We hope that you peruse it thoroughly and that it will answer most of your questions concerning the financial aid application and delivery process at CSU, Bakersfield. The purpose of financial aid is to assist eligible students in meeting educational costs while attending the University. Because of limited federal, state, and institutional funding, we are required to award financial aid to those eligible students with the greatest financial need. All financial aid programs at California State University, Bakersfield, are administered in accordance with policies and a philosophy which have been established nationally. The basis of this philosophy is that the student and family have the primary responsibility to meet the costs of college attendance.
Financial aid is a complex and sometimes bewildering process.
Please use this home page and any other materials you may have received from our office to help seek out answers to your questions. The staff is ready and anxious to provide you with any help you may need in order to understand the financial aid process. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large and when, for what purposes and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter. Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble. We believe that properly administering student financial aid programs, in an effort to facilitate access to postsecondary education, is an important and meaningful endeavor and we strive to do it as efficiently and effectively as we can.