Total expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: 1899-1900 to 2000-01

Table 30.

Total expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: 1899-1900 to 2000-01
[In millions of dollars]

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            |                         In current dollars                        |  In constant 2000-01 dollars\1\
            |___________________________________________________________________|_______________________________________
   School   |        |      Elementary and        |Colleges and universities    |         |Elementary and     |Colleges
    year    |        |    secondary schools       |                             |  Total  |secondary schools  |and uni-
            |  Total |____________________________|_____________________________|         |___________________|versities
            |        | Total  | Public |Private\2\| Total  |Public  |   Private |         |  Total  | Public  |
____________|________|________|________|__________|________|________|___________|_________|_________|_________|_________
     1      |   2    |     3  |   4    |    5     |   6    |   7    |      8    |    9    |   10    |   11    |   12
____________|________|________|________|__________|________|________|___________|_________|_________|_________|_________
1899-1900 ..|      --|      --|   $215 |      --- |    --- |    --- |       --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     ---
1909-10 ....|      --|      --|    426 |      --- |    --- |    --- |       --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     ---
1919-20 ....|      --|      --|  1,036 |      --- |    --- |    --- |       --- |     --- |     --- |  $9,519 |     ---
1929-30 ....|      --|      --|  2,317 |      --- |   $632 |   $292 |      $341 |     --- |     --- |  23,699 |  $6,467
1939-40 ....|      --|      --|  2,344 |      --- |    758 |    392 |       367 |     --- |     --- |  29,368 |   9,503
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |         |         |         |
1949-50 ....| $8,911 | $6,249 |  5,838 |     $411 |  2,662 |  1,430 |     1,233 | $65,881 | $46,197 |  43,159 |  19,684
1951-52 ....| 10,735 |  7,861 |  7,344 |      517 |  2,874 |  1,565 |     1,309 |  71,511 |  52,370 |  48,926 |  19,148
1953-54 ....| 13,147 |  9,733 |  9,092 |      641 |  3,414 |  1,912 |     1,502 |  85,600 |  63,374 |  59,200 |  22,226
1955-56 ....| 15,907 | 11,727 | 10,955 |      772 |  4,180 |  2,348 |     1,832 | 103,604 |  76,380 |  71,351 |  27,225
1957-58 ....| 20,055 | 14,525 | 13,569 |      956 |  5,530 |  3,237 |     2,293 | 122,960 |  89,055 |  83,194 |  33,905
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |         |         |         |
1959-60 ....| 23,860 | 16,713 | 15,613 |    1,100 |  7,147 |  3,904 |     3,244 | 142,183 |  99,594 |  93,039 |  42,590
1961-62 ....| 28,503 | 19,673 | 18,373 |    1,300 |  8,830 |  4,919 |     3,911 | 166,034 | 114,600 | 107,027 |  51,434
1963-64 ....| 34,440 | 22,825 | 21,325 |    1,500 | 11,615 |  6,558 |     5,057 | 195,520 | 129,579 | 121,063 |  65,941
1965-66 ....| 43,682 | 28,048 | 26,248 |    1,800 | 15,634 |  9,047 |     6,588 | 239,701 | 153,911 | 144,033 |  85,791
1967-68 ....| 55,652 | 35,077 | 32,977 |    2,100 | 20,575 | 12,750 |     7,824 | 286,527 | 180,597 | 169,785 | 105,930
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |         |         |         |
1969-70 ....| 68,459 | 43,183 | 40,683 |    2,500 | 25,276 | 16,234 |     9,041 | 317,317 | 200,161 | 188,573 | 117,156
1970-71 ....| 75,741 | 48,200 | 45,500 |    2,700 | 27,541 | 18,028 |     9,513 | 333,834 | 212,446 | 200,545 | 121,388
1971-72 ....| 80,672 | 50,950 | 48,050 |    2,900 | 29,722 | 19,538 |    10,184 | 343,259 | 216,792 | 204,452 | 126,467
1972-73 ....| 86,875 | 54,952 | 51,852 |    3,100 | 31,923 | 21,144 |    10,779 | 355,334 | 224,764 | 212,085 | 130,570
1973-74 ....| 95,396 | 60,370 | 56,970 |    3,400 | 35,026 | 23,542 |    11,484 | 358,243 | 226,710 | 213,942 | 131,533
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |         |         |         |
1974-75 ....|108,664 | 68,846 | 64,846 |    4,000 | 39,818 | 26,966 |    12,852 | 367,358 | 232,746 | 219,223 | 134,612
1975-76 ....|118,706 | 75,101 | 70,601 |    4,500 | 43,605 | 29,736 |    13,869 | 374,777 | 237,108 | 222,900 | 137,670
1976-77 ....|126,417 | 79,194 | 74,194 |    5,000 | 47,223 | 31,997 |    15,226 | 377,131 | 236,253 | 221,337 | 140,878
