July 2019

Financial Aid

Cal Grant Recipients

  2017-18
Actual
2018-19
Revised
2019-20
Enacted
Change From 2018-19
Amount Percent
Total Recipients 370,543 396,500 433,053 36,553 9.2%
By Segment:          
California State University 136,732 146,592 160,050 13,458 9.2%
California Community Colleges 122,809 131,935 147,448 15,513 11.8
University of California 77,647 81,967 86,552 4,585 5.6
Private nonprofit institutions 27,841 30,367 32,687 2,320 7.6
Private for-profit institutions 5,416 5,524 6,196 672 12.2
Other public institutions 98 120 121 1 1.0
By Program:          
High School Entitlement 285,520 308,212 326,041 17,829 5.8%
Competitive 49,936 50,746 65,912 15,166 29.9
CCC Transfer Entitlement 27,259 27,513 30,120 2,607 9.5
Cal Grant C 7,828 10,034 10,981 947 9.4
By Award Type:          
Cal Grant B 242,771 259,319 288,237 28,918 11.2%
Cal Grant A 119,944 127,152 133,836 6,684 5.3
Cal Grant C 7,828 10,034 10,981 947 9.4
By Renewal or New:          
Renewal 222,229 238,239 256,447 18,208 7.6%
New 148,314 158,261 176,606 18,345 11.6
Notes:
Data for 2017-18 and 2018-19 reflect California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) estimates. Data for 2019-20 reflect CSAC baseline estimates as adjusted by LAO to incorporate policy changes.
Some categories do not sum to totals because of rounding.