About Undergraduate Scholarships

Find out how scholarships can help cover your undergraduate education costs.

Facts about scholarships:

• Scholarships are gift aid, money you don't have to repay.
• Scholarships are awarded for either academic merit only, or merit and additional criteria such as major of interest, leadership, or financial need.
• If you receive scholarship(s), they may replace your other financial awards in the following order:
  1. Work-study
  2. Perkins Loan
  3. Parent PLUS Loan
  4. Stafford Loan
  5. Grants
  Scholarships that replace work-study reduce the number of hours you need to work, and those that replace loans reduce your future loan debt.

Scholarship money doesn't reduce your expected family contribution (EFC). For details, see:

• How UCSD Determines Financial Aid Awards
• Financial Aid Packaging Policy for Undergraduates

See the requirements and application process for UCSD and non-UCSD scholarships:

• Scholarships administered by UCSD for:
  • Entering freshmen
  • Entering transfer students
  • Continuing undergraduates
  • Research
  • Study abroad
• Scholarships not administered by UCSD:
  • Guardian Scholars Program for former foster youth
  • National competitive scholarships
  • Outside agency scholarships

Resources about scholarships:

• Learn how scholarship money and other financial aid gets to you.
• Read tips on receiving scholarship funds from non-UCSD organizations.
• Access scholarship Web sites, search tools, and other resources.
• Find financial aid and scholarship tax information

Questions? Contact Financial Aid's Scholarship Office, (858) 534-3263.