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Table 350. Educational and general expenditures of degree-granting public universities, by purpose: 1976-77 to 1999-2000

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            |                                        Educational and general expenditures
            |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    Year    |           |           |              |           |           |          |          |Operation and|Scholarships|
            |   Total   |Instruction|     Admini-  |  Student  | Research  |Libraries |  Public  | maintenance |    and     |Mandatory
            |           |           |   stration\1\| services  |           |          | service  |  of plant   |fellowships |transfers
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     1      |     2     |     3     |        4     |     5     |     6     |    7     |    8     |      9      |     10     |   11
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            |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
            |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1976-77 ....|$9,413,626 |$3,670,554 |   $1,222,410 |  $346,906 |$1,727,807 | $331,614 | $763,809 |    $857,677 |   $377,749 |$115,099
1977-78 ....|10,220,191 | 4,009,870 |    1,344,538 |   388,262 | 1,896,578 |  343,198 |  803,309 |     938,952 |    389,682 | 105,803
1978-79 ....|11,284,191 | 4,408,025 |    1,478,568 |   419,231 | 2,136,135 |  363,875 |  920,726 |   1,046,740 |    396,356 | 114,533
1979-80 ....|12,540,072 | 4,860,411 |    1,572,523 |   473,460 | 2,444,471 |  463,642 |1,012,376 |   1,148,942 |    439,461 | 124,786
1980-81 ....|13,951,029 | 5,374,271 |    1,795,504 |   525,891 | 2,743,145 |  451,978 |1,158,512 |   1,270,339 |    492,225 | 139,164
            |           |           |              |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|15,077,263 | 5,852,958 |    1,974,219 |   566,366 | 2,903,178 |  488,939 |1,223,417 |   1,412,557 |    525,498 | 130,131
1982-83 ....|16,089,168 | 6,247,358 |    2,107,933 |   604,657 | 3,086,846 |  528,470 |1,300,353 |   1,512,947 |    562,903 | 137,702
1983-84 ....|17,234,711 | 6,646,501 |    2,263,565 |   643,614 | 3,295,053 |  577,136 |1,385,191 |   1,627,702 |    624,642 | 171,306
1984-85 ....|18,960,810 | 7,257,618 |    2,598,784 |   701,451 | 3,682,755 |  609,365 |1,519,324 |   1,745,825 |    677,533 | 168,155
1985-86 ....|20,716,657 | 7,807,522 |    2,882,006 |   762,324 | 4,076,258 |  669,253 |1,664,917 |   1,831,618 |    780,080 | 242,679
            |           |           |              |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|22,023,387 | 8,368,187 |    3,088,348 |   819,829 | 4,399,405 |  677,531 |1,725,613 |   1,829,880 |    847,328 | 267,266
1987-88 ....|23,848,427 | 8,902,624 |    3,311,806 |   889,528 | 4,911,929 |  762,858 |1,857,008 |   1,934,489 |    949,438 | 328,746
1988-89 ....|26,138,665 | 9,623,797 |    3,638,424 |   975,801 | 5,476,936 |  813,888 |2,096,267 |   2,069,744 |  1,096,447 | 347,362
1989-90 ....|28,338,312 |10,364,088 |    3,927,198 | 1,047,364 | 6,030,489 |  871,279 |2,273,699 |   2,222,046 |  1,211,690 | 390,458
1990-91 ....|30,367,325 |11,012,373 |    4,157,677 | 1,103,058 | 6,599,209 |  906,506 |2,479,956 |   2,305,115 |  1,367,754 | 435,676
            |           |           |              |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|31,565,791 |11,373,749 |    4,198,990 | 1,161,633 | 6,937,360 |  946,098 |2,609,520 |   2,323,220 |  1,556,868 | 458,354
1992-93 ....|32,836,061 |11,708,500 |    4,317,605 | 1,211,143 | 7,330,922 |  959,306 |2,714,785 |   2,365,942 |  1,734,530 | 493,328
1993-94 ....|34,318,548 |12,115,695 |    4,578,770 | 1,273,008 | 7,676,832 |1,006,301 |2,784,869 |   2,459,895 |  1,909,173 | 514,006
1994-95 ....|36,255,063 |12,837,030 |    4,814,366 | 1,348,617 | 8,082,388 |1,096,566 |2,943,284 |   2,526,104 |  2,057,116 | 549,593
1995-96 ....|37,693,678 |13,289,323 |    5,146,842 | 1,419,733 | 8,211,609 |1,134,159 |3,082,968 |   2,596,786 |  2,235,290 | 576,968
            |           |           |              |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1996-97 ....|39,353,941 |13,813,628 |    5,404,019 | 1,480,850 | 8,526,355 |1,186,456 |3,232,115 |   2,691,399 |  2,411,021 | 608,098
1997-98 ....|41,551,927 |14,485,538 |    5,797,811 | 1,577,692 | 9,002,477 |1,240,490 |3,410,642 |   2,810,812 |  2,576,976 | 649,488
1998-99\2\ .|44,002,614 |15,121,131 |    6,215,758 | 1,650,929 | 9,654,840 |1,322,548 |3,713,609 |   2,907,790 |  2,758,790 | 657,220
1999-2000...|47,249,323 |16,049,830 |\3\ 8,081,443 | 1,777,295 |10,565,908 |      --- |3,959,248 |   3,093,295 |  3,001,466 | 720,838
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            |                                              Percentage distribution
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1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      39.0 |         13.0 |       3.7 |      18.4 |      3.5 |      8.1 |         9.1 |        4.0 |     1.2
1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      38.5 |         12.9 |       3.8 |      19.7 |      3.2 |      8.3 |         9.1 |        3.5 |     1.0
1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      37.7 |         13.9 |       3.7 |      19.7 |      3.2 |      8.0 |         8.8 |        3.8 |     1.2
            |           |           |              |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      38.0 |         14.0 |       3.7 |      20.0 |      3.1 |      7.8 |         8.3 |        3.8 |     1.2
