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Three-Year Budget Summary

Three-Year Budget Summary

In the 2024-25 final budget, the CSU received from the state a permanent base budget increase of $246.2 million. The 2024-25 current year total CSU operating budget of $8.6 billion is composed of $5.2 billion in state General Fund and $3.4 billion in tuition and fees. New resources to fulfill the CSU’s budget request for 2025-26 are $593 million, as shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Operating Budget & Infrastructure

2023-24
Past Year
2024-25
Current Year
2025-26
Budget Year
2025-26
Increase
General Fund, Operations
$4,683,643,000
$4,894,339,000​
$5,274,460,000
$380,121,000
General Fund, Academic Facilities and Infrastructure
340,560,000
340,560,000
365,560,000
25,000,000
Tuition & Other Fee Revenue
3,266,788,000
3,343,460,000
3,531,367,000
187,907,000
TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET AND INFRASTRUCTURE
$8,290,991,000
$8,578,359,000
$9,171,387,000
$593,028,000
Table 2: E​​xpen​d​​itures by Program Area

2023-24
Past Year

2024-25
Current Year
2025-26
Budget Year
Instruction$3,379,583,000$3,406,348,000$3,406,348,000
Research59,024,00026,737,00026,737,000
Public Service
33,661,00019,684,00019,684,000
Academic Support867,057,000825,162,000825,162,000
Student Services1,056,090,000932,530,000932,530,000
Institutional Support1,027,008,000 1,286,635,000 1,286,635,000
Operation and Maintenance of Plant1,055,257,000 1,244,136,000 1,244,136,000
Student Grants and Scholarships813,311,000 837,127,000 837,127,000
New Expenditures0 0 593,028,000
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $8,290,991,000
$8,578,359,000​
$9,171,387,000