January 2021

Universities

University of California Funding by Source

(Dollars in Millions Except Funding Per Student)

  2019-20 Actual 2020-21 Revised 2021-22 Proposed Change from 2020-21
Amount Percent
Core Funds          
General Fund          
Ongoing $3,724 $3,465 $3,601 $136 3.9%
One time 214 1 225 225 33,123
Subtotals ($3,938) ($3,466) ($3,827) ($361) (10.4%)
Tuition and feesa $5,051 $5,054 $5,085 $31 0.6%
Lottery 43 43 43 —b -0.2
Other core fundsc 350 352 344 -8 -2.2
Subtotals ($9,382) ($8,915) ($9,299) ($384) (4.3%)
Other Funds          
Medical centers $14,427 $16,118 $18,437 $2,319 14.4%
Sales and services 8,255 8,291 9,290 999 12.0
Federald 4,300 4,142 4,218 76 1.8
Private 2,525 2,613 2,699 86 3.3
State 413 512 473 -39 -7.6
Other 1,126 1,041 1,059 18 1.7
Subtotals ($31,045) ($32,716) ($36,175) ($3,459) (10.6%)
Totals $40,427 $41,631 $45,474 $3,843 9.2%
           
FTE studentse 285,227 290,307 292,207 1,900 0.7%
           
Core ongoing funding per student $32,141 $30,706 $31,052 $345 1.1%
a Includes funds that UC uses to provide tuition discounts and waivers to certain students.
b Amount is less than $500,000.
c Includes a portion of overhead funding on federal and state grants and a portion of patent royalty income.
d Does not include federal funding from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act adopted on December 27, 2020.
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. Most growth shown for 2021-22 is associated with nonresident enrollment.
FTE = full-time equivalent.