whittled down to 8.2% by 2008.

The above is from the clickable link below.

I haven't looked into it for VT, but I suspect the numbers have been pretty much the same.

From "Is Stingy State Funding to Blame for UVa Tuition Increases?"

https://www.baconsrebellion.com/wp/is-stingy-state-funding-to-blame-for-uva-tuition-increases/

Since 2002, revenue from the state and gifts have been pretty much flat (pictured below).

Revenue from the state has fluctuated in a narrow range. In 2002 it was $177M and in 2022 it was $216M, or adjusted for inflation, a net decline.

Meanwhile, revenue from tuition rose from $178M in 2002 to $669M in 2022, or 276%, far outpacing the 59% rise in the CPI and 20% increase in enrollment over the same period.

"If tuition revenue had tracked 59% inflation and 20% enrollment growth over that period, it would have been only $319 million. The surplus amounts to $350 million."


From "The State of the University
Q&A with President Teresa Sullivan"

https://uvamagazine.org/articles/the_state_of_the_university

State funding accounted for just 10.3 percent of the $1.3 billion budget for the Academic Division (which does not include the hospital budget). At nearby peer institution UNC-Chapel Hill, state funding per in-state student was $26,034 in 2009-10. In contrast, UVA received $8,601 per in-state student. Why is there such a disparity, and do you expect state funding to continue to decline?

I can’t tell you why the Commonwealth of Virginia has allowed this to happen. I can tell you that in North Carolina, there was a concerted effort to give strong support to their universities in the belief that would help their economy recover from the loss of tobacco, the loss of textiles, and the other blows that they had taken. And they do have some very fine universities as a result.

State Funding per In-State Student
2009-10 General Fund
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill $26,034
University of Maryland $17,620
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor $15,595
University of Virginia $8,601

Source: UVA 2010-2011 Budget Summary


From "10 Colleges With the Highest In-State Tuition"

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/colleges-with-the-highest-in-state-tuition

3 of the top 4 colleges with the highest in-state tuition are Virginia colleges, with William & Mary #1, UVa #3, and VMI #4 (see the link for more details)


From https://cardinalnews.org/2022/11/02/nationally-state-spend-more-on-community-college-students-than-four-year-students-virginia-does-not-why/#:~:text=Virginia%20funds%20higher%20education%20at,The%20Virginia%20figure%20is%20%247%2C215.

"Virginia funds higher education at a lower level than all but 12 other states. In terms of general fund appropriations per full-time equivalent student, the national average is $9,327 per student per year. The Virginia figure is $7,215. The only states lower, ranked in descending order: Delaware, Nevada, Indiana, West Virginia, Louisiana, Arizona, Rhode Island, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Colorado and, in last place, New Hampshire at $4,370. The highest state is Wyoming, at $29,680, although that figure might be distorted by the state’s small population; the next highest state is Illinois at $18,752."