<p>Hello, I am a out of state student, interested in UCLA but I am wondering if i should even apply because I heard UCLA had terrible need based financial aid. Is this true? I live in Virginia, and I am on the lower scale of the middle class(aka <$60,000) and I was wondering if UCLA ever gave any financial aid.</p>
<p>I receive a lot of financial aid, but i am also in-state.</p>
<p>I'm sure there is some financial aid for out of state students. And to the question "if ucla ever gave any financial aid", i would guess that their has been at least one instance where someone has received aid.</p>
<p>i'm out of state (from maryland actually and off-topic: which school did you go to?) and i didn't receive any financial aid my first two years of school. however, my family is upper middle class so i didn't expect much anyways.</p>
<p>my mom moved to china about 2 years ago so our family income significantly dropped so i was offered about $10k in grants this year, which was a nice change. i think it's pretty decent but i don't know how it differs from other schools~</p>
<p>oh haha, yea im not sure I am gonna apply. but yea i was born in MD!</p>
<p>it doesn't hurt to apply and see how much FA UCLA offer u. But far as I know, the cost for outstate is about 27000 for tuition only + about 8000 at least for living and other expenses(subject to be increased) while the financial aid not likely to exceed 17000 (grant) anyhow. You may make up the rest by making loan</p>
<p>Also need to say that, except rich private Us, I think Public Us have similar standard for FA offering, and usually they don't have large variance in FA packages for a student. I got FA from UCD, UCSC and UCLA, and the variances were so small that I couldn't remember how "small" they were</p>
<p>2008 tuition and fees: $8,300 for residents, $28,900 for non-residents. and as s_dragon said, that's not including other expenses (housing especially).</p>
<p>$28,900 plus approximately $10-12k for housing... and it's about $40k a year. which is not including textbooks and other expenses.</p>