July 2017
Financial Aid
Cal Grant Recipients
| 2015-16 Actual | 2016-17 Revised | 2017-18 Enacted | Change from 2016-17 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Total Recipients | 328,414 | 343,832 | 358,131 | 14,299 | 4.2% |
| By Segment | |||||
| California State University | 121,383 | 127,294 | 132,240 | 4,946 | 3.9% |
| California Community Colleges | 105,690 | 111,492 | 118,326 | 6,834 | 6.1 |
| University of California | 70,585 | 73,979 | 76,770 | 2,791 | 3.8 |
| Private nonprofit institutions | 27,412 | 26,658 | 26,460 | -198 | -0.7 |
| Private for-profit institutions | 3,344 | 4,409 | 4,335 | -74 | -1.7 |
| By Program | |||||
| High School Entitlement | 246,659 | 259,335 | 269,880 | 10,545 | 4.1% |
| Competitive | 47,120 | 49,634 | 52,005 | 2,371 | 4.8 |
| CCC Transfer Entitlement | 27,691 | 28,315 | 29,994 | 1,679 | 5.9 |
| Cal Grant C | 6,944 | 6,548 | 6,252 | -296 | -4.5 |
| By Award Type | |||||
| Cal Grant B | 209,725 | 221,815 | 233,076 | 11,261 | 5.1% |
| Cal Grant A | 111,745 | 115,469 | 118,803 | 3,334 | 2.9 |
| Cal Grant C | 6,944 | 6,548 | 6,252 | -296 | -4.5 |
| By Renewal or New | |||||
| Renewal | 200,813 | 204,448 | 216,230 | 11,782 | 5.8% |
| New | 127,602 | 139,381 | 141,897 | 2,516 | 1.8 |
| Note: Reflects California Student Aid Commission estimates. Totals do not match across all categories due to modeling issues. | |||||