May 2025
Financial Aid
Estimates of Cal Grant Recipients Are Much Higher Under May Revision
| 2024-25 | 2025-26 | ||||
| Governor's Budget | May Revision | Governor's Budget | May Revision | ||
| Total Recipients | 412,611 | 455,104 | 417,789 | 492,969 | |
| By Segment: | |||||
| California Community Colleges | 159,787 | 193,779 | 163,652 | 212,770 | |
| California State University | 136,575 | 148,056 | 136,561 | 162,391 | |
| University of California | 81,018 | 82,133 | 80,842 | 86,525 | |
| Private nonprofit institutions | 25,751 | 24,990 | 26,323 | 25,021 | |
| Private for-profit institutions | 9,155 | 6,044 | 10,140 | 6,169 | |
| Other public institutions | 324 | 103 | 271 | 94 | |
| By Program: | |||||
| High School Entitlement | 235,111 | 247,790 | 238,896 | 257,526 | |
| CCC Expanded Entitlement | 132,849 | 162,073 | 132,378 | 188,011 | |
| Competitive | 20,182 | 20,589 | 18,949 | 19,096 | |
| Transfer Entitlement | 16,184 | 16,338 | 17,050 | 17,086 | |
| Cal Grant C | 8,282 | 8,314 | 10,516 | 11,251 | |
| By Award Type: | |||||
| Cal Grant B | 277,681 | 319,296 | 278,007 | 350,003 | |
| Cal Grant A | 126,645 | 127,493 | 129,265 | 131,715 | |
| Cal Grant C | 8,282 | 8,314 | 10,516 | 11,251 | |
| By Renewal or New: | |||||
| Renewal | 234,400 | 240,584 | 234,295 | 272,166 | |
| New | 178,211 | 214,520 | 182,494 | 220,803 | |