The following statement can be attributed to CSU Chancellor Mildred García:
"The California State University (CSU) is grateful for the continued support of Governor Newsom and the state legislature, particularly during a challenging fiscal year paired with growing economic uncertainty. The final state budget, which defers payment to the CSU in 2025-2026 and reduces funding by $144 million or 3%, is a welcome improvement over earlier proposals and puts the CSU in a better position to mitigate challenges we continue to face across the system.
The CSU is committed to maintaining our unwavering focus on student success and academic excellence and leveraging the collective power of our 23 universities and 460,000 students to fuel the state's economy and highly educated workforce."
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The California State University is the nation's largest four-year public university system, providing transformational opportunities for upward mobility to more than 460,000 students from all socioeconomic backgrounds. More than half of CSU students are from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, and more than one-quarter of undergraduates are first-generation college students. Because the CSU's 23 universities provide a high-quality education at an incredible value, they are rated among the best in the nation for promoting social mobility in national college rankings from U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal and Washington Monthly. The CSU powers California and the nation, sending over 125,000 career-ready graduates into the workforce each year. In fact, one in every 20 Americans holding a college degree earned it at the CSU. Connect with and learn more about the CSU in the CSU newsroom.