January 2019

Financial Aid

Cal Grant Recipients

  2017-18 Actual 2018-19 Revised 2019-20 Proposed Change from 2018-19
Amount Percent
Total Recipients 370,543 398,867 427,291 28,424 7.1%
By Segment:          
California State University 136,732 147,185 159,278 12,093 8.2%
California Community Colleges 122,907 133,618 142,845 9,227 6.9
University of California 77,647 82,339 87,004 4,665 5.7
Private nonprofit institutions 27,841 30,549 32,676 2,127 7.0
Private for-profit institutions 5,416 5,178 5,487 309 6.0
By Program:          
High School Entitlement 285,520 311,547 332,489 20,942 6.7%
Competitive 49,936 50,574 55,057 4,483 8.9
CCC Transfer Entitlement 27,259 26,662 28,599 1,937 7.3
Cal Grant C 7,828 10,086 11,144 1,058 10.5
By Award Type:          
Cal Grant B 242,771 260,666 280,381 19,715 7.6%
Cal Grant A 119,944 128,117 135,765 7,648 6.0
Cal Grant C 7,828 10,086 11,144 1,058 10.5
By Renewal or New:          
Renewal 222,229 237,726 258,575 20,849 8.8%
New 148,314 161,141 168,716 7,575 4.7
Note: Data for 2017-18 and 2018-19 reflects California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) estimates. Data for 2019-20 reflects CSAC baseline estimates as adjusted by LAO to incorporate Governor's 2019-20 proposals. Some categories do not sum to totals because of rounding.