January 2025
Financial Aid
Middle Class Scholarship Program
Key Information by Segment
| 2023-24 Actual |
2024-25 Revised | 2025-26 Proposed |
Change From 2024-25 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Recipients | |||||
| CSU | 193,959 | 226,600 | 237,930 | 11,330 | 5% |
| UC | 83,524 | 85,490 | 89,765 | 4,275 | 5 |
| CCCa | 56 | 57 | 60 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 277,539 | 312,147 | 327,754 | 15,607 | 5% |
| Spending (Dollars in Millions) | |||||
| CSU | $584 | $699 | $393 | -$306 | -44% |
| UC | 219 | 226 | 127 | -99 | -44 |
| CCCa | —b | —b | —b | —b | -44 |
| Total | $803 | $925 | $519c |
-$405 | -44% |
| Average Award | |||||
| CSU | $3,010 | $3,085 | $1,650 | -$1,435 | -47% |
| UC | 2,623 | 2,638 | 1,411 | -1,227 | -47 |
| CCCa | 3,778 | 3,673 | 1,964 | -1,708 | -47 |
| Data reflect California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) estimates as of January 2025. On February 3, 2025, CSAC indicated the number of recipients in 2024-25 was higher than originally projected (356,000), resulting in a decrease in average award that year of $330. | |||||
| a In addition to undergraduate students at UC and CSU, CCC students in bachelor's degree programs are eligible for the program. | |||||
| b Less than $500,000. | |||||
| c Though the budget includes $527 million for the program, CSAC anticipates spending $519 million. (Certain implementation processes make reaching the exact appropriation level difficult.) | |||||