1977-78 ....|137,042 | 86,544 | 80,844 |    5,700 | 50,498 | 34,031 |    16,467 | 383,105 | 241,937 | 226,002 | 141,168
1978-79 ....|148,308 | 93,012 | 86,712 |    6,300 | 55,296 | 37,110 |    18,187 | 379,089 | 237,746 | 221,642 | 141,343
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |         |         |         |
1979-80 ....|165,627 |103,162 | 95,962 |    7,200 | 62,465 | 41,434 |    21,031 | 373,551 | 232,669 | 216,430 | 140,883
1980-81 ....|182,849 |112,325 |104,125 |    8,200 | 70,524 | 46,559 |    23,965 | 369,587 | 227,038 | 210,464 | 142,548
1981-82 ....|197,801 |120,486 |111,186 |    9,300 | 77,315 | 50,813 |    26,502 | 368,017 | 224,169 | 206,866 | 143,848
1982-83 ....|212,081 |128,725 |118,425 |   10,300 | 83,356 | 54,338 |    29,018 | 378,337 | 229,635 | 211,261 | 148,701
1983-84 ....|228,597 |139,000 |127,500 |   11,500 | 89,597 | 58,124 |    31,473 | 393,244 | 239,114 | 219,332 | 154,130
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |         |         |         |
1984-85 ....|247,657 |149,400 |137,000 |   12,400 | 98,257 | 63,705 |    34,553 | 409,984 | 247,324 | 226,797 | 162,659
1985-86 ....|269,485 |161,800 |148,600 |   13,200 |107,685 | 70,069 |    37,616 | 433,615 | 260,344 | 239,105 | 173,271
1986-87 ....|291,974 |175,200 |160,900 |   14,300 |116,774 | 74,552 |    42,222 | 459,597 | 275,783 | 253,273 | 183,814
1987-88 ....|313,375 |187,999 |172,699 |   15,300 |125,376 | 79,859 |    45,516 | 473,658 | 284,155 | 261,030 | 189,502
1988-89 ....|346,883 |209,377 |192,977 |   16,400 |137,506 | 87,107 |    50,398 | 501,160 | 302,498 | 278,804 | 198,662
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |         |         |         |
1989-90 ....|381,525 |230,970 |212,770 |   18,200 |150,555 | 96,387 |    54,169 | 526,103 | 318,495 | 293,398 | 207,608
1990-91 ....|412,652 |248,930 |229,430 |   19,500 |163,722 |104,433 |    59,288 | 539,528 | 325,467 | 299,972 | 214,061
1991-92 ....|432,987 |261,255 |241,055 |   20,200 |171,732 |108,667 |    63,065 | 548,539 | 330,977 | 305,386 | 217,563
1992-93 ....|456,070 |274,335 |252,935 |   21,400 |181,735 |115,169 |    66,566 | 560,282 | 337,020 | 310,731 | 223,261
1993-94 ....|477,237 |287,507 |265,307 |   22,200 |189,730 |119,573 |    70,157 | 571,482 | 344,284 | 317,700 | 227,198
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |         |         |         |
1994-95 ....|503,925 |302,400 |279,000 |   23,400 |201,525 |127,594 |    73,930 | 586,626 | 352,028 | 324,788 | 234,598
1995-96 ....|529,596 |318,246 |293,646 |   24,600 |211,350 |132,752 |    78,597 | 600,182 | 360,663 | 332,784 | 239,519
1996-97 ....|562,451 |339,151 |313,151 |   26,000 |223,300 |139,600 |\2\ 83,600 | 619,734 | 373,692 | 345,044 | 246,042
1997-98\3\ .|596,915 |361,415 |334,315 |   27,100 |235,500 |146,700 |    88,800 | 646,184 | 391,246 | 361,909 | 254,938
1998-99\4\..|633,459 |384,059 |355,859 |   28,200 |249,400 |154,000 |    95,400 | 674,075 | 408,684 | 378,676 | 265,391
1999-2000\2\|669,000 |404,300 |375,000 |   29,300 |264,700 |163,200 |   101,500 | 691,920 | 418,151 | 387,848 | 273,769
2000-01\2\..|699,700 |422,700 |392,200 |   30,500 |277,000 |171,000 |   106,000 | 699,700 | 422,700 | 392,200 | 277,000
____________|________|________|________|__________|________|________|___________|_________|_________|_________|_________

---Not available.
\1\Based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school year basis.
\2\Estimated.
\3\Data for college and universities are estimated.
\4\Preliminary data for public elementary and secondary schools and estimates for colleges and universitiies.

NOTE: Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools include current expenditures, interest on school debt, and capital outlay. Data for private elementary and secondary schools are estimated. Total expenditures for colleges and universities include current-fund expenditures and additions to plant value. Excludes expenditures of noncollegiate postsecondary institutions. College and university education data for 1995-96 and later years are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" survey; Common Core of Data survey; "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" survey; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) "Finance" survey; and National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, various years. (This table was prepared November 2001.)

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