| State Appropriations | 43% |
|---|---|
| Student Tuition and Fees | 29% |
| Grants and Contracts | 16% |
| Auxiliaries | 7% |
| Other | 5% |
| Salaries | 46% |
|---|---|
| Good and Services | 17% |
| Benefits | 14% |
| Student Financial Aid | 13% |
| Other | 10% |
University Funds Cal State Long Beach receives its funds from a number of different sources. While state appropriations represent the largest single source of funding at $194.2 million, they account for only 43 percent of revenues. Next in order of importance is student tuition and fees of $129.2 million, followed by grants and contracts, and revenues of auxiliary enterprises.
As with most service-based enterprises, salaries and benefits constitute the largest portion of university expenditures, followed by expenditures on goods and services and student financial support.
The university spent $242 million on payroll and benefits to its faculty and staff and $114.5 million on goods and services. In addition, CSULB retirees, both faculty and staff, residing in the region received $28 million in pension income. In measuring the university’s economic impact, the payroll of student workers is taken into account in the student expenditure section.
The expenditures by the university and the pension income of its retirees represent a total direct economic impact of $389.5 million in the region. This direct spending, in turn, led to an additional $225.4 million in indirect expenditures in the region, as suppliers to the university spent on payroll and materials, and employees and pensioners spent their incomes in the local economy. The total economic impact, both direct and indirect, of these expenditures in the region was $614.9 million.
