UW-Madison receives state general purpose revenue each fiscal year. State funding, however, traditionally has not covered all of the operating budget. Other main categories of revenue include tuition revenue, federal projects, and private gifts and grants. During the past decade, UW-Madison's budget has grown significantly (an increase of 63.3 percent from 1992-93), reflecting a national trend of increasing educational costs among colleges and universities. The past decade has also seen a rise in the proportion of revenue that the university derives from private gifts, which includes nongovernmental funding of research, philanthropic gifts from individuals, income from the university's trust fund, and revenue generated from university-held patents. Meanwhile, funding from student tuition and fees has remained relatively constant during the past decade, holding steady at around 14 percent. These numbers indicate that the university continues to move away from the traditional model of a publicly funded campus. In the early 1970s, state funding — at 44 percent — was the dominant revenue source for UW-Madison's budget; by 2001-02, that percentage had fallen to 25.3 percent.

Source: Office of Budget, Planning and Analysis

Source: Office of Budget, Planning and Analysis