PUC Financial Aid

About Pacific Union College

Cozied up in beautiful Napa Valley, Pacific Union College is a small liberal arts school with about 1,500 undergraduate students. The only college in the world affiliated with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Pacific Union is a small yet vibrant place, noted for having an especially friendly and engaged student body, as well as some pretty swanky dorms and great intramural sports.

Budgeting and Pacific Union Financial Aid

Like most small private liberal arts schools, Pacific Union College is by no means inexpensive. For students, this means it’s super important to be careful with expenses—buy only what you need. If you’re receiving financial aid, which nearly all students at Pacific Union do, it’s even more important to be responsible with personal spending. 

Applying for PUC Financial Aid

The PUC financial aid office requires all applicants to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in addition to the university’s own financial aid form. We can help you with the FAFSA—just check out or FAFSA coach—but when it comes to the institution’s form, if you have any questions you should talk to the university’s aid office directly. Be sure to get a jump on these forms, as some forms of aid are often first-come, first-served. Once you send your forms in, you should hear back from the office with your acceptance letter or next tuition bill.

PUC Financial Aid Packages

While 99% of students at Pacific Union receive financial aid, it’s not enough for most of them, as 52% of all students have taken out private student loans to cover the cost of attending Pacific Union. If you receive a financial aid package and it is not sufficient to cover the difference between what you can pay and what the total cost of attendance is, consider federal and private loans as funding options.

When considering borrowing for school, turn to federal loans first: they have more favorable borrowing terms and lower interest rates than their private counterparts. However, federal loans also have relatively low borrowing limits, so you may find yourself still short after exhausting your federal borrowing abilities. If this is the case, a private student loan may be the best form of funding to cover the gap and enable you to afford your Pacific Union education. To search, compare, and apply for the private student loan that’s best for you, just use our Student Loan Comparison Tool, right on this page.