July 2024
Financial Aid
Middle Class Scholarship Program
Key Information by Segment
| 2022-23 Actual |
2023-24 Revised | 2024-25 Enacted | Change from 2023-24 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Recipients | |||||
| CSU | 205,426 | 193,050 | 193,050 | — | — |
| UC | 92,284 | 85,140 | 85,140 | — | — |
| CCCa | 37 | 41 | 43 | 2 | 6% |
| Total | 297,747 | 278,231 | 278,233 | 2 | —b |
| Spending (Dollars in Millions) | |||||
| CSU | $419 | $581 | $669 | $89 | 15% |
| UC | 153 | 223 | 257 | 34 | 15 |
| CCCa | —b | —b | —b | —b | 22 |
| Total | $572 | $803 | $926 | $123 | 15% |
| Average Award | |||||
| CSU | $2,041 | $3,007 | $3,467 | $460 | 15% |
| UC | 1,654 | 2,615 | 3,015 | 400 | 15 |
| CCCa | 2,622 | 3,663 | 4,223 | 560 | 15 |
| Data for 2022-23 reflect California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) estimates. Data for 2023-24 and 2024-25 reflect CSAC estimates adjusted by LAO to align with the enacted spending level. For 2024-25, CSAC assumed no change in offered awardees at the three segments, but an increase in the assumed paid rate at CCC results in a slight increase in CCC recipients. | |||||
| a In addition to undergraduate students at UC and CSU, CCC students in bachelor's degree programs are eligible for awards. | |||||
| b Less than $500,000. | |||||