California Community College (CCC)

The California Community Colleges system consists of 116 colleges.

CCC Enrollment

The CCC Enrollment count is taken from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office – Management Information Systems Data Mart.

Application Year

Each student who plans to attend a college applies for financial aid for the following academic year.

Last Updated Date

CSAC receives all federal and state applications for California aid applicants. Once the application progress period begins, the CCC Dashboard is refreshed on a weekly basis with new applications and awards. Final application and award data is presented annually in the fall.

FAFSA/CA Dream Act Applications

Submitted

Either application submitted to the California Student Aid Commission by a student who has any CCC listed in any portion on the FAFSA/CADAA

• FAFSA: A FAFSA submitted by a student who has a CCC listed on their application; this includes applications with a blank SAI. CSAC does not receive applications with missing contributors.
• CADAA: A CADAA submitted to the California Student Aid Commission by a student who has a CCC listed on their application; this includes applications with a blank SAI and/or missing parent signature.

Completed

A FAFSA/CADAA submitted by a student who has a CCC listed on their application that can be processed for financial aid by the California Student Aid Commission. All completed applications have an SAI value.

California Community Colleges may use the California Community College FAFSA/CADAA Completion Dashboard (CCC Dashboard) to track the count of financial aid applications submitted for the 2024-25 academic year. The CCC Dashboard is a vital tool that supports the California Community College’ Vision 2030, specifically Goal number 3, Equity in Support and outcome number 5 to maximize financial aid for community college students.

During this time California Community Colleges, districts and counties can use the CCC Dashboard to gauge the submission and completion of the FAFSA and CADAA through September 30th. The CCC Dashboard provides progress updates on FAFSA/CADAA completion and submission rates by community college campus, districts and counties on a weekly basis: Students will be counted if that community college campus is listed on their FAFSA/ (student may be counted for multiple schools).