July 2025
California State University Core Funding by Source
(Dollars in Millions Except Funding Per Student)
| 2023-24 Actual | 2024-25 Revised | 2025-26 Enacted | Change from 2024-25 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Ongoing Core Funds | |||||
| General Funda | $5,391 | $5,488 | $5,622 | $133 | 2.4% |
| Tuition and feesb | 3,267 | 3,486 | 3,703 | 217 | 6.2 |
| Lottery | 78 | 76 | 71 | -4 | -5.7 |
| Subtotals | ($8,736) | ($9,050) | ($9,396) | ($346) | (3.8%) |
| One-Time General Fund | $36 | $12 | $51 | $39 | 338.1 |
| Totals | $8,772 | $9,061 | $9,447 | $385 | 4.3% |
| Enrollmentc | |||||
| Resident undergraduates | 333,609 | 342,847 | 349,999 | 7,152 | 2.1% |
| All other | 57,659 | 58,536 | 58,688 | 152 | —d |
| Totals | 391,267 | 401,383 | 408,687 | 7,304 | 1.8% |
| Ongoing Core Funding Per Student | $22,328 | $22,546 | $22,990 | $444 | 2.0% |
| a Includes funding for pensions and retiree health benefits. | |||||
| b Includes funds used for student financial aid. | |||||
| c Reflects budgeted enrollment on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis. The resident undergraduate enrollment amounts for 2024-25 and 2025-26 are the amounts included in the 2025-26 Budget Act. The "All other" category consists of resident graduate students as well as all nonresident students. | |||||
| d Less than 0.5 percent. | |||||