Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UC Riverside

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Received Percent Changed

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Received Amount Changes

Over the past 10 years (2015-2023), the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 17,007, which is 81.22 % of all undergraduate students. 8,970 students which is 43.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,618.

For full-time, first-time beginning students (freshmen), 81.33% of students received grants or scholarships and 44% of students received student loans.

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table shows the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at University of California-Riverside since 2014.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 17,007, which is 81.22 % of all undergraduate students. 8,970 students which is 43.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,618.

YearGrant or Scholarship*Pell GrantsFederal Student Loans
Number Received (percent**)Average AmountNumber Received (percent**)Average AmountNumber Received (percent**)Average Amount
2014-1515,805 (84%)$16,03210,672 (57%)$4,41810,106 (54%)$5,785
2015-1615,172 (82%)$16,68910,430 (56%)$4,6529,607 (52%)$5,745
2016-1716,103 (81%)$17,36311,043 (56%)$4,4829,963 (50%)$5,564
2017-1816,532 (82%)$18,27710,812 (54%)$4,7859,534 (47%)$5,590
2018-1916,729 (81%)$18,43910,876 (53%)$4,9109,253 (45%)$5,584
2019-2020,165 (91%)$16,15911,358 (51%)$4,9619,503 (43%)$5,629
2020-2117,756 (78%)$18,44511,345 (50%)$5,3777,654 (34%)$5,543
2021-2217,743 (78%)$20,32411,296 (49%)$5,3617,593 (33%)$5,551
2022-2317,059 (74%)$19,53010,698 (47%)$5,6937,517 (33%)$5,572
Average17,007 (81.22%)$17,91810,948 (52.56%)$4,9608,970 (43.44%)$5,618
*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.

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

For the last 10 years, on average, 3,860 (81.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $19,981. It can cover 42.95% of tuition & fees ($46,524) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 2,074 (44.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,301).

Year Grants or Scholarships*Student Loans
Number Received (percent**)Average AmountNumber Received (percent**)Average Amount
2014-153,784 (89%)$18,4252,273 (53%)$5,609
2015-163,250 (81%)$19,4472,118 (53%)$5,648
2016-174,433 (83%)$21,2492,834 (53%)$5,208
2017-183,797 (83%)$20,7302,324 (51%)$5,370
2018-193,692 (82%)$21,0632,110 (47%)$5,105
2019-204,315 (91%)$16,6282,031 (43%)$5,185
2020-213,760 (78%)$18,6761,412 (29%)$4,974
2021-223,851 (75%)$22,0421,710 (33%)$5,140
2022-233,858 (70%)$21,5661,852 (34%)$5,468
Average3,860 (81.33%)$19,9812,074 (44.00%)$5,301
*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 10 years, on average, 2,374 (49.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,060.

In addition, 3,075 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (64.22 % of students).

Year Federal (Pell) GrantsOther Federal State/Local governmentInstitutional
Number Received (percent)Average AmountNumber Received (percent)Average Amount Number Received (percent)Average AmountNumber Received (percent)Average Amount
2014-152,219 (52%)$4,748102 (2%)$3,8122,685 (63%)$9,9883,544 (83%)$9,023
2015-162,129 (53%)$4,77796 (2%)$3,8002,502 (62%)$10,6312,787 (69%)$9,355
2016-173,025 (57%)$4,788217 (4%)$3,9933,678 (69%)$10,7883,731 (70%)$10,497
2017-182,298 (50%)$4,956258 (6%)$3,9532,996 (65%)$11,1233,205 (70%)$10,290
2018-192,310 (51%)$5,05051 (1%)$4,0512,980 (66%)$11,3693,027 (67%)$10,576
2019-202,230 (47%)$5,1014,012 (85%)$8132,985 (63%)$11,1852,841 (60%)$8,351
2020-212,365 (49%)$5,2573,030 (63%)$1,1353,240 (67%)$10,7192,760 (57%)$7,109
2021-222,387 (46%)$5,2793,291 (64%)$3,2473,156 (61%)$10,7953,216 (62%)$8,560
2022-232,399 (43%)$5,584474 (9%)$3,9723,449 (62%)$11,7693,132 (57%)$8,728
Average2,374 (49.78%)$5,0601,281 (26.22%)$3,1973,075 (64.22%)$10,9303,138 (66.11%)$9,165
*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 10 years, on average, 2,074 (44.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $2,074.

YearTotalFederal student loansOther student loans
Number Received (percent)Average AmountNumber Received (percent)Average AmountNumber Received (percent)Average Amount
2014-152,273 (53%)$5,6092,254 (53%)$5,22869 (2%)$13,997
2015-162,118 (53%)$5,6482,091 (52%)$5,16190 (2%)$12,999
2016-172,834 (53%)$5,2082,731 (51%)$4,915159 (3%)$8,412
2017-182,324 (51%)$5,3702,239 (49%)$5,007134 (3%)$9,483
2018-192,110 (47%)$5,1052,048 (45%)$4,735105 (2%)$10,232
2019-202,031 (43%)$5,1851,974 (42%)$4,81399 (2%)$10,388
2020-211,412 (29%)$4,9741,353 (28%)$4,70381 (2%)$8,151
2021-221,710 (33%)$5,1401,676 (33%)$4,70270 (1%)$13,006
2022-231,852 (34%)$5,4681,799 (33%)$4,710108 (2%)$15,303
Average2,074 (44.00%)$5,3012,018 (42.89%)$4,886102 (2.11%)$11,330

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