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Table 336. Total revenue of private for-profit degree-granting institutions, by source of funds and by type of institution: 1999-2000

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                             |   Total   |          |  Federal   | State and  |Privat|       |          |          |
                             |  revenue  | Student  | appropri-  |local appro-|gifts |Invest-|Educationa|Auxiliary | Other
           Type of           |    and    | tuition  |  ations,   | priations, | and  | ment  |activities|enterprise|
         institution         |investment | and fees |grants, and |grants, and |grants|return |          |          |
                             |  return   |          | contracts  | contracts  |      |
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              1              |     2     |    3     |     4      |     5      |  6   |   7   |    8     |    9     |   10
_____________________________|___________|__________|____________|____________|______|_______|__________|__________|________
                             |                                                       In thousands
                             |______________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total .....................|$4,442,832 |$3,721,032|    $198,923|     $71,904|$2,151|$18,537|   $70,672|  $156,613|$203,001
4-year ......................| 1,950,034 | 1,691,213|      84,014|      31,541|     5|  9,628|    26,502|    74,519|  32,613
  Doctoral, intensive\1\ ....|    23,727 |    22,482|           0|           0|     0|    137|         0|         0|   1,108
  Master's\2\  ..............|   599,810 |   551,292|      16,499|          55|     0|  2,704|    11,521|     1,383|  16,357
  Baccalaureate\3\  .........|   276,785 |   216,439|      15,126|      13,735|     0|  1,576|       876|    20,653|   8,380
  Specialized institutions\4\| 1,049,711 |   900,999|      52,389|      17,751|     5|  5,211|    14,105|    52,483|   6,768
    Art, music, or design ...|   349,033 |   290,485|      27,631|       2,015|     0|  1,916|     6,319|    18,895|   1,772
    Business and management .|   163,723 |   144,898|       6,198|           0|     0|    873|     2,980|     6,833|   1,940
    Engineering or technology|   409,100 |   355,091|      18,198|      15,733|     0|  1,988|     1,636|    14,531|   1,923
    Medical or other health .|    33,157 |    30,795|           7|           0|     5|     63|     2,090|       737|    -540
    Other specialized .......|    94,699 |    79,730|         354|           3|     0|    372|     1,080|    11,487|   1,672
2-year ......................| 2,492,798 | 2,029,820|     114,909|      40,363| 2,146|  8,909|    44,170|    82,094| 170,388
                             |===========|==========|============|============|======|=======|==========|==========|========
                             |                                                     Percentage distribution
                             |______________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total .....................|     100.0 |     83.8 |        4.5 |        1.6 |    # |   0.4 |      1.6 |      3.5 |    4.6
4-year ......................|     100.0 |     86.7 |        4.3 |        1.6 |    # |   0.5 |      1.4 |      3.8 |    1.7
  Doctoral, intensive\1\ ....|     100.0 |     94.8 |        0.0 |        0.0 |  0.0 |   0.6 |      0.0 |      0.0 |    4.7
  Master's\2\  ..............|     100.0 |     91.9 |        2.8 |          # |  0.0 |   0.5 |      1.9 |      0.2 |    2.7
  Baccalaureate\3\  .........|     100.0 |     78.2 |        5.5 |        5.0 |  0.0 |   0.6 |      0.3 |      7.5 |    3.0
  Specialized institutions\4\|     100.0 |     85.8 |        5.0 |        1.7 |    # |   0.5 |      1.3 |      5.0 |    0.6
    Art, music, or design ...|     100.0 |     83.2 |        7.9 |        0.6 |  0.0 |   0.5 |      1.8 |      5.4 |    0.5
    Business and management .|     100.0 |     88.5 |        3.8 |        0.0 |  0.0 |   0.5 |      1.8 |      4.2 |    1.2
    Engineering or technology|     100.0 |     86.8 |        4.4 |        3.8 |  0.0 |   0.5 |      0.4 |      3.6 |    0.5
    Medical or other health .|     100.0 |     92.9 |          # |        0.0 |    # |   0.2 |      6.3 |      2.2 |   -1.6
    Other specialized .......|     100.0 |     84.2 |        0.4 |          # |  0.0 |   0.4 |      1.1 |     12.1 |    1.8
2-year ......................|     100.0 |     81.4 |        4.6 |        1.6 |  0.1 |   0.4 |      1.8 |      3.3 |    6.8
                             |===========|==========|============|============|======|=======|==========|==========|========
                             |                                                 Revenue per full-time-equivalent student
                             |______________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total .....................|    $11,340|    $9,498|        $508|        $184|    $5|    $47|      $180|      $400|    $518
4-year ......................|     10,562|     9,161|         455|         171|     #|     52|       144|       404|     177
  Doctoral, intensive\1\ ....|     11,098|    10,516|           0|           0|     0|     64|         0|         0|     518
  Master's\2\  ..............|      7,700|     7,077|         212|           1|     0|     35|       148|        18|     210
  Baccalaureate\3\  .........|     13,200|    10,322|         721|         655|     0|     75|        42|       985|     400
  Specialized institutions\4\|     12,554|    10,776|         627|         212|     #|     62|       169|       628|      81
    Art, music, or design ...|     14,539|    12,101|       1,151|          84|     0|     80|       263|       787|      74
    Business and management .|      8,144|     7,207|         308|           0|     0|     43|       148|       340|      97
    Engineering or technology|     12,440|    10,798|         553|         478|     0|     60|        50|       442|      58
    Medical or other health .|     18,839|    17,497|           4|           0|     3|     36|     1,188|       419|    -307
    Other specialized .......|     19,497|    16,416|          73|           1|     0|     77|       222|     2,365|     344
2-year ......................|     12,034|     9,799|         555|         195|    10|     43|       213|       396|     823
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# Rounds to 0.0.

\1\Doctoral, intensive institutions are committed to education through the doctorate and award at least 10 doctor's degrees per year across 3 or more disciplines or at least 20 doctor's degrees overall.
\2\Master's institutions offer a full range of baccalaureate programs and are committed to education through the master's degree. They award at least 40 master's degrees per year, across 3 or more disciplines.
\3\Baccalaureate institutions primarily emphasize undergraduate education.
\4\Specialized 4-year institutions award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering. Also, includes some institutions which have 4-year programs, but have not reported sufficient data to identify program category.

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

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance, 1999-2000" and "Fall Enrollment, 1999" surveys. (This table was prepared February 2003.)


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