January 2020
Cal Grant Recipients
| 2018-19 Actual |
2019-20 Revised |
2020-21 Proposed |
Change From 2019-20 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Total Recipients | 371,141 | 391,589 | 407,142 | 15,553 | 4.0% |
| By Segment: | |||||
| California State University | 139,604 | 150,182 | 159,783 | 9,601 | 6.4% |
| California Community Colleges | 119,467 | 122,071 | 124,654 | 2,583 | 2.1 |
| University of California | 78,390 | 82,900 | 84,483 | 1,583 | 1.9 |
| Private nonprofit institutions | 28,303 | 30,369 | 31,798 | 1,429 | 4.7 |
| Private for-profit institutions | 5,279 | 5,965 | 6,332 | 367 | 6.2 |
| Other public institutions | 98 | 101 | 92 | -9 | -8.9 |
| By Program: | |||||
| High School Entitlement | 286,060 | 292,269 | 300,537 | 8,268 | 2.8% |
| Competitive | 48,881 | 64,476 | 72,473 | 7,997 | 12.4 |
| CCC Transfer Entitlement | 26,854 | 28,186 | 28,646 | 460 | 1.6 |
| Cal Grant C | 9,346 | 6,658 | 5,485 | -1,173 | -17.6 |
| By Award Type: | |||||
| Cal Grant B | 239,652 | 255,452 | 267,345 | 11,893 | 4.7% |
| Cal Grant A | 122,143 | 129,479 | 134,311 | 4,832 | 3.7 |
| Cal Grant C | 9,346 | 6,658 | 5,485 | -1,173 | -17.6 |
| By Renewal or New: | |||||
| Renewal | 223,251 | 227,120 | 238,287 | 11,167 | 4.9% |
| New | 147,890 | 164,469 | 168,855 | 4,386 | 2.7 |
| Notes: | |||||
| Data reflect California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) estimates. Some categories do not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||