July 2024
Financial Aid
Cal Grant Recipients
| 2022-23 Actual | 2023-24 Revised | 2024-25 Enacted | Change From 2023-24 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Total Recipients | 383,666 | 392,411 | 406,070 | 13,659 | 3.5% |
| By Segment: | |||||
| California Community Colleges | 136,579 | 146,068 | 151,906 | 5,838 | 4.0% |
| California State University | 137,777 | 134,631 | 137,963 | 3,332 | 2.5 |
| University of California | 78,166 | 80,957 | 85,883 | 4,925 | 6.1 |
| Private nonprofit institutions | 25,709 | 25,276 | 25,112 | -164 | -0.6 |
| Private for-profit institutions | 5,413 | 5,432 | 5,159 | -272 | -5.0 |
| Other public institutions | 24 | 48 | 48 | — | 0.2 |
| By Program: | |||||
| High School Entitlement | 235,313 | 235,687 | 237,157 | 1,470 | 0.6% |
| CCC Expanded Entitlement | 93,675 | 115,404 | 131,649 | 16,245 | 14.1 |
| Competitive | 32,033 | 24,110 | 21,323 | -2,787 | -11.6 |
| Transfer Entitlement | 20,212 | 15,433 | 14,288 | -1,145 | -7.4 |
| Cal Grant C | 2,433 | 1,777 | 1,653 | -124 | -7.0 |
| By Award Type: | |||||
| Cal Grant B | 261,616 | 265,701 | 271,767 | 6,066 | 2.3% |
| Cal Grant A | 119,619 | 124,933 | 132,650 | 7,717 | 6.2 |
| Cal Grant C | 2,433 | 1,777 | 1,653 | -124 | -7.0 |
| By Renewal or New: | |||||
| Renewal | 224,305 | 219,885 | 233,544 | 13,659 | 6.2% |
| New | 159,361 | 172,526 | 172,526 | — | — |
| Data reflect California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) estimates as of the May Revision. For 2024-25, the enacted budget assumes Cal Grant spending will be $42 million lower than the May Revision estimates. No breakdown is available, however, regarding how that $42 million is spread across recipients. | |||||