July 2025

Financial Aid

Cal Grant Recipients

  2023-24
Actual		 2024-25
Revised		 2025-26
Enacted		 Change from 2024-25
Amount Percent
Total Recipients  401,147 455,104 492,969 37,865 8.3%
By Segment:          
California Community Colleges 153,575  193,779  212,770   18,992  9.8%
California State University 136,253  148,056  162,391  14,335  9.7
University of California 80,464 82,133 86,525 4,392 5.3
Private nonprofit institutions 25,254  24,990  25,021 31 —a
Private for-profit institutions 5,439  6,044  6,169 125  2.1
Other public institutions 159 103  94 -9 -8.6
By Program:          
High School Entitlement 238,344  247,790  257,526  9,736 3.9%
CCC Expanded Entitlement 121,068  162,073  188,011  25,938 16.0
Competitive 24,011  20,589  19,096 -1,494 -7.3
Transfer Entitlement 15,829  16,338  17,086  748 4.6
Cal Grant C 1,890  8,314  11,251  2,937 35.3
By Award Type:          
Cal Grant B 274,823   319,296  350,003  30,707 9.6%
Cal Grant A 124,429  127,493  131,715  4,222 3.3
Cal Grant C 1,890  8,314  11,251  2,937 35.3
By Renewal or New:          
Renewal 223,264  240,584  272,166  31,582 13.1%
New 177,879  214,520  220,803  6,283 2.9

Data reflect California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) estimates as of the May Revision.
a Less than 0.5 percent.