July 2025

Universities

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.