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 | $5,489 | $5,623 | $134 | 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) | ($9,397) | ($346) | (3.8%) |
One-Time General Fund | 36 | 11 | 51 | 40 | 362 |
Totals | $8,772 | $9,061 | $9,447 | $386 | 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 | $22,547 | $22,992 | $445 | 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. |