Indicator 12.2
Expenditures by Function, 2003-04 to 2007-08
The University's core mission activities - instruction, research and public service - accounted for 39 percent of total expenditures during 2007-08.
More than half of the University's instructional expenditures are funded from state support.
Support activities, including libraries, other academic support, student services, administration and operation and maintenance of plants, were 18 percent of total expenditures.
The medical centers and auxiliary enterprises, which are self-supporting, accounted for 28 percent of expenditures, while student financial aid was 2 percent of the total.
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Source: UC Budget and Capital Resources.
Figures are in inflation-adjusted constant 2007-08 dollars using GDP deflator. Medical centers include UC's hospitals and other patient care activities. Auxiliaries include operations such as food service, parking and student housing. Other expenses include interest, depreciation and other miscellaneous expenses. DOE Laboratories are expenditures associated with the University's Department of Energy Laboratories. Beginning in 2007-08, changes in accounting rules for reporting retiree health benefits resulted in a significant increase in the University's reported expenditures.
The Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco campuses operate medical schools and teaching hospitals, which help these campuses attract additional contract and grant revenues and generate corresponding expenditures.
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