Why won’t you say the name of the campus? Is it Merced? If so, my daughter got a regents there last year ($7,000 a year is their base) because, you know, they have an agenda different than the other UCs - they’re trying to get students over there. She ultimately didn’t take it. But that’s one big difference.
It boils down to your ability to be able to go to a UC w/o the scholarship.