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California South Bay University (CSBU) offers many options in financial aid to help you pay for your educational costs. Within this page you will find relevant information about these options, applying for financial assistance, costs, types of aid/scholarships, and more.

At CSBU, state, institutional, and private fund(s) used to assist eligible students in funding their education. Financial aid can be a combination of scholarships, grants, waivers, and student employment. Scholarships and grants are considered "free money" and the student is not required to repay; however, loans and student employment are considered self-help aid and most loans require repayment when a student becomes enrolled less than half time or graduates. CSBU is associated with numbers of private loan company, and will help student in connecting those networks, such as Beneke Financial Group, and etc. Student employment includes both work-study positions and part-time employment positions, either on- or off- campus.

If you believe financial assistance would benefit your future financial management in your educational expense, we strongly encourage you to apply for financial aid in various options. We will try our best to help you manage an investment in your higher education at CSBU.

All CSBU students are eligible to apply for the CSBU Scholarship, which offers a limited number of tuition waiver scholarships and graduate assistantships each year. Various loan programs are also available. Please check with our financial specialist and you will be assisted cordially.

Assistantships are appointed either for a trimester or for an academic year consisting of two or three trimesters as specified by the individual appointment. It could be in lieu of Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant. In addition, there might be other options available, such as tutoring program, administrative assistant training program, and etc. Recipients are expected to commit 20 hours per week of services for a part-time appointment. For a part-time teaching, research, or administrative assistantship, the stipend is monetary compensation or a fully/partially tuition fee waiver. For tuition waiver scholarships, partial or full tuition fees waivers may be granted based on a combination of an individual applicant's potential to succeed, proven track record and/or financial need as evaluated by the School.

The financial aid is awarded depend primarily on the academic promise and scholarly achievement of the applicants. Consideration will be abstracted from the comprehensive academic performance and background of students based on an equality basis, such as extracurricular awards and achievements; work history; GPA; Letters of recommendation; Socio-economic and cultural background, and etc. Scholarships are not restricted to any particular field of study.