July 2019
Financial Aid
Middle Class Scholarship Program
Recipients and Spending by Segment
| 2017-18 Actual |
2018-19 Revised | 2019-20 Enacted | Change from 2018-19 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Estimated Recipients | |||||
| CSU | 42,867 | 44,070 | 45,081 | 1,011 | 2.3% |
| UC | 8,443 | 9,181 | 9,647 | 466 | 5.1 |
| Total | 51,310 | 53,251 | 54,728 | 1,477 | 2.8 |
| Estimated Spending (in thousands) | |||||
| CSU | $75,153 | $79,816 | $81,646 | $1,830 | 2.3% |
| UC | 24,785 | 27,221 | 28,602 | 1,381 | 5.1 |
| Total | $99,938 | $107,037 | $110,248 | $3,211 | 3.0 |
| Maximum Award | |||||
| CSU | $2,298 | $2,298 | $2,298 | — | — |
| UC | 5,052 | 5,028 | 5,028 | — | — |
| Notes: | |||||
| Recipients and spending data reflect California Student Aid Commission estimates as adjusted by LAO to align with enacted spending levels. | |||||
| Students with household income less than or equal to $118,000 receive the maximum award, which is equal to 40 percent of the systemwide tuition and fee charge. Students with household income of over $118,000 but less than or equal to $177,000 receive an award that is graduated downward for each $1,000 increase in income. Students with household income of $177,000 receive the minimum award, which is equal to 10 percent of the systemwide tuition and fee charge. | |||||
| CSU = California State University. UC = University of California. | |||||