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May 2025
Financial Aid
Estimates of Cal Grant Spending Are Higher Under May Revision
(In Millions)
| 2024-25 | 2025-26 | ||||
| Governor's Budget | May Revision | Governor's Budget | May Revision | ||
| Total Spending | $2,453 | $2,548 | $2,562 | $2,791 | |
| By Segment: | |||||
| University of California | $1,091 | $1,107 | $1,170 | $1,234 | |
| California State University | 817 | 863 | 841 | 956 | |
| California Community Colleges | 274 | 319 | 277 | 344 | |
| Private nonprofit institutions | 233 | 230 | 236 | 229 | |
| Private for-profit institutions | 37 | 29 | 37 | 28 | |
| Other public institutions | 1 | —a | 1 | —a | |
| By Program: | |||||
| High School Entitlement | $1,762 | $1,819 | $1,874 | $1,971 | |
| CCC Expanded Entitlement | 374 | 415 | 339 | 478 | |
| Competitive | 159 | 158 | 161 | 157 | |
| Transfer Entitlement | 139 | 140 | 166 | 165 | |
| Cal Grant C | 19 | 16 | 22 | 21 | |
| By Award Type: | |||||
| Cal Grant B | $1,116 | $1,199 | $1,112 | $1,309 | |
| Cal Grant A | 1,318 | 1,333 | 1,428 | 1,461 | |
| Cal Grant C | 19 | 16 | 22 | 21 | |
| By Renewal or New: | |||||
| Renewal | $1,692 | $1,726 | $1,759 | $1,924 | |
| New | 761 | 822 | 803 | 867 | |
| a Less than $500,000 | |||||