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Table 352. Current-fund expenditures of public degree-granting institutions, by state: 1980-81 to 1996-97 [In thousands]

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                       |                     Institutions of higher education\1\                                                   |   Degree-granting institutions\2\
                       |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________|______________________________________
                       |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |             |             | Percent
  State or other area  |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |             |             | change,
                       |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1990-91   |  1991-92   |  1992-93    |  1993-94    |   1994-95   |   1995-96   |   1995-96   | 1996-97\3\  |1995-96 to
                       |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |             |             | 1996-97
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           1           |     2      |     3      |     4      |     5      |      6      |      7      |      8      |      9      |     10      |     11      |    12
_______________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________
   United States ......|$42,279,806 |$63,193,853 |$92,961,093 |$98,847,180 |$104,570,101 |$109,309,541 |$115,464,975 |$119,400,868 |$119,524,500 |$125,978,073 |      5.4
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Alabama ...............|    839,366 |  1,324,774 |  2,054,798 |  2,189,029 |   2,428,620 |   2,510,081 |   2,648,077 |   2,715,643 |   2,715,643 |   2,840,790 |      4.6
Alaska ................|    158,700 |    224,042 |    289,606 |    306,218 |     322,620 |     336,405 |     336,584 |     352,811 |     352,811 |     344,723 |     -2.3
Arizona ...............|    691,481 |  1,017,203 |  1,586,891 |  1,620,019 |   1,621,716 |   1,754,682 |   1,854,180 |   1,963,390 |   1,976,169 |   2,070,566 |      4.8
Arkansas ..............|    340,621 |    528,831 |    797,291 |    878,783 |     976,735 |   1,002,908 |   1,070,668 |   1,153,714 |   1,181,083 |   1,247,987 |      5.7
California ............|  5,775,482 |  8,515,440 | 12,023,304 | 12,910,152 |  13,537,367 |  13,244,130 |  13,899,338 |  14,274,642 |  14,284,348 |  15,707,254 |     10.0
                       |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |             |             |
Colorado ..............|    738,363 |  1,057,558 |  1,452,137 |  1,546,642 |   1,670,921 |   1,760,679 |   1,862,438 |   1,974,306 |   1,974,306 |   2,079,177 |      5.3
Connecticut ...........|    367,850 |    562,696 |    886,846 |    957,627 |     981,286 |   1,026,593 |   1,134,014 |   1,169,349 |   1,168,038 |   1,206,127 |      3.3
Delaware ..............|    158,332 |    229,377 |    367,012 |    396,947 |     416,699 |     442,488 |     469,085 |     491,597 |     491,597 |     510,290 |      3.8
District of Columbia ..|     71,791 |     80,764 |     97,556 |     99,535 |      98,826 |      97,072 |      99,351 |      98,632 |     103,072 |     107,433 |      4.2
Florida ...............|  1,170,305 |  1,782,180 |  2,896,046 |  2,988,794 |   3,179,353 |   3,408,957 |   3,549,470 |   3,727,585 |   3,714,984 |   3,968,197 |      6.8
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Georgia ...............|    754,060 |  1,255,964 |  1,929,993 |  2,015,816 |   2,227,608 |   2,453,100 |   2,728,682 |   2,953,792 |   2,835,505 |   3,057,542 |      7.8
Hawaii ................|    222,718 |    312,248 |    498,307 |    575,337 |     602,346 |     613,356 |     653,303 |     634,970 |     634,970 |     638,096 |      0.5
Idaho .................|    166,844 |    238,438 |    353,561 |    391,441 |     409,167 |     445,463 |     473,733 |     503,014 |     510,601 |     530,013 |      3.8
Illinois ..............|  1,780,403 |  2,571,409 |  3,528,967 |  3,644,740 |   3,877,243 |   4,053,858 |   4,293,437 |   4,498,142 |   4,498,142 |   4,713,363 |      4.8
Indiana ...............|  1,064,395 |  1,602,203 |  2,391,173 |  2,643,997 |   2,671,055 |   2,858,990 |   2,967,184 |   2,783,027 |   2,783,027 |   3,021,556 |      8.6
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Iowa ..................|    767,590 |  1,092,542 |  1,734,476 |  1,776,217 |   1,899,159 |   1,981,068 |   2,051,631 |   2,163,536 |   2,163,536 |   2,233,470 |      3.2
