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Table 330. Current-fund revenue of public degree-granting institutions, by source: 1980-81 to 1999-2000

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               Source                |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |   1990-91   |   1994-95   |   1995-96   | 1996-97\1\  |   1997-98   | 1998-99\2\  |  1999-2000
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                  1                  |     2      |     3      |      4      |      5      |      6      |      7      |      8      |      9      |     10
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                                     |                                       In thousands
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     Total current-fund revenue .....|$43,195,617 |$65,004,632 | $94,904,506 |$119,312,493 |$123,501,152 |$129,504,834 |$137,570,935 |$144,969,708 |$157,313,664
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Tuition and fees ....................|  5,570,404 |  9,439,177 |  15,258,024 |  21,908,104 |  23,257,454 |  24,631,120 |  26,058,092 |  27,427,984 |  29,125,603
Federal government ..................|  5,540,101 |  6,852,370 |   9,763,427 |  13,191,843 |  13,672,467 |  14,189,358 |  14,544,027 |  15,554,372 |  16,952,116
  Appropriations ....................|  1,128,101 |  1,401,367 |   1,604,548 |   1,766,412 |   1,826,738 |   1,830,604 |   1,570,329 |   1,679,660 |   1,583,132
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|    529,424 |    816,364 |   1,319,035 |   1,802,822 |   1,996,861 |   1,912,736 |   2,049,105 |   2,254,726 |       (\3\)
  Restricted grants and contracts\4\ |  3,812,197 |  4,481,723 |   6,629,484 |   9,368,072 |   9,598,340 |  10,173,113 |  10,586,439 |  11,287,950 |  14,819,488
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\5\ .|     70,379 |    152,916 |     210,360 |     254,537 |     250,529 |     272,906 |     338,154 |     332,037 |     549,496
State governments ...................| 19,675,968 | 29,220,586 |  38,239,978 |  42,854,681 |  44,242,546 |  46,113,543 |  49,114,782 |  52,132,474 |  56,369,564
  Appropriations ....................| 19,006,716 | 28,071,070 |  35,898,653 |  39,405,865 |  40,081,437 |  42,026,368 |  44,737,656 |  47,369,188 |  50,818,832
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|     45,390 |     88,779 |     250,168 |     381,165 |     924,837 |     690,665 |     498,485 |     497,396 |       (\3\)
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|    623,863 |  1,060,737 |   2,091,157 |   3,067,650 |   3,236,272 |   3,396,510 |   3,878,641 |   4,265,889 |   5,550,732
Local governments ...................|  1,622,938 |  2,325,844 |   3,531,714 |   4,756,884 |   5,074,511 |   5,019,600 |   5,279,349 |   5,546,546 |   6,039,978
  Appropriations ....................|  1,478,001 |  2,150,459 |   3,159,789 |   4,243,984 |   4,397,098 |   4,348,960 |   4,594,289 |   4,792,860 |   5,217,976
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|      9,915 |     27,852 |      73,281 |      60,123 |     184,597 |     193,262 |     226,024 |     275,326 |       (\3\)
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|    135,022 |    147,533 |     298,644 |     452,777 |     492,815 |     477,377 |     459,036 |     478,360 |     822,003
Private gifts, grants, and contracts |  1,100,084 |  2,109,782 |   3,651,107 |   4,737,529 |   5,089,344 |   5,584,198 |   6,123,038 |   6,752,392 |   7,488,781
  Unrestricted ......................|    110,462 |    279,381 |     529,496 |     684,264 |     784,979 |     900,449 |     993,528 |   1,127,013 |         ---
  Restricted ........................|    989,622 |  1,830,401 |   3,121,611 |   4,053,266 |   4,304,365 |   4,683,749 |   5,129,511 |   5,625,378 |         ---
Endowment income ....................|    214,561 |    398,603 |     431,235 |     693,313 |     721,079 |     784,695 |     887,093 |     958,363 |   1,170,163
  Unrestricted ......................|    102,888 |    181,624 |     147,368 |     266,960 |     304,860 |     299,237 |     330,570 |     331,074 |         ---
  Restricted ........................|    111,673 |    216,979 |     283,867 |     426,354 |     416,219 |     485,458 |     556,523 |     627,288 |         ---
Sales and services ..................|  8,455,449 | 12,990,670 |  21,546,202 |  27,517,662 |  27,399,796 |  28,851,838 |  30,491,654 |  31,595,145 |  33,982,146
  Educational activities ............|    943,737 |  1,596,946 |   2,700,185 |   3,616,034 |   3,528,610 |   3,888,767 |   4,142,825 |   4,559,546 |   4,817,258
  Auxiliary enterprises .............|  4,614,561 |  6,684,794 |   9,058,745 |  11,373,646 |  11,595,408 |  12,280,517 |  13,070,055 |  13,775,599 |  15,174,301
  Hospitals .........................|  2,897,151 |  4,708,930 |   9,787,271 |  12,527,982 |  12,275,778 |  12,682,554 |  13,278,773 |  13,260,000 |  13,990,587
Other sources .......................|  1,016,110 |  1,667,600 |   2,482,819 |   3,652,477 |   4,043,955 |   4,330,483 |   5,072,901 |   5,002,432 |   6,185,313
