Text-Only Description of Budget Figures in Cover Story

Figure 1:
2001-02 UW System Operating Budget

Federal 20%
Fees 17%
State 32%
Auxiliaries (Includes Hospitals & Other Receipts) 20%
Gifts (Includes Grants & Contracts) 11%

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Figure 2:
UW Budget Up; State Support Flat
Ten Year Comparison of Revenues, Adjusted for Inflation, 1991 - 2001

Tuition and Fees +41%
State Appropriations +7%
All Other Sources +41%

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Figure 3:
State of Wisconsin Spending Growth
Fiscal Year 1992 - 2002

Corrections +207%
K-12 +109%
Local Government Aid +84%
Total State Budget +74%
UW +37%

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Figure 4:
State Spending Growth
1992 - 2002
State Annual Fiscal Report

Ten Year Growth in Millions of Dollars

Total GPR $4,910
Local Aids $3,146
School Aids / Cr's $2,109
Corrections $483
Medicaid $347
UW $281

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Figure 5:
UW System Administrative Costs Relative to Peer Systems

UW System 5.8%
Peer Systems 10.3%
Difference $115 million

If the UW System was at the national average for peer University Systems, we would be spending an additional $115 million per year on administrative costs.

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Figure 6:
Base Cuts to UW State Funding

* Additional proposed reduction in Governor's Reform Package: $10,097,000

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Figure 7:
Midwestern Higher Educations Spending 1981 - 2001
State Higher Education Funding (AASCU State Issues Digest, 2002. Based on appropriations per $1,000 of disposable personal income)

Wisconsin -25.50%
Minnesota -22.70%
Iowa -7.90%
Illinois -9.70%
Indiana -9.40%
Michigan -8.40%
Ohio +6.70%

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Figure 8:
University of Wisconsin System
2001-02 Operative Budget
$3.3 Billion

Federal $674 Million (20%)
Gifts, Grants & Contracts $355 Million (11%)
Auxiliaries, Hospitals & Other Receipts $655 Million (20%)
Tuition $570 Million (17%)
State $1,067 Billion (32%) $174.2 Million Restricted Appropriations

Breakdown of Federal $674 Million (20%)
Research & Public Service 59%
Financial Aid 30.6%
Other Student Related: Student Services and Academic Support 4.0%
Instruction 3.8%
Infrastructure: Physical Plant, Institutional Support 2.7%
Other: Farm Operations, Hospital, and Auxiliaries 0.2%

Breakdown of Gifts, Grants & Contracts $355 Million (11%)
Research & Public Service 66%
Contracted Instruction 15.2%
Financial Aid 8.8%
Other Student Related: Student Services and Academic Support 6.1%
Infrastructure: Physical Plant, Institutional Support 3.9%
Other: Farm Operations, Hospital, and Auxiliaries 0.4%

Breakdown of Auxiliaries, Hospitals & Other Receipts $655 Million (20%)
Dormitories
Student Activities
Student Unions
Cafeterias
Hospital
Athletics
Printing Centers
Bookstores
Parking
Textbook Rental

Breakdown of Tuition $570 Million (17%)
Instruction 99.8%
Other Student Related: Student Services and Academic Support 0.2%

Breakdown of State $1,067 Billion (32%) $174.2 Million Restricted Appropriations.
General Appropriation $893 Million
Instruction and Other Student Related: Instruction, Student Services and Academic Support 57.8%
Infrastructure: Physical Plant, Institutional Support 26.9%
Research & Public Service 13%
Financial Aid 1.2%
Other: Farm Operations, Hospital, and Auxiliaries 0.9%

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