Financial Aid at Cal Poly

Average Amount Received	% Received Financial Aid
$7,853	50%

10,615 students (50% of total 21,128 undergraduate students) have awarded federal, state, local, institutional or other sources of grant aid at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

The average amount of the aid awarded is $7,853. For the first-time, full-time beginning students (freshmen), 57% of total 4,859 enrolled students have received any kind of financial aid and its average amount of aid received is $10,065.

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All Undergraduate Financial Aid

At California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, 10,615 undergraduate students (50% of total 21,128 students) have received financial aid including grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans.The average amount of aid received is $7,853.

Financial Aid Statistics (All Undergraduate Students)
Type of Aid	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Grant or Scholarship	10,615	50%	$83,362,287	$7,853
Pell Grants	3,598	17%	$17,781,664	$4,942
Federal Student Loan	4,765	23%	$28,508,613	$5,983

Beginning Undergraduate Students (Freshmen) Financial Aid

2,768 beginning undergraduate students (57% of total 4,859 enrolled freshmen) have received financial aid including grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. The average amount of aid received is $10,065.

Financial Aid Statistics (First-time Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students)
Type of Aid	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Any Financial Aid	2,768	57%	-	-
Grants or Scholarships	2,046	42%	$20,593,875	$10,065
Federal Grants	849	17%	$4,987,365	$5,874
Pell Grants	847	17%	$4,485,988	$5,296
Other Federal Grants	815	17%	$501,377	$615
State/Local Grants	1,449	30%	$4,225,285	$2,916
Institutional Grants	1,536	32%	$11,381,225	$7,410
Student Loan Aid	1,289	27%	$7,904,310	$6,132
Federal Student Loans	1,271	26%	$6,402,857	$5,038
Other Student Loans	67	1%	$1,501,453	$22,410

Grants and Scholarship Aid By Income Level (Paying In-State Tuition)

The next table shows the number of students awarded and the average grants/scholarship aid amount by income level for the academic year 2021-2022 at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

The sources of grants and scholarship aid are the federal government, state/local government, or the institution. For the statistics, only students who paid the in-state or in-district tuition rate are considered.

Grants of Scholarship Aid Statistics By Income Level
Income Level	Number of Students	Number of Students Awarded	Total Amount Aid Awarded	Average Amount Aid Awarded
All level	1,470	1,193	$16,043,223	$10,914
0-30,000	299	299	$5,849,413	$19,563
30,001-48,000	232	231	$4,370,374	$18,838
48,001-75,000	235	232	$3,539,337	$15,061
75,001-110,000	202	179	$1,500,577	$7,429
110,001 or more	502	252	$783,522	$1,561

Financial Aid at Cal Poly

All Undergraduate Financial Aid

Beginning Undergraduate Students (Freshmen) Financial Aid

Grants and Scholarship Aid By Income Level (Paying In-State Tuition)

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