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                                     |                                                         Percentage distribution
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     Total current-fund revenue .....|      100.0 |      100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0
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Tuition and fees ....................|       12.9 |       14.5 |        16.1 |        18.4 |        18.8 |        19.0 |        18.9 |        18.9 |        18.5
Federal government ..................|       12.8 |       10.5 |        10.3 |        11.1 |        11.1 |        11.0 |        10.6 |        10.7 |        10.8
  Appropriations ....................|        2.6 |        2.2 |         1.7 |         1.5 |         1.5 |         1.4 |         1.1 |         1.2 |         1.0
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|        1.2 |        1.3 |         1.4 |         1.5 |         1.6 |         1.5 |         1.5 |         1.6 |       (\3\)
  Restricted grants and contracts\4\ |        8.8 |        6.9 |         7.0 |         7.9 |         7.8 |         7.9 |         7.7 |         7.8 |         9.4
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\5\ .|        0.2 |        0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.3
State governments ...................|       45.6 |       45.0 |        40.3 |        35.9 |        35.8 |        35.6 |        35.7 |        36.0 |        35.8
  Appropriations ....................|       44.0 |       43.2 |        37.8 |        33.0 |        32.5 |        32.5 |        32.5 |        32.7 |        32.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|        0.1 |        0.1 |         0.3 |         0.3 |         0.7 |         0.5 |         0.4 |         0.3 |       (\3\)
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|        1.4 |        1.6 |         2.2 |         2.6 |         2.6 |         2.6 |         2.8 |         2.9 |         3.5
Local governments ...................|        3.8 |        3.6 |         3.7 |         4.0 |         4.1 |         3.9 |         3.8 |         3.8 |         3.8
  Appropriations ....................|        3.4 |        3.3 |         3.3 |         3.6 |         3.6 |         3.4 |         3.3 |         3.3 |         3.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|          # |          # |         0.1 |         0.1 |         0.1 |         0.1 |         0.2 |         0.2 |       (\3\)
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|        0.3 |        0.2 |         0.3 |         0.4 |         0.4 |         0.4 |         0.3 |         0.3 |         0.5
Private gifts, grants, and contracts |        2.5 |        3.2 |         3.8 |         4.0 |         4.1 |         4.3 |         4.5 |         4.7 |         4.8
  Unrestricted ......................|        0.3 |        0.4 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.7 |         0.7 |         0.8 |         ---
  Restricted ........................|        2.3 |        2.8 |         3.3 |         3.4 |         3.5 |         3.6 |         3.7 |         3.9 |         ---
Endowment income ....................|        0.5 |        0.6 |         0.5 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.7 |         0.7
  Unrestricted ......................|        0.2 |        0.3 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         ---
  Restricted ........................|        0.3 |        0.3 |         0.3 |         0.4 |         0.3 |         0.4 |         0.4 |         0.4 |         ---
Sales and services ..................|       19.6 |       20.0 |        22.7 |        23.1 |        22.2 |        22.3 |        22.2 |        21.8 |        21.6
  Educational activities ............|        2.2 |        2.5 |         2.8 |         3.0 |         2.9 |         3.0 |         3.0 |         3.1 |         3.1
  Auxiliary enterprises .............|       10.7 |       10.3 |         9.5 |         9.5 |         9.4 |         9.5 |         9.5 |         9.5 |         9.6
  Hospitals .........................|        6.7 |        7.2 |        10.3 |        10.5 |         9.9 |         9.8 |         9.7 |         9.1 |         8.9
Other sources .......................|        2.4 |        2.6 |         2.6 |         3.1 |         3.3 |         3.3 |         3.7 |         3.5 |         3.9
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---Not available.
#Rounds to 0.

\1\Revised from previously published data.
\2\Imputed using alternative procedures.
\3\Included under restricted grants and contracts.
\4\Excludes Pell Grants. Federally supported student aid that is received through students is included under tuition and auxiliary enterprises.
\5\Generally includes only those revenues associated with major federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC).

NOTE: Data for 1980-81 to 1994-95 are for institutions of higher education. Institutions of higher education 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. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate or higher degrees. 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 August 2002.)


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