July 2026
Cal Grant Recipients
| 2024-25 Actual | 2025-26 Revised | 2026-27 Enacted | Change From 2025-26 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Total Recipients | 453,480 | 507,651 | 547,596 | 39,945 | 7.9% |
| By Segment: | |||||
| California Community Colleges | 193,139 | 219,956 | 233,025 | 13,069 | 5.9% |
| California State University | 147,812 | 167,872 | 188,541 | 20,669 | 12.3 |
| University of California | 81,543 | 84,974 | 89,390 | 4,416 | 5.2 |
| Private nonprofit institutions | 25,213 | 26,748 | 27,889 | 1,141 | 4.3 |
| Private for-profit institutions | 5,547 | 7,981 | 8,613 | 632 | 7.9 |
| Other public institutions | 226 | 119 | 138 | 18 | 15.5 |
| By Program: | |||||
| High School Entitlement | 251,679 | 278,067 | 297,796 | 19,730 | 7.1% |
| CCC Expanded Entitlement | 157,000 | 181,875 | 201,800 | 19,925 | 11.0 |
| Competitive | 20,596 | 19,282 | 19,119 | -162 | -0.8 |
| Transfer Entitlement | 16,177 | 17,024 | 17,420 | 395 | 2.3 |
| Cal Grant C | 8,028 | 11,403 | 11,460 | 57 | 0.5 |
| By Award Type: | |||||
| Cal Grant B | 317,886 | 362,332 | 395,002 | 32,670 | 9.0% |
| Cal Grant A | 127,566 | 133,916 | 141,134 | 7,218 | 5.4 |
| Cal Grant C | 8,028 | 11,403 | 11,460 | 57 | 0.5 |
| By Renewal or New: | |||||
| Renewal | 236,665 | 273,809 | 303,364 | 29,555 | 10.8% |
| New | 216,815 | 233,841 | 244,232 | 10,390 | 4.4 |
| Data reflect California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) estimates. | |||||