July 2025

Financial Aid

Cal Grant Spending

(Dollars in Millions)

  2023-24
Actual		 2024-25
Revised		 2025-26
Enacted		 Change from 2024-25
Amount Percent
Total Spending  $2,295  $2,548 $2,791  $243  9.5%
By Segment:          
University of California $1,028 $1,107 $1,234 $127 11.4%
California State University 747 863 956 93 10.8
California Community Colleges  265  319 344 25 7.8
Private nonprofit institutions  227  230 229 -1 —a
Private for-profit institutions 28 29 28 -1 -2.9
Other public institutions 1  —a —a —a -11.0
By Program:          
High School Entitlement $1,663 $1,819 $1,971 $152 8.4%
CCC Expanded Entitlement  334 415 478 63 15.2
Competitive 164 158 157 -2 -1.2
Transfer Entitlement 130 140 165 25 18.2
Cal Grant C 4 16 21 5 28.1
By Award Type:          
Cal Grant B $1,057 $1,199 $1,309 $110 9.2
Cal Grant A 1,233  1,333 1,461 129 9.6
Cal Grant C 4  16 21 5 28.1
By Renewal or New:          
Renewal $1,534  $1,726 $1,924 $198  11.5%
New 760 822  867 45  5.5
a Less than $500,000 or 0.5 percent.