1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      37.3 |         13.9 |       3.7 |      20.6 |      3.2 |      7.8 |         8.1 |        4.0 |     1.4
1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      36.8 |         13.9 |       3.7 |      21.0 |      3.1 |      8.0 |         7.9 |        4.2 |     1.3
1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      36.6 |         13.9 |       3.7 |      21.3 |      3.1 |      8.0 |         7.8 |        4.3 |     1.4
1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      36.3 |         13.7 |       3.6 |      21.7 |      3.0 |      8.2 |         7.6 |        4.5 |     1.4
            |           |           |              |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      36.0 |         13.3 |       3.7 |      22.0 |      3.0 |      8.3 |         7.4 |        4.9 |     1.5
1992-93 ....|     100.0 |      35.7 |         13.1 |       3.7 |      22.3 |      2.9 |      8.3 |         7.2 |        5.3 |     1.5
1993-94 ....|     100.0 |      35.3 |         13.3 |       3.7 |      22.4 |      2.9 |      8.1 |         7.2 |        5.6 |     1.5
1994-95 ....|     100.0 |      35.4 |         13.3 |       3.7 |      22.3 |      3.0 |      8.1 |         7.0 |        5.7 |     1.5
1995-96 ....|     100.0 |      35.3 |         13.7 |       3.8 |      21.8 |      3.0 |      8.2 |         6.9 |        5.9 |     1.5
            |           |           |              |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1996-97 ....|     100.0 |      35.1 |         13.7 |       3.8 |      21.7 |      3.0 |      8.2 |         6.8 |        6.1 |     1.5
1997-98 ....|     100.0 |      34.9 |         14.0 |       3.8 |      21.7 |      3.0 |      8.2 |         6.8 |        6.2 |     1.6
1998-99\2\ .|     100.0 |      34.4 |         14.1 |       3.8 |      21.9 |      3.0 |      8.4 |         6.6 |        6.3 |     1.5
1999-2000...|     100.0 |      34.0 |\3\      17.1 |       3.8 |      22.4 |      --- |      8.4 |         6.5 |        6.4 |     1.5
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            |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1999-2000 dollars
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1976-77 ....|   $17,170 |    $6,695 |       $2,230 |      $633 |    $3,151 |     $605 |   $1,393 |      $1,564 |       $689 |    $210
1980-81 ....|    17,487 |     6,736 |        2,251 |       659 |     3,438 |      567 |    1,452 |       1,592 |        617 |     174
1985-86 ....|    19,165 |     7,223 |        2,666 |       705 |     3,771 |      619 |    1,540 |       1,694 |        722 |     224
            |           |           |              |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|    19,500 |     7,409 |        2,734 |       726 |     3,895 |      600 |    1,528 |       1,620 |        750 |     237
1987-88 ....|    20,013 |     7,471 |        2,779 |       746 |     4,122 |      640 |    1,558 |       1,623 |        797 |     276
1988-89 ....|    20,407 |     7,514 |        2,841 |       762 |     4,276 |      635 |    1,637 |       1,616 |        856 |     271
1989-90 ....|    20,544 |     7,513 |        2,847 |       759 |     4,372 |      632 |    1,648 |       1,611 |        878 |     283
1990-91 ....|    20,721 |     7,514 |        2,837 |       753 |     4,503 |      619 |    1,692 |       1,573 |        933 |     297
            |           |           |              |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|    20,603 |     7,424 |        2,741 |       758 |     4,528 |      618 |    1,703 |       1,516 |      1,016 |     299
1992-93 ....|    21,120 |     7,531 |        2,777 |       779 |     4,715 |      617 |    1,746 |       1,522 |      1,116 |     317
1993-94 ....|    21,539 |     7,604 |        2,874 |       799 |     4,818 |      632 |    1,748 |       1,544 |      1,198 |     323
1994-95 ....|    22,197 |     7,859 |        2,948 |       826 |     4,948 |      671 |    1,802 |       1,547 |      1,259 |     336
1995-96 ....|    22,422 |     7,905 |        3,062 |       845 |     4,885 |      675 |    1,834 |       1,545 |      1,330 |     343
            |           |           |              |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1996-97 ....|    22,731 |     7,979 |        3,121 |       855 |     4,925 |      685 |    1,867 |       1,555 |      1,393 |     351
1997-98 ....|    22,972 |     8,008 |        3,205 |       872 |     4,977 |      686 |    1,886 |       1,554 |      1,425 |     359
1998-99\2\ .|    23,491 |     8,072 |        3,318 |       881 |     5,154 |      706 |    1,983 |       1,552 |      1,473 |     351
1999-2000...|    23,949 |     8,135 |\3\     4,096 |       901 |     5,356 |      --- |    2,007 |       1,568 |      1,521 |     365
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\1\Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.
\2\Data imputed using alternative procedures.
\3\Includes libraries.

NOTE: Data for 1976-77 to 1995-96 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. Data in this table may differ slightly from data appearing in other tables. Data for 1976-77 through 1985-86 include only institutions which provided both enrollment and finance data. The Higher Education Price Index was used to convert the per student figures to constant dollars. Some data 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, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys; and Research Associates of Washington, unpublished data. (This table was prepared January 2003.)


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