January 2023
Financial Aid
Cal Grant Recipients
| 2021-22 Actual | 2022-23 Revised | 2023-24 Proposed | Change From 2022-23 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Total Recipients | 395,730 | 381,656 | 376,533 | -5,122 | -1.3% |
| By Segment: | |||||
| California Community Colleges | 141,095 | 138,340 | 139,612 | 1,272 | 0.9% |
| California State University | 142,342 | 133,333 | 127,441 | -5,892 | -4.4 |
| University of California | 79,098 | 79,028 | 79,484 | 455 | 0.6 |
| Private nonprofit institutions | 27,094 | 25,348 | 24,675 | -674 | -2.7 |
| Private for-profit institutions | 6,058 | 5,581 | 5,303 | -278 | -5.0 |
| Other public institutions | 44 | 25 | 18 | -8 | -30.7 |
| By Program: | |||||
| High School Entitlement | 245,790 | 230,245 | 227,564 | -2,682 | -1.2% |
| CCC Expanded Entitlement | 75,764 | 95,800 | 104,309 | 8,508 | 8.9 |
| Competitive | 45,271 | 32,883 | 26,351 | -6,532 | -19.9 |
| Transfer Entitlement | 24,511 | 19,960 | 15,929 | -4,031 | -20.2 |
| Cal Grant C | 4,394 | 2,767 | 2,380 | -387 | -14.0 |
| By Award Type: | |||||
| Cal Grant B | 269,687 | 256,450 | 247,855 | -8,595 | -3.4% |
| Cal Grant A | 121,649 | 122,439 | 126,297 | 3,858 | 3.2 |
| Cal Grant C | 4,394 | 2,767 | 2,380 | -387 | -14.0 |
| By Renewal or New: | |||||
| Renewal | 221,321 | 227,927 | 217,018 | -10,909 | -4.8% |
| New | 174,409 | 153,728 | 159,514 | 5,786 | 3.8 |
| Notes: | |||||
| Data reflect California Student Aid Commission estimates. | |||||