Welcome to the UCSC Financial Aid Calculator!  The UCSC Financial Aid Calculator is for prospective and current undergraduate,
A dependent student is a student who must provide information about their parents' income and assets on the FAFSA. Generally speaking, this is a student who is under 24, an undergraduate, is unmarried and has no dependents.
dependent, California resident students living in on-campus residence halls. 
By answering a few simple questions, the calculator will present you with an early estimate of your full-time cost of attendance and financial aid at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz). When you complete the calculator online form, you are NOT applying for aid. For aid application instructions, see the UC Santa Cruz Financial Aid Office web site.

What you will need:

  • Most recent income tax returns filed by the student and the student's parent(s)
  • Most recent W-2 forms and/or pay stubs with year-to-date information for the student and parent(s)
  • Current bank and brokerage/investment statements