Indicator 2.5
Average Amount and Percent of Undergraduates Receiving Gift Aid, 1999-00 to 2007-08
More than half of all UC undergraduates received some form of gift aid (grants or scholarships) in 2007-08. These awards were worth an average of $10,279.
Systemwide, the percentage of UC students receiving gift aid has changed little in recent years. The modest decline in the percent of students receiving gift aid since 2003-04 reflects the phase-out of the Governor's Scholarship Program, a state program that awarded scholarships to high-achieving high school students for use once they enrolled in college. State funding for new awards was eliminated in 2003.
Increases in the average value of students' gift aid since 2002-03 can be attributed primarily to additional support from the state's Cal Grant program and from UC's own institutional aid program. Cal Grant awards generally cover recipients' systemwide fees, and have increased in tandem with UC fees since 2002-03. The University also augments its own institutional aid program by setting aside a portion (currently 33 percent) of new fee revenue for need-based grants.
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Source: UCOP Corporate Student System. This system contains data on all degree-seeking students Universitywide.
Figures are in constant inflation-adjusted 2007 dollars using California CPI-U.
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