January 2024
Financial Aid
Cal Grant Recipients
| 2022-23 Actual | 2023-24 Revised | 2024-25 Proposed | Change From 2023-24 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Total Recipients | 383,666 | 404,132 | 418,015 | 13,883 | 3.4% |
| By Segment: | |||||
| California Community Colleges | 136,579 | 149,616 | 159,528 | 9,912 | 6.6% |
| California State University | 137,777 | 139,688 | 140,014 | 326 | 0.2 |
| University of California | 78,166 | 83,642 | 87,362 | 3,720 | 4.4 |
| Private nonprofit institutions | 25,709 | 24,773 | 24,530 | -243 | -1.0 |
| Private for-profit institutions | 5,413 | 6,394 | 6,561 | 167 | 2.6 |
| Other public institutions | 24 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 5.8 |
| By Program: | |||||
| High School Entitlement | 235,313 | 236,433 | 241,922 | 5,489 | 2.3% |
| CCC Expanded Entitlement | 93,675 | 123,151 | 135,427 | 12,276 | 10.0 |
| Competitive | 32,033 | 25,058 | 21,788 | -3,270 | -13.0 |
| Transfer Entitlement | 20,212 | 16,451 | 15,737 | -715 | -4.3 |
| Cal Grant C | 2,433 | 3,038 | 3,140 | 102 | 3.3 |
| By Award Type: | |||||
| Cal Grant B | 261,616 | 275,841 | 282,496 | 6,655 | 2.4% |
| Cal Grant A | 119,619 | 125,252 | 132,378 | 7,126 | 5.7 |
| Cal Grant C | 2,433 | 3,038 | 3,140 | 102 | 3.3 |
| By Renewal or New: | |||||
| Renewal | 224,305 | 226,828 | 234,698 | 7,870 | 3.5% |
| New | 159,361 | 177,304 | 183,317 | 6,013 | 3.4 |
| Data reflect California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) estimates. | |||||