Financial Aid at UC Santa Cruz

Financial Aid Amount Received

$18,659 (42.11% of tuition & fees)

Percent of Financial Aid Received

62% of 17,864 students

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

10,677 undergraduate students (62% 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 average compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in California.

Compare to similar schools in rankings such as Kent State University at Kent and University of Nebraska at Omaha, the percentage of students who received financial aid is higher (the average of the schools is 72.30%).

The average amount of grants of scholarship aid is $18,659 and the average loan amount is $5,784. The average financial aid amount is 42.11% of tuition & fees based on out-of-state rate (tuition & fees: $44,312).

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	10,677	62%	$199,226,038	$18,659
Pell Grants	5,469	32%	$28,419,959	$5,197
Federal Students Loans	4,027	23%	$23,291,375	$5,784

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), 2,390 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 $19,199 and the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time first-time undergraduate students is $5,540.

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

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	2,557	61%	-	-
Grant or scholarship aid	2,390	57%	$45,885,032	$19,199
Federal Grants	1,899	46%	$9,411,085	$4,956
Pell Grants	1,305	31%	$7,045,252	$5,399
Other Federal Grants	1,796	43%	$2,365,833	$1,317
State/Local Grants	1,909	46%	$19,862,919	$10,405
Institutional Grants	2,014	48%	$16,611,028	$8,248
Student Loans	893	21%	$4,946,876	$5,540
Federal Student Loans	811	20%	$3,825,355	$4,717
Other Student Loans	360	9%	$1,121,521	$3,115

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	-	-	$32,181,322	$18,212
0 - $30,000	616	615	$14,599,501	$23,700
$30,001 - $48,000	380	380	$8,611,177	$22,661
$48,001 - $75,000	294	293	$5,781,544	$19,665
$75,001 - $110,000	166	152	$2,201,535	$13,262
$110,001 - more	311	168	$987,565	$3,175

Paid Tuition Rates by Residency

At University of California-Santa Cruz, for the first-time/full-time students, 3,897 students have paid in-state rate of tuition and 261 students have paid out-of-state tuition rate.

	# of Students
In-District Rate	0
In-State Rate	3,897
Out-of-State Rate	261
Un-known	0

Number of Students by Living Arrangement (Freshmen)

At University of California-Santa Cruz, 1,049 full-time/first-time students live on-campus such as dormitory and campus-owned apartments, and 1,181 students live off-campus. In addition, 33 students live with their family.