Financial Aid at UCSD

Average Amount Received	% Received Financial Aid
$20,811	58%

19,359 students (58% of total 33,343 undergraduate students) have awarded federal, state, local, institutional or other sources of grant aid at University of California-San Diego.

The average amount of the aid awarded is $20,811. For the first-time, full-time beginning students (freshmen), 61% of total 7,506 enrolled students have received any kind of financial aid and its average amount of aid received is $20,782.

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All Undergraduate Financial Aid

At University of California-San Diego, 19,359 undergraduate students (58% of total 33,343 students) have received financial aid including grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans.The average amount of aid received is $20,811.

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	19,359	58%	$402,887,635	$20,811
Pell Grants	10,647	32%	$58,949,758	$5,537
Federal Student Loan	8,018	24%	$42,654,289	$5,320

Beginning Undergraduate Students (Freshmen) Financial Aid

4,572 beginning undergraduate students (61% of total 7,506 enrolled freshmen) have received financial aid including grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at University of California-San Diego. The average amount of aid received is $20,782.

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	4,572	61%	-	-
Grants or Scholarships	4,143	55%	$86,098,090	$20,782
Federal Grants	3,333	44%	$21,666,112	$6,500
Pell Grants	2,160	29%	$12,385,558	$5,734
Other Federal Grants	3,329	44%	$9,280,554	$2,788
State/Local Grants	2,582	34%	$27,227,846	$10,545
Institutional Grants	3,264	43%	$37,204,132	$11,398
Student Loan Aid	1,939	26%	$12,480,761	$6,437
Federal Student Loans	1,880	25%	$8,567,550	$4,557
Other Student Loans	526	7%	$3,913,211	$7,440

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 University of California-San Diego.

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	2,813	2,628	$56,835,604	$20,205
0-30,000	957	956	$25,091,736	$26,219
30,001-48,000	561	560	$14,031,170	$25,011
48,001-75,000	506	504	$10,947,092	$21,635
75,001-110,000	284	278	$4,253,490	$14,977
110,001 or more	505	330	$2,512,116	$4,974

Financial Aid at UCSD

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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