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Table 30. Total expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: 1899-1900 to 2001-02 [In millions of dollars]

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            |        |                   In current dollars                     |  In constant 2001-02 dollars\1\
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   School   |        |      Elementary and        |Colleges and universities    |        |Elementary and   |Colleges
    year    | Total  |    secondary schools       |                             | Total  |secondary schools|and uni-
            |        |____________________________|_____________________________|        |_________________|
            |        | 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 |    ---   |    --- |    --- |       --- |    --- |    --- | $9,688 |    ---
1929-30 ....|    --- |    --- |  2,317 |    ---   |   $632 |   $292 |      $341 |    --- |    --- | 24,118 | $6,582
1939-40 ....|    --- |    --- |  2,344 |    ---   |    758 |    392 |       367 |    --- |    --- | 29,888 |  9,671
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |        |
1949-50 ....| $8,911 | $6,249 |  5,838 |     $411 |  2,662 |  1,430 |     1,233 |$67,048 |$47,015 | 43,923 | 20,033
1951-52 ....| 10,735 |  7,861 |  7,344 |      517 |  2,874 |  1,565 |     1,309 | 72,778 | 53,297 | 49,792 | 19,487
1953-54 ....| 13,147 |  9,733 |  9,092 |      641 |  3,414 |  1,912 |     1,502 | 87,116 | 64,496 | 60,248 | 22,620
1955-56 ....| 15,907 | 11,727 | 10,955 |      772 |  4,180 |  2,348 |     1,832 |105,438 | 77,732 | 72,615 | 27,707
1957-58 ....| 20,055 | 14,525 | 13,569 |      956 |  5,530 |  3,237 |     2,293 |125,137 | 90,632 | 84,667 | 34,505
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |        |
1959-60 ....| 23,860 | 16,713 | 15,613 |    1,100 |  7,147 |  3,904 |     3,244 |144,701 |101,357 | 94,686 | 43,344
1961-62 ....| 28,503 | 19,673 | 18,373 |    1,300 |  8,830 |  4,919 |     3,911 |168,973 |116,629 |108,922 | 52,345
1963-64 ....| 34,440 | 22,825 | 21,325 |    1,500 | 11,615 |  6,558 |     5,057 |198,981 |131,873 |123,207 | 67,108
1965-66 ....| 43,682 | 28,048 | 26,248 |    1,800 | 15,634 |  9,047 |     6,588 |243,945 |156,636 |146,584 | 87,310
1967-68 ....| 55,652 | 35,077 | 32,977 |    2,100 | 20,575 | 12,750 |     7,824 |291,600 |183,794 |172,791 |107,806
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |        |
1969-70 ....| 68,459 | 43,183 | 40,683 |    2,500 | 25,276 | 16,234 |     9,041 |322,935 |203,705 |191,912 |119,230
1970-71 ....| 75,741 | 48,200 | 45,500 |    2,700 | 27,541 | 18,028 |     9,513 |339,745 |216,207 |204,096 |123,537
1971-72 ....| 80,672 | 50,950 | 48,050 |    2,900 | 29,722 | 19,538 |    10,184 |349,336 |220,630 |208,072 |128,706
1972-73 ....| 86,875 | 54,952 | 51,852 |    3,100 | 31,923 | 21,144 |    10,779 |361,625 |228,744 |215,839 |132,882
1973-74 ....| 95,396 | 60,370 | 56,970 |    3,400 | 35,026 | 23,542 |    11,484 |364,586 |230,724 |217,730 |133,862
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |        |
1974-75 ....|108,664 | 68,846 | 64,846 |    4,000 | 39,818 | 26,966 |    12,852 |373,862 |236,866 |223,104 |136,995
1975-76 ....|118,706 | 75,101 | 70,601 |    4,500 | 43,605 | 29,736 |    13,869 |381,413 |241,306 |226,847 |140,107
1976-77 ....|126,417 | 79,194 | 74,194 |    5,000 | 47,223 | 31,997 |    15,226 |383,808 |240,436 |225,256 |143,372
1977-78 ....|137,042 | 86,544 | 80,844 |    5,700 | 50,498 | 34,031 |    16,467 |389,887 |246,220 |230,004 |143,667
1978-79 ....|148,308 | 93,012 | 86,712 |    6,300 | 55,296 | 37,110 |    18,187 |385,800 |241,955 |225,567 |143,845
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |        |
