How UC Merced'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-Merced since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 6,019, which is 87.45 % of all undergraduate students. 3,155 students which is 47.82% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,285.

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	4,017 (81%)	$16,311	2,875 (58%)	$4,631	2,899 (59%)	$5,515
2012-13	4,426 (81%)	$17,135	3,246 (60%)	$4,644	3,132 (58%)	$5,511
2013-14	4,875 (84%)	$18,329	3,591 (62%)	$4,689	3,198 (55%)	$5,404
2014-15	5,172 (88%)	$17,841	3,595 (61%)	$4,750	3,232 (55%)	$5,421
2015-16	5,423 (87%)	$18,949	3,809 (61%)	$4,871	3,225 (52%)	$5,230
2016-17	6,069 (89%)	$20,032	4,169 (61%)	$4,844	3,413 (50%)	$5,184
2017-18	6,634 (90%)	$21,194	4,745 (64%)	$4,973	3,525 (48%)	$5,075
2018-19	7,115 (90%)	$21,024	5,067 (64%)	$5,122	3,744 (48%)	$5,213
2019-20	7,592 (93%)	$21,735	5,208 (64%)	$5,180	3,667 (45%)	$5,207
2020-21	7,541 (91%)	$21,518	5,216 (63%)	$5,724	2,078 (25%)	$5,201
2021-22	7,341 (88%)	$24,089	5,097 (61%)	$5,671	2,594 (31%)	$5,169
Average	6,019 (87.45%)	$19,832	4,238 (61.73%)	$5,009	3,155 (47.82%)	$5,285

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 1,691 (89.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $22,223. It can cover 49.45% of tuition & fees ($44,944) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 931 (49.82 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,678).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	1,204 (84%)	$18,063	913 (63%)	$4,868
2012-13	1,275 (85%)	$19,877	815 (55%)	$4,554
2013-14	1,469 (89%)	$21,456	910 (55%)	$4,730
2014-15	1,404 (91%)	$20,699	850 (55%)	$4,852
2015-16	1,595 (90%)	$22,129	923 (52%)	$4,651
2016-17	1,879 (92%)	$23,444	1,158 (57%)	$4,472
2017-18	2,097 (92%)	$24,453	1,215 (53%)	$4,673
2018-19	1,995 (90%)	$23,112	1,145 (52%)	$4,787
2019-20	1,913 (91%)	$23,728	1,101 (52%)	$4,736
2020-21	1,780 (92%)	$21,623	375 (19%)	$4,385
2021-22	1,993 (83%)	$25,868	841 (35%)	$4,754
Average	1,691 (89.00%)	$22,223	931 (49.82%)	$4,678

^*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, 1,205 (63.45 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,033.

In addition, 1,424 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (74.18 % 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	847 (59%)	$4,681	16 (1%)	$2,249	852 (59%)	$10,854	1,039 (72%)	$8,180
2012-13	933 (63%)	$4,695	24 (2%)	$3,783	924 (62%)	$10,928	1,090 (73%)	$9,886
2013-14	1,051 (64%)	$4,808	75 (5%)	$2,235	1,169 (71%)	$11,515	1,299 (79%)	$9,881
2014-15	959 (62%)	$4,835	9 (1%)	$5,000	1,146 (74%)	$10,647	1,196 (77%)	$10,182
2015-16	1,141 (64%)	$4,955	11 (1%)	$4,773	1,336 (75%)	$10,991	1,377 (77%)	$10,825
2016-17	1,352 (66%)	$4,877	-	-	1,601 (79%)	$11,012	1,663 (82%)	$11,923
2017-18	1,519 (67%)	$4,980	88 (4%)	$2,043	1,852 (81%)	$11,284	1,851 (81%)	$12,229
2018-19	1,415 (64%)	$5,146	123 (6%)	$1,023	1,761 (80%)	$11,142	1,764 (80%)	$10,817
2019-20	1,365 (65%)	$5,211	456 (22%)	$1,132	1,701 (81%)	$10,850	1,690 (80%)	$11,424
2020-21	1,259 (65%)	$5,625	1,365 (70%)	$963	1,605 (83%)	$10,765	1,165 (60%)	$11,000
2021-22	1,418 (59%)	$5,545	1,523 (63%)	$1,540	1,712 (71%)	$10,568	1,770 (74%)	$13,138
Average	1,205 (63.45%)	$5,033	369 (17.50%)	$2,474	1,424 (74.18%)	$10,960	1,446 (75.91%)	$10,862

^*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, 931 (49.82 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $931.

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	913 (63%)	$4,868	909 (63%)	$4,707	11 (1%)	$15,127
2012-13	815 (55%)	$4,554	815 (55%)	$4,474	7 (0%)	$9,367
2013-14	910 (55%)	$4,730	910 (55%)	$4,589	9 (1%)	$14,250
2014-15	850 (55%)	$4,852	846 (55%)	$4,681	9 (1%)	$18,182
2015-16	923 (52%)	$4,651	920 (52%)	$4,562	14 (1%)	$6,859
2016-17	1,158 (57%)	$4,472	1,089 (53%)	$4,487	78 (4%)	$3,745
2017-18	1,215 (53%)	$4,673	1,152 (50%)	$4,532	80 (4%)	$5,715
2018-19	1,145 (52%)	$4,787	1,066 (48%)	$4,595	102 (5%)	$5,709
2019-20	1,101 (52%)	$4,736	1,019 (49%)	$4,637	97 (5%)	$5,042
2020-21	375 (19%)	$4,385	354 (18%)	$4,470	23 (1%)	$2,687
2021-22	841 (35%)	$4,754	812 (34%)	$4,576	38 (2%)	$7,444
Average	931 (49.82%)	$4,678	899 (48.36%)	$4,574	43 (2.50%)	$8,557

Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UC Merced

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