How UCSB's Financial Aid Changes

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at University of California-Santa Barbara since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 13,607, which is 62.33 % of all undergraduate students. 6,862 students which is 31.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,600.

Year	Grant or Scholarship^*		Pell Grants		Federal Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	11,684 (60%)	$16,958	7,370 (38%)	$4,539	8,191 (42%)	$5,912
2014-15	13,277 (66%)	$16,459	7,702 (38%)	$4,634	8,146 (40%)	$5,760
2015-16	12,994 (63%)	$17,356	7,939 (39%)	$4,660	7,997 (39%)	$5,787
2016-17	13,370 (62%)	$17,394	7,846 (36%)	$4,650	7,809 (36%)	$5,777
2017-18	13,861 (62%)	$18,427	8,224 (37%)	$4,758	7,659 (35%)	$5,794
2018-19	14,323 (62%)	$18,561	8,242 (36%)	$4,861	7,250 (31%)	$5,417
2019-20	14,691 (63%)	$18,590	7,748 (33%)	$4,926	6,544 (28%)	$5,426
2020-21	14,275 (62%)	$18,341	7,423 (32%)	$5,573	3,897 (17%)	$5,394
2021-22	13,985 (61%)	$19,654	6,959 (30%)	$5,515	4,263 (18%)	$5,136
Average	13,607 (62.33%)	$17,971	7,717 (35.44%)	$4,902	6,862 (31.78%)	$5,600

Freshmen (First-time, Full-time Undergraduate) Financial Aid Over Time

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 2,748 (57.44 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $19,632. It can cover 42.92% of tuition & fees ($45,742) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 1,590 (33.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,251).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	2,640 (57%)	$19,455	1,970 (43%)	$6,193
2014-15	3,140 (66%)	$19,122	2,018 (43%)	$5,691
2015-16	2,841 (64%)	$20,774	1,810 (41%)	$5,195
2016-17	2,843 (57%)	$19,558	1,828 (37%)	$6,053
2017-18	2,505 (55%)	$19,678	1,688 (37%)	$6,168
2018-19	2,908 (57%)	$20,253	1,813 (36%)	$6,118
2019-20	2,708 (55%)	$19,350	1,473 (30%)	$6,363
2020-21	2,562 (53%)	$18,107	581 (12%)	$7,024
2021-22	2,586 (53%)	$20,389	1,128 (23%)	$7,453
Average	2,748 (57.44%)	$19,632	1,590 (33.56%)	$6,251

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentage of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students.

Grants/Scholarship

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For the last 10 years, on average, 1,556 (32.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,056.

In addition, 1,982 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (41.56 % of students).

Year	Federal (Pell) Grants		Other Federal		State/Local government		Institutional
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,640 (36%)	$4,708	5 (0%)	$1,788	1,785 (39%)	$11,836	2,617 (57%)	$8,600
2014-15	1,810 (38%)	$4,739	35 (1%)	$1,886	2,314 (49%)	$10,272	2,852 (60%)	$9,688
2015-16	1,732 (39%)	$4,797	6 (0%)	$2,387	2,079 (47%)	$11,177	2,654 (60%)	$10,346
2016-17	1,656 (33%)	$4,798	283 (6%)	$1,470	2,143 (43%)	$11,042	2,565 (52%)	$9,193
2017-18	1,443 (32%)	$4,918	411 (9%)	$1,532	1,860 (41%)	$11,456	2,279 (50%)	$8,889
2018-19	1,677 (33%)	$5,097	40 (1%)	$4,118	2,184 (43%)	$11,438	2,634 (52%)	$9,569
2019-20	1,422 (29%)	$5,090	2,322 (47%)	$1,387	1,893 (38%)	$11,229	2,284 (46%)	$9,056
2020-21	1,338 (28%)	$5,724	2,199 (46%)	$1,274	1,877 (39%)	$10,813	2,034 (42%)	$7,687
2021-22	1,282 (26%)	$5,630	2,326 (48%)	$2,131	1,707 (35%)	$11,053	2,133 (44%)	$10,165
Average	1,556 (32.67%)	$5,056	847 (22.57%)	$1,997	1,982 (41.56%)	$11,146	2,450 (51.44%)	$9,244

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentage of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students..

Student Loans

The following table describes number of students and average amount of loans by loan type. The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time.

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,590 (33.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $1,590.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,970 (43%)	$6,193	1,942 (42%)	$5,499	81 (2%)	$18,796
2014-15	2,018 (43%)	$5,691	1,958 (41%)	$5,187	110 (2%)	$12,072
2015-16	1,810 (41%)	$5,195	1,775 (40%)	$5,141	46 (1%)	$6,044
2016-17	1,828 (37%)	$6,053	1,767 (36%)	$5,378	120 (2%)	$13,018
2017-18	1,688 (37%)	$6,168	1,629 (36%)	$5,498	112 (2%)	$12,993
2018-19	1,813 (36%)	$6,118	1,717 (34%)	$4,624	650 (13%)	$4,848
2019-20	1,473 (30%)	$6,363	1,407 (29%)	$4,603	429 (9%)	$6,752
2020-21	581 (12%)	$7,024	543 (11%)	$4,576	148 (3%)	$10,788
2021-22	1,128 (23%)	$7,453	1,062 (22%)	$4,417	613 (13%)	$6,063
Average	1,590 (33.56%)	$6,251	1,533 (32.33%)	$4,991	257 (5.22%)	$10,153

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UCSB

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

Freshmen (First-time, Full-time Undergraduate) Financial Aid Over Time