What is the California State Universitys average support cost per full-time equivalent student?
Average Support Cost per Full-time Equivalent Student and Sources of Funding 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 2008-2009 final budget amounts were $2,970,706,000 from state General Fund appropriations (not including capital outlay funding), $1,251,321,000 from State University Fee (SUF) revenue, $276,093,000 from other fee revenues, and reimbursements for a total of $4,498,120,000. The number of projected 2008-2009 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 15 units per term (the figure used here to define a full-time student’s academic load