The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - Ten years ago, UC relied somewhat more heavily on student tuition and fee revenue (54  percent) and less heavily on state support (41  percent). The primary reason for the decline in the tuition share is that UC generally held its tuition charges flat from 2011 ‑12 through 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, the state provided colleges collectively with $41  million in apportionment funding for incarcerated students in credit ‑bearing courses. For  formerly incarcerated students, the state provides colleges with apportionment funding based on the same factors used for the broader community college student population —enrollment , low ‑income student counts, and specified student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2023-24 Budget: Student Housing

Mar 9, 2023 - Based upon these criteria, the university projects with the greatest payoffs are those at CSU Sacramento ($41 million), CSU San Jose ($89 million), and UC San Diego ($150 million). Together, these projects are requesting a total of $280 million in state grant funding (less than the $500 million available under the Governor’s budget).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4733

Update on Community College Reserves

Jan 27, 2021 - In contrast to unrestricted reserves, systemwide restricted reserves dropped $41  million (10  percent) from June 30, 2019 to June 20, 2020 —falling to $360  million. Restricted reserves fell from 18  percent of annual restricted expenditures to 16  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4323

An Analysis of University Reserves

Nov 10, 2020 - At UC, the Office of the President holds $41  million in core reserves, all of which are committed for capital projects. Recent Developments State Has Signaled Intent for CSU and UC to Begin Drawing Down Their Core Reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4295

Overview of Mental Health Services for College Students

Dec 10, 2021 - For example, a study from the Healthy Minds Network (a research organization focused on the mental health of young adults) indicates that the prevalence of depression among college students nationally increased from 36  percent in fall 2019 to 41  percent in spring 2021, while the prevalence of anxiety increased from 31  percent to 34  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4481

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - The state currently authorizes 41, 000 n ew competitive awards annually for students who do not qualify for an entitlement award. As Figure  4 shows, CSAC uses a scoring matrix to prioritize among eligible applicants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

The 2020-21 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 20, 2020 - Specifically, CSU in 2014 ‑15 was drawing from the top 41  p ercent of high school graduates rather than the top one ‑third. Updated information from the California Department of Education shows that an even larger share of high school graduates (about 47  p ercent) have been completing college ‑preparatory coursework (known as “A through G ” courses) required for CSU admission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4168