How UCLA'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-Los Angeles since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 18,148, which is 60.18 % of all undergraduate students. 9,112 students which is 30.45% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,894.

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
2011-12	17,117 (63%)	$15,442	9,839 (36%)	$4,242	10,521 (39%)	$6,124
2012-13	16,747 (60%)	$16,288	10,127 (36%)	$4,027	10,449 (37%)	$6,137
2013-14	16,713 (58%)	$17,423	10,287 (36%)	$4,079	10,397 (36%)	$6,125
2014-15	18,171 (61%)	$17,244	10,444 (35%)	$4,118	10,375 (35%)	$5,958
2015-16	17,558 (59%)	$17,759	10,228 (35%)	$4,186	10,144 (34%)	$6,059
2016-17	18,266 (59%)	$18,171	10,429 (34%)	$4,247	10,288 (33%)	$6,019
2017-18	18,488 (60%)	$18,913	10,486 (34%)	$4,787	9,825 (32%)	$6,123
2018-19	18,529 (59%)	$19,300	10,067 (32%)	$4,910	9,249 (29%)	$5,712
2019-20	22,775 (72%)	$16,180	9,621 (31%)	$4,969	8,498 (27%)	$5,693
2020-21	17,729 (56%)	$19,994	8,990 (28%)	$5,623	3,871 (12%)	$5,025
2021-22	17,537 (55%)	$21,322	8,732 (27%)	$5,685	6,615 (21%)	$5,856
Average	18,148 (60.18%)	$18,003	9,932 (33.09%)	$4,625	9,112 (30.45%)	$5,894

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 3,268 (54.45 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $18,786. It can cover 42.19% of tuition & fees ($44,524) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 1,764 (29.64 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,131).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	3,406 (59%)	$16,760	2,251 (39%)	$6,145
2012-13	3,029 (54%)	$17,703	1,927 (34%)	$6,214
2013-14	3,133 (55%)	$19,534	2,010 (35%)	$6,243
2014-15	3,249 (56%)	$18,786	1,902 (33%)	$6,009
2015-16	3,146 (55%)	$19,693	1,863 (33%)	$6,314
2016-17	3,665 (56%)	$20,011	2,137 (33%)	$5,912
2017-18	3,309 (55%)	$19,744	1,906 (32%)	$6,352
2018-19	3,194 (51%)	$19,595	1,749 (28%)	$5,631
2019-20	3,952 (67%)	$15,461	1,517 (26%)	$6,243
2020-21	2,854 (45%)	$17,592	758 (12%)	$5,965
2021-22	3,012 (46%)	$21,766	1,389 (21%)	$6,418
Average	3,268 (54.45%)	$18,786	1,764 (29.64%)	$6,131

^*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.

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For the last 12 years, on average, 1,678 (28.18 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,865.

In addition, 2,012 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (33.45 % 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
2011-12	1,827 (32%)	$4,387	406 (7%)	$2,346	1,639 (28%)	$12,065	3,321 (57%)	$8,534
2012-13	1,725 (31%)	$4,417	402 (7%)	$2,013	1,658 (30%)	$11,976	2,882 (51%)	$8,791
2013-14	1,791 (32%)	$4,533	317 (6%)	$2,136	1,747 (31%)	$12,049	3,014 (53%)	$10,403
2014-15	1,724 (30%)	$4,528	300 (5%)	$2,286	2,145 (37%)	$10,076	2,892 (50%)	$10,695
2015-16	1,687 (30%)	$4,608	546 (10%)	$2,240	1,934 (34%)	$11,027	2,968 (52%)	$10,657
2016-17	1,955 (30%)	$4,645	574 (9%)	$2,093	2,453 (38%)	$10,900	3,385 (52%)	$10,730
2017-18	1,751 (29%)	$4,992	235 (4%)	$2,425	2,238 (37%)	$11,337	3,010 (50%)	$10,182
2018-19	1,596 (26%)	$5,114	211 (3%)	$1,994	2,060 (33%)	$11,140	2,878 (46%)	$10,790
2019-20	1,484 (25%)	$5,172	2,686 (45%)	$491	2,035 (34%)	$11,091	2,941 (50%)	$10,043
2020-21	1,419 (22%)	$5,518	1,964 (31%)	$1,731	2,145 (34%)	$10,442	1,531 (24%)	$10,828
2021-22	1,497 (23%)	$5,601	1,960 (30%)	$3,537	2,077 (32%)	$10,767	2,625 (40%)	$10,620
Average	1,678 (28.18%)	$4,865	873 (14.27%)	$2,117	2,012 (33.45%)	$11,170	2,859 (47.73%)	$10,207

^*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..

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 12 years, on average, 1,764 (29.64 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $1,764.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2011-12	2,251 (39%)	$6,145	2,234 (39%)	$5,736	52 (1%)	$19,608
2012-13	1,927 (34%)	$6,214	1,912 (34%)	$5,706	60 (1%)	$17,764
2013-14	2,010 (35%)	$6,243	1,993 (35%)	$5,606	79 (1%)	$17,423
2014-15	1,902 (33%)	$6,009	1,889 (33%)	$5,439	56 (1%)	$20,613
2015-16	1,863 (33%)	$6,314	1,833 (32%)	$5,521	90 (2%)	$18,251
2016-17	2,137 (33%)	$5,912	2,081 (32%)	$5,282	114 (2%)	$14,402
2017-18	1,906 (32%)	$6,352	1,852 (31%)	$5,613	108 (2%)	$15,859
2018-19	1,749 (28%)	$5,631	1,680 (27%)	$4,611	455 (7%)	$4,622
2019-20	1,517 (26%)	$6,243	1,473 (25%)	$4,586	391 (7%)	$6,946
2020-21	758 (12%)	$5,965	719 (11%)	$4,391	69 (1%)	$19,764
2021-22	1,389 (21%)	$6,418	1,352 (21%)	$4,791	181 (3%)	$13,468
Average	1,764 (29.64%)	$6,131	1,729 (29.09%)	$5,207	150 (2.55%)	$15,338

Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UCLA

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