January 2025
Financial Aid
Cal Grant Recipients
| 2023-24 Actual |
2024-25 Revised |
2025-26 Proposed |
Change From 2024-25 |
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| Amount |
Percent |
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| Total Recipients | 401,147 | 412,611 | 417,789 | 5,178 | 1.3% |
| By Segment: | |||||
| California Community Colleges | 153,575 | 159,787 | 163,652 | 3,865 | 2.4% |
| California State University | 136,253 | 136,575 | 136,561 | -14 | — |
| University of California | 80,464 | 81,018 | 80,842 | -176 | -0.2 |
| Private nonprofit institutions | 25,257 | 25,751 | 26,323 | 572 | 2.2 |
| Private for-profit institutions | 5,440 | 9,155 | 10,140 | 984 | 10.8 |
| Other public institutions | 159 | 324 | 271 | -53 | -16.3 |
| By Program: | |||||
| High School Entitlement | 238,344 | 235,111 | 238,896 | 3,785 | 1.6% |
| CCC Expanded Entitlement | 121,072 | 132,849 | 132,378 | -471 | -0.4 |
| Competitive | 24,011 | 20,182 | 18,949 | -1,234 | -6.1 |
| Transfer Entitlement | 15,829 | 16,184 | 17,050 | 866 | 5.4 |
| Cal Grant C | 1,890 | 8,284 | 10,516 | 2,232 | 26.9 |
| By Award Type: | |||||
| Cal Grant B | 274,826 | 277,681 | 278,007 | 326 | 0.1% |
| Cal Grant A | 124,430 | 126,645 | 129,265 | 2,620 | 2.1 |
| Cal Grant C | 1,890 | 8,284 | 10,516 | 2,232 | 26.9 |
| By Renewal or New: | |||||
| Renewal | 223,268 | 234,400 | 234,295 | -105 | —% |
| New | 177,879 | 178,211 | 183,494 | 5,283 | 3.0 |
| Data reflect California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) estimates. | |||||