University of California 2009 Accountability Report

Indicator 2.3
Estimated Average Gift Aid and Net Cost of Attendance for Need-based Aid Recipients - UC and Comparison Institutions, 2007-08

Data visualization. please download the source data for accessible information.

Gift aid (grants and need-based scholarships) dramatically reduces the cost of attending UC for students in need.

While need-based aid recipients at UC's private comparison institutions generally received more gift aid than at UC, the larger awards did not fully compensate for the much higher cost of attendance at these institutions.

Source: 2007-08 Common Data Set (2006-07 for Harvard).

The Common Data Set (CDS) is a statistical survey designed collaboratively by college guidebook publishers and higher education institutions for collecting standardized information from higher education institutions. Institutions typically provide information to CDS to reduce the burden of reporting to a number of guidebook publishers; data on all institutions are available to all participants.

You may view or download a table of the raw data used to generate these charts in CSV files, which can be opened in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.