1979-80 ....|165,627 |103,162 | 95,962 |    7,200 | 62,465 | 41,434 |    21,031 |380,165 |236,788 |220,262 |143,377
1980-81 ....|182,849 |112,325 |104,125 |    8,200 | 70,524 | 46,559 |    23,965 |376,130 |231,058 |214,190 |145,072
1981-82 ....|197,801 |120,486 |111,186 |    9,300 | 77,315 | 50,813 |    26,502 |374,533 |228,138 |210,529 |146,394
1982-83 ....|212,081 |128,725 |118,425 |   10,300 | 83,356 | 54,338 |    29,018 |385,035 |233,701 |215,001 |151,334
1983-84 ....|228,597 |139,000 |127,500 |   11,500 | 89,597 | 58,124 |    31,473 |400,207 |243,348 |223,215 |156,859
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |        |
1984-85 ....|247,657 |149,400 |137,000 |   12,400 | 98,257 | 63,705 |    34,553 |417,242 |251,703 |230,812 |165,539
1985-86 ....|269,485 |161,800 |148,600 |   13,200 |107,685 | 70,069 |    37,616 |441,292 |264,954 |243,338 |176,338
1986-87 ....|291,974 |175,200 |160,900 |   14,300 |116,774 | 74,552 |    42,222 |467,734 |280,665 |257,757 |187,069
1987-88 ....|313,375 |187,999 |172,699 |   15,300 |125,376 | 79,859 |    45,516 |482,044 |289,186 |265,651 |192,858                   
1988-89 ....|346,883 |209,377 |192,977 |   16,400 |137,506 | 87,107 |    50,398 |510,033 |307,854 |283,740 |202,179
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |        |
1989-90 ....|381,525 |230,970 |212,770 |   18,200 |150,555 | 96,387 |    54,169 |535,417 |324,134 |298,593 |211,283
1990-91 ....|412,652 |248,930 |229,430 |   19,500 |163,722 |104,433 |    59,288 |549,081 |331,230 |305,283 |217,851
1991-92 ....|432,987 |261,255 |241,055 |   20,200 |171,732 |108,667 |    63,065 |558,251 |336,837 |310,793 |221,415
1992-93 ....|456,070 |274,335 |252,935 |   21,400 |181,735 |115,169 |    66,566 |570,202 |342,987 |316,232 |227,214
1993-94 ....|477,237 |287,507 |265,307 |   22,200 |189,730 |119,573 |    70,157 |581,600 |350,379 |323,324 |231,221
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |        |
1994-95 ....|503,925 |302,400 |279,000 |   23,400 |201,525 |127,594 |    73,930 |597,013 |358,261 |330,538 |238,752
1995-96 ....|529,596 |318,246 |293,646 |   24,600 |211,350 |132,752 |    78,597 |610,808 |367,048 |338,676 |243,760
1996-97 ....|562,871 |339,151 |313,151 |   26,000 |223,720 |139,620 |\2\ 84,100 |631,177 |380,308 |351,153 |250,869
1997-98 ....|597,549 |361,415 |334,315 |   27,100 |236,134 |147,034 |\2\ 89,100 |658,323 |398,173 |368,317 |260,150
1998-99 ....|633,532 |384,038 |355,838 |   28,200 |249,494 |155,294 |\2\ 94,200 |686,088 |415,897 |385,357 |270,191
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |           |        |        |        |
1999-2000 ..|678,399 |411,429 |381,729 |   29,700 |266,970 |167,670 |\2\ 99,300 |714,064 |433,059 |401,798 |281,005
2000-01\3\..|712,800 |429,000 |398,500 |   30,500 |283,800 |178,500 |   105,300 |725,420 |436,595 |405,555 |288,825                   
2001-02\2\..|745,200 |454,100 |422,100 |   32,000 |291,100 |182,500 |   108,600 |745,200 |454,100 |422,100 |291,100                   
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\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\Preliminary data for public elementary and secondary schools and estimates for colleges and universities.

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 postsecondary institutions that did not confer associate or higher degrees. 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; Common Core of Data survey; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" survey; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) "Finance" survey; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared December 2002.)


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