How UC Santa Cruz'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 Cruz since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 11,601, which is 68.22 % of all undergraduate students. 6,966 students which is 41.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,854.

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	10,709 (68%)	$17,287	7,217 (46%)	$4,504	8,567 (55%)	$5,968
2014-15	12,067 (74%)	$16,282	7,380 (45%)	$4,581	8,555 (53%)	$5,988
2015-16	11,564 (71%)	$17,548	7,159 (44%)	$4,535	8,221 (51%)	$5,992
2016-17	11,765 (69%)	$17,865	6,674 (39%)	$4,518	7,870 (46%)	$5,851
2017-18	12,056 (69%)	$18,500	6,548 (37%)	$4,643	7,438 (42%)	$5,806
2018-19	11,901 (67%)	$17,971	6,205 (35%)	$4,688	6,915 (39%)	$5,808
2019-20	12,033 (69%)	$17,161	5,599 (32%)	$4,730	6,079 (35%)	$5,791
2020-21	10,677 (62%)	$18,659	5,469 (32%)	$5,197	4,027 (23%)	$5,784
2021-22	11,637 (65%)	$20,896	5,721 (32%)	$5,302	5,025 (28%)	$5,695
Average	11,601 (68.22%)	$18,019	6,441 (38.00%)	$4,744	6,966 (41.33%)	$5,854

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 2,577 (66.56 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $18,021. It can cover 39.75% of tuition & fees ($45,337) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 1,586 (41.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,004).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	2,323 (71%)	$18,681	1,809 (55%)	$5,858
2014-15	3,069 (76%)	$16,599	2,081 (52%)	$5,820
2015-16	2,518 (70%)	$17,812	1,704 (47%)	$5,840
2016-17	2,688 (64%)	$18,050	1,872 (45%)	$5,950
2017-18	2,645 (65%)	$17,597	1,720 (43%)	$5,887
2018-19	2,322 (63%)	$16,955	1,375 (37%)	$6,294
2019-20	2,410 (65%)	$16,091	1,326 (36%)	$6,332
2020-21	2,390 (57%)	$19,199	893 (21%)	$5,540
2021-22	2,832 (68%)	$21,202	1,493 (36%)	$6,519
Average	2,577 (66.56%)	$18,021	1,586 (41.33%)	$6,004

^*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, 1,296 (33.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,892.

In addition, 1,743 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (44.89 % 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	1,432 (43%)	$4,712	33 (1%)	$2,840	1,511 (46%)	$11,337	2,284 (69%)	$8,505
2014-15	1,627 (40%)	$4,752	24 (1%)	$2,513	2,100 (52%)	$9,839	2,724 (68%)	$8,256
2015-16	1,299 (36%)	$4,657	17 (0%)	$3,013	1,574 (44%)	$10,971	2,369 (66%)	$9,068
2016-17	1,359 (32%)	$4,631	27 (1%)	$2,743	1,820 (43%)	$10,709	2,465 (59%)	$9,193
2017-18	1,229 (30%)	$4,694	5 (0%)	$1,595	1,746 (43%)	$10,935	2,408 (60%)	$9,002
2018-19	1,045 (28%)	$4,717	14 (0%)	$2,174	1,489 (40%)	$10,808	2,113 (57%)	$8,668
2019-20	996 (27%)	$4,920	1,939 (52%)	$647	1,504 (41%)	$10,697	1,962 (53%)	$8,428
2020-21	1,305 (31%)	$5,399	1,796 (43%)	$1,317	1,909 (46%)	$10,405	2,014 (48%)	$8,248
2021-22	1,370 (33%)	$5,542	2,490 (60%)	$2,490	2,030 (49%)	$10,766	2,456 (59%)	$9,933
Average	1,296 (33.33%)	$4,892	705 (26.33%)	$2,148	1,743 (44.89%)	$10,719	2,311 (59.89%)	$8,811

^*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, 1,586 (41.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $1,586.

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	1,809 (55%)	$5,858	1,790 (54%)	$5,401	55 (2%)	$16,913
2014-15	2,081 (52%)	$5,820	2,072 (52%)	$5,395	53 (1%)	$17,605
2015-16	1,704 (47%)	$5,840	1,690 (47%)	$5,300	64 (2%)	$15,556
2016-17	1,872 (45%)	$5,950	1,822 (43%)	$5,116	118 (3%)	$15,399
2017-18	1,720 (43%)	$5,887	1,618 (40%)	$4,726	794 (20%)	$3,122
2018-19	1,375 (37%)	$6,294	1,304 (35%)	$4,744	649 (18%)	$3,801
2019-20	1,326 (36%)	$6,332	1,261 (34%)	$4,684	643 (17%)	$3,872
2020-21	893 (21%)	$5,540	811 (20%)	$4,717	360 (9%)	$3,115
2021-22	1,493 (36%)	$6,519	1,434 (35%)	$4,715	755 (18%)	$3,935
Average	1,586 (41.33%)	$6,004	1,534 (40.00%)	$4,978	388 (10.00%)	$9,258

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UC Santa Cruz

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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