RIVERSIDE – (INT) – UC President Janet Napolitano wants to dispel some myths about UC’s budget.

In a talk before Riverside business and civic leaders Thursday, she noted that about 75 percent of the annual $26.7 billion budget is accounted for by restricted private donations, federal research project funding, and medical center revenue.

Addressing the myth of who foots the bill for the UC student body, Napolitano noted that UC is now home to more than 235,000 students, and that nearly 90 percent of the undergraduates in the system are from California.

She pointed out the state now provides the exact amount of dollars to UC as it did in 1997. Meanwhile, UC has enrolled 75,000 additional students — the equivalent of adding three more UC Riverside campuses.

Story Date: April 13, 2015