Kansas ................|    579,857 |    848,602 |  1,190,573 |  1,262,215 |   1,329,587 |   1,429,200 |   1,495,926 |   1,536,701 |   1,547,154 |   1,595,757 |      3.1
Kentucky ..............|    673,775 |    898,718 |  1,400,529 |  1,514,985 |   1,516,017 |   1,577,584 |   1,663,738 |   1,779,945 |   1,779,945 |   1,994,760 |     12.1
Louisiana .............|    716,702 |  1,039,177 |  1,439,415 |  1,541,126 |   1,800,188 |   1,835,151 |   1,909,675 |   1,911,633 |   1,970,177 |   2,059,975 |      4.6
Maine .................|    153,658 |    216,737 |    355,074 |    362,905 |     375,090 |     387,991 |     391,269 |     404,171 |     407,819 |     431,850 |      5.9
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Maryland ..............|    795,100 |  1,064,430 |  1,684,341 |  1,674,918 |   1,829,812 |   1,940,403 |   1,997,636 |   2,136,898 |   2,136,898 |   2,352,742 |     10.1
Massachusetts .........|    553,019 |    980,585 |  1,435,063 |  1,474,589 |   1,605,121 |   1,496,856 |   1,557,225 |   1,641,256 |   1,647,254 |   1,739,959 |      5.6
Michigan ..............|  2,053,795 |  2,946,336 |  4,416,914 |  4,741,682 |   4,925,759 |   5,095,422 |   5,395,757 |   5,653,791 |   5,653,791 |   5,986,556 |      5.9
Minnesota .............|    876,632 |  1,324,691 |  2,012,225 |  2,219,016 |   2,286,336 |   2,459,437 |   2,624,464 |   2,689,857 |   2,694,395 |   2,638,379 |     -2.1
Mississippi ...........|    539,222 |    706,380 |    978,366 |  1,012,544 |   1,102,806 |   1,200,196 |   1,358,795 |   1,429,107 |   1,440,692 |   1,490,260 |      3.4
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Missouri ..............|    687,643 |    999,869 |  1,453,608 |  1,501,166 |   1,582,746 |   1,694,484 |   1,836,878 |   1,988,392 |   1,994,150 |   2,117,072 |      6.2
Montana ...............|    121,894 |    182,102 |    254,175 |    320,876 |     337,189 |     350,943 |     376,618 |     402,792 |     402,792 |     445,611 |     10.6
Nebraska ..............|    378,928 |    537,858 |    848,778 |    916,814 |     968,407 |   1,004,263 |   1,076,670 |   1,143,547 |   1,143,547 |   1,218,519 |      6.6
Nevada ................|    111,347 |    180,107 |    330,592 |    363,306 |     377,786 |     415,785 |     447,901 |     505,518 |     505,518 |     547,065 |      8.2
New Hampshire .........|    134,391 |    183,959 |    281,542 |    307,217 |     335,575 |     360,833 |     371,554 |     390,816 |     390,816 |     418,136 |      7.0
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New Jersey ............|    903,169 |  1,406,490 |  2,309,968 |  2,489,088 |   2,630,533 |   2,809,931 |   2,982,535 |   3,064,901 |   3,064,901 |   3,147,805 |      2.7
New Mexico ............|    325,960 |    456,600 |    896,299 |  1,010,859 |   1,069,497 |   1,142,903 |   1,278,741 |   1,315,168 |   1,329,422 |   1,420,132 |      6.8
New York ..............|  2,519,104 |  3,802,602 |  5,605,621 |  5,681,964 |   6,096,863 |   6,481,594 |   6,922,118 |   6,728,593 |   6,728,593 |   6,872,196 |      2.1
North Carolina ........|  1,128,383 |  1,799,173 |  2,581,156 |  2,770,977 |   3,002,915 |   3,192,215 |   3,406,215 |   3,538,606 |   3,538,606 |   3,791,459 |      7.1
North Dakota ..........|    192,046 |    288,214 |    367,959 |    408,219 |     419,268 |     432,190 |     456,730 |     440,332 |     440,332 |     450,127 |      2.2
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Ohio ..................|  1,784,754 |  2,718,408 |  4,084,840 |  4,359,943 |   4,389,408 |   4,640,316 |   4,907,686 |   4,812,773 |   4,818,930 |   4,880,235 |      1.3
Oklahoma ..............|    583,174 |    844,829 |  1,057,248 |  1,158,696 |   1,177,061 |   1,214,084 |   1,263,002 |   1,329,938 |   1,329,938 |   1,457,550 |      9.6
Oregon ................|    642,411 |    880,696 |  1,329,794 |  1,484,621 |   1,560,699 |   1,623,771 |   1,756,424 |   1,815,638 |   1,815,638 |   1,988,824 |      9.5
Pennsylvania ..........|  1,544,586 |  2,392,145 |  3,602,685 |  3,904,332 |   4,004,062 |   4,240,094 |   4,506,833 |   4,781,347 |   4,781,347 |   4,940,983 |      3.3
Rhode Island ..........|    158,365 |    213,253 |    292,199 |    303,606 |     330,038 |     331,359 |     344,457 |     353,270 |     353,270 |     368,598 |      4.3
