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UC Berkeley Financial Aid Phone Number: Live Human Help

Thomas Maxon, CEO & Co-founder of Claimyr | last updated: 11/08/2023

Have you been dialing the UC Berkeley Financial Aid phone line 510-664-9181 to reach a human? This guide covers how to call and reach a live human at the UC Berkeley Financial Aid. Also, we provide you with a guaranteed way to speak with an agent within a few hours.

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How to call the UC Berkeley Financial Aid phone number and speak with a human using a shortcut

Use the widget below to find out the best times, how to call, and a guaranteed method to reach a live UC Berkeley Financial Aid customer service agent. If it's too hard to call the UC Berkeley Financial Aid phone number below, you can place a UC Berkeley Financial Aid call here to guarantee you reach a human.

Calling FASFA is an essential part of this process. Often Financial Aid officers will not be able to proceed without you calling FAFSA. Keep in mind that you'll have to call FAFSA, and will likely face hours-long hold times. You can avoid this by checking out our guide on reaching a live human at FASFA phone number without any hold times. As well as finding a live human agent at the Federal Student Aid Information Center (FSAIC) phone number.

Student loan providers as also notoriously hard to call and reach a human without a mind-numbing hold time. So check out our of guides on different student loan providers:

If you're also looking for information on how to contact the UC Davis Financial Aid office directly, our comprehensive guide on the UC Davis Financial Aid Phone Number can help you bypass the wait times and connect with a representative more efficiently.

How can I speak to a live person at the UC Berkeley Financial Aid?

There are two methods to reach a live person:

  • 1.) by calling manually over and over again, get on a long hold, and then hope the call doesn't drop -- and I'll show you how to do that,
  • 2.) use a calling tool that dials for you, stays on hold, and forwards a call to your phone number when an agent is on the line. (RECOMMENDED)

If you're also looking for contact information specific to UC Irvine, you can find the UC Irvine Financial Aid Phone Number for direct assistance with your financial aid inquiries.

Option 1 (SLOW): call manually - time to a human rep = 2+ hours.

Below is the best way to manually dial through their menu faster:

  • Step 1: Dial 5106649181
  • Step 2: Wait for 5 seconds
  • Step 3: Press 1
  • Step 4: Wait for 4 seconds
  • Step 5: Press 4
  • Step 6: Wait for 2 seconds
  • Step 7: Press 2

For a detailed guide and additional tips on reaching the UC Merced Financial Aid office, you can visit our comprehensive page on the UC Merced Financial Aid Phone Number.

Option 2 (FAST): use a call app - time to a human rep = 5-40 min.

By far the fastest option is to use software. Robots are simply better at this task than humans ever can be.

  • Step 1: head to Claimyr
  • Step 2: select/search for "UC Berkeley Financial Aid"
  • Step 3: pay for Claimyr to call for you (yes it's a paid version, but it honestly works very well. You can research Claimyr before buying to be sure)
  • Step 4: kick back, relax, and wait for your phone to ring with a UC Berkeley Financial Aid agent on the line!

If you're also dealing with UC Riverside and need to contact their financial aid office quickly, you can use Claimyr's specific service for the UC Riverside Financial Aid Phone Number as well.

The UC Berkeley Financial Aid's hours of operation

The UC Berkeley Financial Aid is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (PST)

For comparison or for those also considering other institutions within the University of California system, you may want to check the UC San Diego Financial Aid Phone Number for their hours of operation and contact information.

UC Berkeley Financial Aid Callback Tool: About Claimyr

Like you, I was at wit's end trying to find a good way to reach a human when I was unemployed in the 2020 pandemic lockdown. After calling 500 times a week to the EDD in California, I built a software program to dial for me automatically. This led to me sharing this tool with you. So far, a few hundred thousand people have used it to reach a live human not only at the UC Berkeley Financial Aid but also at the IRS phone number, Airlines phone numbers, Healthcare provider phone lines, and many more hard-to-reach phone lines across America.

Claimyr is a software-as-a-service that automates the entire calling process for you. We do this by programming software to

  • automatically dial the UC Berkeley Financial Aid phone number,
  • navigate the phone menu,
  • stay on hold,
  • detect if a live agent has picked up the call,
  • then forward a call to your phone with a live human waiting for you

The value for you is you can quickly get paid without the hours, days, weeks, and months of manually dialing over and over, staying on hold for hours, and often redialing after a dropped call. Instead, using Claimyr, all you need to do is press a button and wait for a callback to your phone with a live agent on the call.

Yes, Claimyr is legit. We welcome you to search Google for "Claimyr". You'll see thousands of genuine happy reviews, news articles, and our location (San Francisco).

And no, Claimyr doesn't clog the lines or make matters worse. This is because Claimyr has a one-call-per-customer policy. We only place a single call at a time for you. We don't blast the phone lines as this would be cost-prohibitive for us (our calls would be preventing our own calls from reaching a human) and goes against our values. Also, if you use Claimyr, you stop calling yourself. This means that Claimyr doesn't add additional calls to the phone lines that wouldn't already be there anyway.

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What is the best time to call the UC Berkeley Financial Aid?

Do not call during these times (unless you are using Claimyr, which then you can order a callback 24/7 Monday - Sunday):

  • 👎 Monday mornings
  • 👎 After 5 pm on any day
  • 👎 Friday afternoons (as you'll likely not solve your issue until the following week)

But again, if you are using Claimyr's automated callback tool, then you will be able to place a call literally anytime during the day and get a callback soon after.

The best time to call the UC Berkeley Financial Aid is Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. ⚠️WARNING⚠️: please beware that you often need to dedicate an entire day to dialing over and over just to get on hold. Also, the UC Berkeley Financial Aid is notorious for dropping calls even when you finally do get on hold! So if you decide to start calling mid-week, due to excessive call volume, you may not be able to reach an agent until the following week or longer.

If you don't consider calling the UC Berkeley Financial Aid a full-time profession, consider using a calling tool such as Claimyr to guarantee a callback with an agent on the line with zero hold time.