July 2020

Financial Aid

Cal Grant Recipients

  2018-19
Actual
2019-20
Revised
2020-21
Enacted
Change From 2019-20
Amount Percent
Total Recipients 371,141 394,483 400,012 5,529 1.4%
By Segment:          
California State University 139,604 149,162 154,441 5,279 3.5%
California Community Colleges 119,467 125,701 125,278 -423 -0.3
University of California 78,390 82,842 82,515 -327 -0.4
Private nonprofit institutions 28,303 29,955 30,675 720 2.4
Private for-profit institutions 5,279 6,728 7,016 288 4.3
Other public institutions 98 98 88 -10 -10.2
By Program:          
High School Entitlement 286,060 294,068 292,474 -1,594 -0.5%
Competitive 48,881 64,315 72,371 8,056 12.5
CCC Transfer Entitlement 26,854 27,710 27,840 130 0.5
Cal Grant C 9,346 8,390 7,327 -1,063 -12.7
By Award Type:          
Cal Grant B 239,652 257,141 262,693 5,552 2.2%
Cal Grant A 122,143 128,952 129,992 1,040 0.8
Cal Grant C 9,346 8,390 7,327 -1,063 -12.7
By Renewal or New:          
Renewal 223,251 236,808 238,261 1,453 0.6%
New 147,890 157,676 161,751 4,075 2.6
   
Notes:  
Data reflect California Student Aid Commission estimates. For 2020-21, figure does not include an estimated 10,000 new Entitlement recipients expected to gain eligibility as a result of the recession. The segment these recipients will attend and the award type they will receive is not yet known.
Some categories do not sum to totals because of rounding.