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Cost of Attendance The first step in determining your financial need is to estimate how much it will cost to attend UCSC for the academic year. The Financial Aid Office establishes standard budgets using statistical data from a variety of community sources including a survey of current UCSC students. Standard budgets at UC Santa Cruz include the following:
Financial aid is intended to help pay for students' educational costs and living expenses while they are enrolled, UCSC standard budgets do not cover living expenses during the winter, spring, and summer breaks. The specific standard budget used by our office to determine your financial need will depend on whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student and on where you will be living during the academic year. |
standard uc santa cruz student budgets On-Campus budgets are used for students living in campus dormitories or in other campus-owned housing Off-Campus budgets are used for students living in non-campus owned housing and not living with parents or relatives Commuter budgets are used for students living with parents or relatives
Cost difference: living on versus off campus The cost of attendance (COA) for students includes an allowance for fees/tuition, housing, food, personal and transportation costs for the year. The total off-campus cost is lower because the average housing expenses are lower than the average housing expenses on-campus. Each year, in late summer, we correct financial costs and revise aid awards for students whose housing plans differ from the plan they selected on their FAFSA. Standard Student Budgets for 2008-2009: Undergraduate Student Budgets for 2008-09 Graduate Student Budgets for 2008-09
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