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South Carolina ........|    617,963 |    951,848 |  1,475,074 |  1,595,552 |   1,702,419 |   1,766,671 |   1,817,631 |   1,903,952 |   1,903,952 |   2,020,736 |      6.1
South Dakota ..........|    124,103 |    149,092 |    197,853 |    217,756 |     240,061 |     259,120 |     252,443 |     262,682 |     290,868 |     294,181 |      1.1
Tennessee .............|    665,885 |  1,081,052 |  1,585,614 |  1,621,202 |   1,776,066 |   1,911,953 |   2,042,171 |   2,061,946 |   2,062,547 |   2,127,506 |      3.1
Texas .................|  2,736,276 |  4,375,082 |  5,959,584 |  6,370,847 |   6,982,016 |   7,414,174 |   7,817,433 |   8,296,878 |   8,300,915 |   8,758,306 |      5.5
Utah ..................|    405,314 |    669,714 |    993,625 |  1,116,845 |   1,174,239 |   1,260,797 |   1,354,017 |   1,442,592 |   1,442,592 |   1,536,120 |      6.5
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Vermont ...............|    122,708 |    188,112 |    274,746 |    294,045 |     298,626 |     306,100 |     316,455 |     329,457 |     329,457 |     347,605 |      5.5
Virginia ..............|  1,143,755 |  1,825,156 |  2,812,109 |  2,939,683 |   3,072,851 |   3,301,020 |   3,414,167 |   3,515,201 |   3,515,201 |   3,804,552 |      8.2
Washington ............|    993,171 |  1,399,780 |  2,157,074 |  2,278,549 |   2,486,455 |   2,639,504 |   2,807,168 |   2,909,056 |   2,945,074 |   3,126,566 |      6.2
West Virginia .........|    317,482 |    376,293 |    548,802 |    582,453 |     609,447 |     650,642 |     674,664 |     717,095 |     718,596 |     742,631 |      3.3
Wisconsin .............|  1,208,396 |  1,754,395 |  2,469,260 |  2,596,853 |   2,726,350 |   2,872,001 |   2,941,034 |   3,022,205 |   3,024,877 |   2,827,128 |     -6.5
Wyoming ...............|    126,082 |    203,307 |    240,216 |    265,048 |     260,592 |     271,396 |     294,334 |     291,864 |     291,864 |     296,393 |      1.6
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U.S. Service Schools ..|    592,454 |    912,393 |  1,150,209 |  1,241,392 |   1,267,497 |   1,309,330 |   1,313,438 |   1,394,800 |   1,394,800 |   1,465,216 |      5.0
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   Outlying areas .....|    268,310 |    451,370 |    516,958 |    574,988 |     654,292 |     662,130 |     727,524 |     813,290 |     809,779 |     862,770 |      6.5
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American Samoa ........|      1,609 |      1,092 |      3,187 |      3,228 |       3,356 |       3,416 |       3,483 |      15,486 |      15,486 |       6,462 |    -58.3
Federated States of    |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |             |             |
  Micronesia ..........|        --- |        --- |      3,777 |      3,765 |       3,294 |       3,520 |       5,056 |       8,442 |       8,442 |       7,398 |    -12.4
Guam ..................|     16,100 |     31,310 |     57,645 |     67,220 |      71,917 |      66,913 |      81,148 |      68,230 |      68,230 |      69,168 |      1.4
Marshall Islands ......|        --- |        --- |        --- |      3,588 |       1,298 |       1,527 |       1,237 |       1,282 |       1,282 |       1,352 |      ---
Northern Marianas .....|        --- |      1,350 |      2,798 |      3,194 |       2,505 |       3,214 |      12,366 |      15,029 |      15,029 |      16,393 |      9.1
Palau .................|        --- |        --- |      3,837 |      3,687 |       4,485 |       3,476 |       3,667 |       5,942 |       5,942 |       3,940 |    -33.7
Puerto Rico ...........|    237,319 |    394,046 |    385,511 |    434,032 |     536,917 |     546,575 |     586,910 |     663,128 |     659,617 |     722,909 |      9.6
Trust Territory of     |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |             |             |
  the Pacific .........|      1,447 |      5,992 |        --- |        --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |      ---
Virgin Islands ........|     11,835 |     17,580 |     60,202 |     56,274 |      30,520 |      33,489 |      33,656 |      35,750 |      35,750 |      35,149 |     -1.7
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--Not available.
\1\Institutions that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education.
\2\Four-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\3\Preliminary data.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared June 2000.)


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