Appendix C - Average Support Cost Per Full- Time Equivalent Student and Sources of Funds

The total support cost per full-time equivalent student includes the expenditures for current operations, including payments made to students in the form of financial aid, and all fully reimbursed programs contained in state appropriations. The average support cost is determined by dividing the total cost by the number of full-time equivalent students (FTES). The total CSU 2008/09 final budget amounts were $2,970,706,000 from state General Fund appropriations (not including capital outlay funding), $1,242,160,000 from State University Fee (SUF) revenue, $250,785,000 from other fee revenues and reimbursements for a total of $4,463,651,000. The number of projected 2008/09 full-time equivalent students (FTES) is 356,050. The number of full-time equivalent students is determined by dividing the total academic student load by 12 units per term (the figure used here to define a full-time student’s academic load).

The 2008/09 average support cost per full-time equivalent student based on General Fund appropriation and State University Fee revenue only is $11,833 and when including all sources as indicated below is $12,537. Of this amount, the average student fee support per FTE is $4,193, which includes all fee revenue in the CSU Operating Fund (e.g. State University Fee, nonresident tuition, application fees, and other miscellaneous fees).

¹Student fee support represents campus 2008/09 final budget submitted State University Fee revenue

²The other income and reimbursements represent campus other fee 2008/09 final budget revenues submitted, as well as reimbursements in the CSU Operating Fund.

The average CSU 2008/09 academic year, resident, undergraduate student fees required to apply to, enroll in, or attend the university is $3,653. However, the costs paid by individual students will vary depending on campus, program, and whether a student is part-time, full-time, resident, or nonresident.