Financial Aid
Approximately 33 percent of all undergraduate students receive some type of financial assistance in a typical year. This aid is composed of grants, work-study, and loans (including athletic grants and parent loans). In 2010-11, approximately 4,702 undergraduate students received aid from all sources totaling $83.3 million. About 55 percent of this amount, $45.8 million, comes from University funds.
| Major Need-Based Undergraduate Student Aid Program Expenditures, 2010-11 | |
| Federal aid | $26.9 million |
| Institutional aid | $45.8 million |
| State aid | $5.2 million |
| Other | $5.4 million |
AccessUVA
AccessUVA is the financial aid program created by the University to limit undergraduate student debt and keep higher education affordable for all admitted students, regardless of economic circumstances.
Fall 2010
- Entering first-year students who qualified for loan-free support under AccessUVA: 260
- Entering transfer students (including BIS students) who qualified for loan-free support under AccessUVA: 114 (includes fall 2010 and spring 2011)