July 2017
Financial Aid
Middle Class Scholarship Program: Recipients and Spending by Segment
| Recipients | Spending | Average Award |
Maximum Awarda | |
| 2015-16 Actual | ||||
| California State University | 41,327 | $33,706,984 | $816 | $1,092 |
| University of California | 7,948 | 10,213,304 | 1,285 | 2,448 |
| Totals | 41,327 | $43,920,288 | 1,051 | |
| 2016-17 Revised | ||||
| California State University | 43,000 | $53,534,722 | $1,245 | $1,641 |
| University of California | 8,800 | 17,865,114 | 2,030 | 3,688 |
| Totals | 51,800 | $71,399,836 | 1,638 | |
| 2017-18 Estimated | ||||
| California State University | 45,000 | $77,157,396 | $1,724 | $2,298 |
| University of California | 9,150 | 25,462,398 | 2,829 | 5,052 |
| Totals | 54,150 | $102,619,794b | 2,277 | |
| Note: Reflects California Student Aid Commission estimates. aStudents with household income less than or equal to $100,000 receive the maximum award. Students with household income of $100,000 to $156,000 receive an award that is graduated downward for each $1,000 increase in income. bThe 2017-18 Budget Act provides $96 million for the program based on Department of Finance estimates. |
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