The University of Arizona plans to cut funding to its academic units by $45.7 million, or 4.4%, next year.
Interim Chief Financial Officer John Arnold and Interim Provost Ron Marx made the announcement in an email Thursday afternoon to faculty and staff.
“While these budgets are preliminary, college leaders will use this information to develop their spending and staffing plans for the upcoming fiscal year, beginning on July 1,” they wrote. “Over the next few weeks, we will release FY 2025 budget decisions for the remaining units on campus.”
Last week, Arnold reported that the UA’s projected deficit for next year is shrinking from $110 million to $52 million. Budget reductions are projected to save $71 million.
In the coming weeks, the administrators wrote, there will be adjustments within each college and division budget as “we refine the financial impacts of the restructuring initiatives in human resources, information technology and development (fundraising).”
Deans and division leaders are expected to keep spending levels within approved budgets, though Arnold and Marx acknowledged there may be “unexpected opportunities or unforeseen expenses.”
If there are, cash reserves can be used, but only with the “explicit written permission” of the university president.
Here are the numbers Arnold and Marx released, rounded by the Arizona Daily Star:
Main campus college cuts
In total, the main campus colleges will see combined cuts, or practical reductions, of 3.7%, from $1.03 billion to $975 million.
The College of Architecture Planning and Landscape Architecture’s budget is going from $11.5 million to $11.1 million, for a cut of 2.5%.
The College of Education’s budget is shrinking by 5%, from $25.1 million to $23.5 million.
The College of Engineering’s budget is also decreasing by 5%, from $61.4 million to $57.1 million.
The College of Humanities is seeing a 3.1% cut, from $37.3 million to $35.9 million.
The W.A. Franke Honors College’s budget is being cut by 5%, from about $6 million to $5.4 million.
The iSchool is also getting a 5% budget cut, from $9.9 million to $9.4 million.
Another school seeing a 5% budget cut is the James E Rogers College of Law, which is going from a $24.7 million budget to $23 million.
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences is being cut by 2.6%, from $72.2 million to $69.5 million.
The College of Science (and Steward) is being cut by 5%, from $162.6 million to $153.3 million.
The College of Applied Science and Technology is getting a 5.1% cut, from $14.9 million to $13.8 million.
The College of Veterinary Medicine is seeing a budget cut of 4.8%, from $24.9 million to $23.4 million.
The College of Fine Arts (Presenting and Engagement)’s budget will be reduced from $36.6 million to $34.1 million, or 5.4%.
The Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences and Cooperative Extension program is expecting to see a cut of 6.4% right now, from $110 million to $101.9 million. This expected budget does not yet include potential expenditure increases for the Cooperative Extension Water Project funding, the document noted.
Main college budget increases
The Eller College of Management’s $69.4 million budget is growing 2.3% to $70.2 million.
The James C Wyant College of Optical Science’s budget is increasing by 3%, from $16.3 million to $16.5 million.
Health college cuts
In total, the health colleges are seeing their budgets cut by 6.1%, from $312.7 million to $288.9 million.
The College of Medicine in Phoenix is getting its budget cut from $66.4 million $62.6 million, or 4.6%, while the College of Medicine in Tucson’s budget will be cut from $107.7 million to about $101 million, or 4.6%.
The College of Nursing’s budget is being cut by 2.3%, or $25.9 million to $24.9 million. The College of Public Health is getting its budget cut by 3.5%, from $17.2 million to $16.1 million. The R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy will see a budget cut of 4%, from $18.7 million to $17.7 million.
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