<p>Golf – the number that Prez Sullivan quotes all the time in $8600 state spending per in state student. Small percentage of budget, but still big dollars. </p>
<p>So UVA gets that amount of cash for each in stater in addition to the IS tuition that IS families pay. That’s real money. Although not as much as is spent at peer state flagships. Which is why you hear the rumblings about privatization (which will never happen imho). </p>
<p>State Funding per In-State Student</p>
<p>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</p>
<p>Source: U.Va. 2010-2011 Budget Summary</p>