May 2025
Financial Aid
Cal Grant Growth Rates for Spending and Recipients Are Up Under May Revision
(Percent Change)
| Percent Change from 2023-24 to 2024-25 | Percent Change from 2024-25 to 2025-26 | ||||
| Governor's Budget | May Revision | Governor's Budget | May Revision | ||
| Spending | 6.9% | 11.0% | 4.5% | 9.5% | |
| California Community Colleges | 3.5% | 20.4% | 1.3% | 7.8% | |
| California State University | 9.3 | 15.5 | 2.9 | 10.8 | |
| University of California | 6.1 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 11.4 | |
| Private nonprofit institutions | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | -0.3 | |
| Private for-profit institutions | 33.0 | 4.1 | 0.8 | -2.9 | |
| Other public institutions | 37.9 | -63.0 | -33.6 | -11.0 | |
| Recipients | 2.9% | 13.5% | 1.3% | 8.3% | |
| California Community Colleges | 4.0% | 26.2% | 2.4% | 9.8% | |
| California State University | 0.2 | 8.7 | -0.01 | 9.7 | |
| University of California | 0.7 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 5.3 | |
| Private nonprofit institutions | 2.0 | -1.0 | 2.2 | 0.1 | |
| Private for-profit institutions | 68.3 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 2.1 | |
| Other public institutions | 103.9 | -35.4 | -16.3 | -8.6 | |