A significant number of students at PAU receive some kind of financial aid, and the total amount of assistance/loans provided is more than $545,059 in a year. One can visit PAU's financial aid page at http://www.paloaltou.edu/admissions/admissions-resources/financial-aid for more information. And, for the Pell Grant awardees, the average aid amount is $4,650. The annual family income of the applicants is also considered for determining the total financial assistance that they will be eligible for. Alternatively, the candidates can also avail of monetary benefits like student loans, apart from financial grants and scholarship schemes to pay for their studies. In contrast to grants and scholarships, student loans are taken by the candidates at a certain rate of interest. While grants and scholarship schemes do not require repayment, student loans should be repaid by the applicants within a given period.