January 2019

Universities

University of California Funding by Source

(Dollars in Millions Except Funding Per Student)

  2017-18 Actual 2018-19 Revised 2019-20 Proposed Change from 2018-19
Amount Percent
Core Funds          
General Fund          
Ongoing $3,367 $3,475 $3,715 $240 6.9%
One time 177 249 $153 -96 -38.5
Carryovera 26 19 — -19 -100.0
Subtotals ($3,570) ($3,743) ($3,868) ($125) (3.3%)
Tuition and feesb $5,012 $5,206 $5,269 $63 1.2%
Lottery 43 27 27 —c -0.1
Other core fundsd 388 384 381 -3 -0.9
Subtotals ($9,013) ($9,361) ($9,545) ($184) (2.0%)
Other Funds          
Medical centers $10,780 $11,534 $12,342 $807 7.0%
Sales and services 7,688 8,115 8,542 426 5.3
Federal 3,762 3,917 3,978 61 1.6
Private 2,431 2,679 2,905 226 8.4
State 518 465 465 1 0.1
Other 378 381 383 2 0.6
Subtotals ($25,557) ($27,090) ($28,614) ($1,524) (5.6%)
Totals $34,570 $36,452 $38,159 $1,708 4.7%
FTE studentse 272,104 279,002 279,802 800 0.3%
Total Core Funding Per Student $33,125 $33,552 $34,114 $562 1.7%
Ongoing Core Funding Per Student $32,381 $32,593 $33,569 $977 3.0%
a Reflects unspent one-time funds in 2016-17 and 2017-18 carried forward.
b Includes funds that UC uses to provide tuition discounts and waivers to certain students. In 2019-20, UC plans to provide $1.1 billion in such aid. We estimate 2019-20 based on UC's plans to grow nonresident enrollment.
c Less than $500,000.
d Includes a portion of overhead on federal and state grants, a portion of patent royalty income, and Proposition 56 funding designated for graduate medical education.
e 1 FTE is 30 credit units for an undergraduate and 24 credit units for a graduate student. Student counts includes resident and nonresident students.
FTE = full-time equivalent.