-state rate (tuition & fees: $43,779).

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	12,056	69%	$223,036,860	$18,500
Pell Grants	6,548	37%	$30,401,913	$4,643
Federal Students Loans	7,438	42%	$43,183,793	$5,806

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	2,842	70%	-	-
Grant or scholarship aid	2,645	65%	$46,545,074	$17,597
Federal Grants	1,229	30%	$5,776,604	$4,700
Pell Grants	1,229	30%	$5,768,631	$4,694
Other Federal Grants	5	0%	$7,973	$1,595
State/Local Grants	1,746	43%	$19,092,242	$10,935
Institutional Grants	2,408	60%	$21,676,228	$9,002
Student Loans	1,720	43%	$10,125,051	$5,887
Federal Student Loans	1,618	40%	$7,646,116	$4,726
Other Student Loans	794	20%	$2,478,935	$3,122

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

For the full-time, first-time undergraduate students (freshmen, in most cases), 2,645 students have received one or more types of financial aid at University of California-Santa Cruz.

The average amount of federal, state, local or institutional grant aid is $17,597 and the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time first-time undergraduate students is $5,887.

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

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 Cruz.

Income Level	# of Students	# of Students Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
All Income Level	-	-	$35,652,543	$18,283
0 - $30,000	598	598	$15,177,843	$25,381
$30,001 - $48,000	342	342	$8,226,979	$24,055
$48,001 - $75,000	378	377	$7,719,714	$20,423
$75,001 - $110,000	258	248	$3,357,264	$13,013
$110,001 - more	374	196	$1,170,743	$3,130

Paid Tuition Rates by Residency

At University of California-Santa Cruz, for the first-time/full-time students, 3,439 students have paid in-state rate of tuition and 600 students have paid out-of-state tuition rate.

	# of Students
In-District Rate	0
In-State Rate	3,439
Out-of-State Rate	600
Un-known	0

Number of Students by Living Arrangement (Freshmen)

At University of California-Santa Cruz, 2,167 full-time/first-time students live on-campus such as dormitory and campus-owned apartments, and 14 students live off-campus. In addition, 37 students live with their family.