January 2026
Financial Aid
Cal Grant Recipients
| 2024-25 Actual |
2025-26 Revised |
2026-27 Proposed |
Change From 2025-26 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Total Recipients | 453,482 | 509,593 | 556,121 | 46,528 | 9.1% |
| By Segment: | |||||
| California Community Colleges | 193,139 | 217,098 | 232,754 | 15,657 | 7.2% |
| California State University | 147,812 | 173,049 | 197,190 | 24,141 | 14.0 |
| University of California | 81,543 | 86,007 | 91,037 | 5,030 | 5.8 |
| Private nonprofit institutions | 25,213 | 27,040 | 28,680 | 1,639 | 6.1 |
| Private for-profit institutions | 5,547 | 6,189 | 6,366 | 177 | 2.9 |
| Other public institutions | 226 | 209 | 94 | -116 | -55.2 |
| By Program: | |||||
| High School Entitlement | 251,679 | 278,397 | 302,360 | 23,963 | 8.6% |
| CCC Expanded Entitlement | 157,002 | 183,325 | 204,819 | 21,494 | 11.7 |
| Competitive | 20,596 | 19,288 | 19,128 | -160 | -0.8 |
| Transfer Entitlement | 16,177 | 17,377 | 18,042 | 665 | 3.8 |
| Cal Grant C | 8,028 | 11,205 | 11,772 | 567 | 5.1 |
| By Award Type: | |||||
| Cal Grant B | 317,888 | 362,294 | 400,709 | 38,414 | 10.6% |
| Cal Grant A | 127,566 | 136,094 | 143,641 | 7,547 | 5.5 |
| Cal Grant C | 8,028 | 11,205 | 11,772 | 567 | 5.1 |
| By Renewal or New: | |||||
| Renewal | 236,666 | 270,878 | 306,782 | 35,904 | 13.3% |
| New | 216,816 | 238,715 | 249,339 | 10,624 | 4.5 |
| Data reflect California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) estimates. Some categories do not sum to totals due to rounding. | |||||