July 2018

Financial Aid

Cal Grant Recipients

   2016-17
Actual		 2017-18
Revised		 2018-19
Enacted		 Change from 2017-18
Amount Percent
Total Recipients 344,789 374,443 391,940 17,497 4.7%
           
By Segment:          
California State University 126,653 137,071 141,557 4,486 3.3%
California Community Colleges 112,180 124,646 134,403 9,757 7.8
University of California 74,498 78,768 81,007 2,239 2.8
Private nonprofit institutions 26,591 27,896 28,714 818 2.9
Private for-profit institutions 4,867 6,062 6,259 197 3.2
           
By Program:          
High School Entitlement 260,486 288,311 306,024 17,713 6.1%
Competitive 49,229 50,499 52,140 1,641 3.2
CCC Transfer Entitlement 28,450 27,694 25,587 -2,107 -7.6
Cal Grant C 6,624 7,939 8,189 250 3.1
           
By Award Type:          
Cal Grant B 222,357 245,454 259,564 14,110 5.7%
Cal Grant A 115,808 121,050 124,187 3,137 2.6
Cal Grant C 6,624 7,939 8,189 250 3.1
           
By Renewal or New:          
Renewal 203,349 223,934 232,557 8,623 3.9%
New 141,440 150,510 159,382 8,872 5.9
Note: Totals do not match across all categories due to modeling issues.