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Table 351. Educational and general expenditures of degree-granting public 4-year colleges (excluding universities), by purpose: 1976-77 to 1999-2000

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            |                                        Educational and general expenditures
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    Year    |           |           |              |          |          |          |          |Operation and| Scholar-  |
            |   Total   |Instruction|     Admini-  | Student  | Research |Libraries |  Public  | maintenance | ships and |Mandatory
            |           |           |   stration\1\| services |          |          | service  |  of plant   |fellowships|transfers
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            |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
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1976-77 ....|$8,682,538 |$4,027,051 |   $1,445,651 | $500,832 | $607,235 | $340,002 | $250,152 |  $1,001,848 |  $338,432 | $171,335
1977-78 ....| 9,568,977 | 4,423,487 |    1,598,092 |  572,193 |  677,414 |  369,408 |  274,314 |   1,118,393 |   332,899 |  202,777
1978-79 ....|10,455,134 | 4,770,598 |    1,789,534 |  651,541 |  786,072 |  395,299 |  301,387 |   1,214,996 |   337,588 |  208,119
1979-80 ....|11,750,398 | 5,271,621 |    2,029,327 |  733,557 |  937,874 |  448,190 |  359,467 |   1,375,308 |   383,036 |  212,019
1980-81 ....|13,139,618 | 5,890,759 |    2,258,987 |  807,249 |1,043,614 |  511,817 |  407,816 |   1,563,514 |   412,972 |  242,890
            |           |           |              |          |          |          |          |             |           |
1981-82 ....|14,321,586 | 6,537,888 |    2,518,182 |  834,225 |1,086,146 |  536,080 |  440,736 |   1,738,210 |   403,069 |  227,050
1982-83 ....|15,286,145 | 6,980,269 |    2,660,360 |  904,745 |1,150,011 |  559,353 |  469,841 |   1,857,151 |   450,067 |  254,349
1983-84 ....|16,538,128 | 7,464,035 |    3,013,666 |1,041,488 |1,246,289 |  622,879 |  513,732 |   1,873,628 |   473,503 |  288,908
1984-85 ....|18,333,578 | 8,211,171 |    3,370,676 |1,140,312 |1,420,844 |  669,518 |  603,018 |   2,137,225 |   489,188 |  291,626
1985-86 ....|19,860,947 | 8,945,373 |    3,658,627 |1,235,418 |1,618,737 |  712,112 |  648,178 |   2,118,522 |   569,841 |  354,139
            |           |           |              |          |          |          |          |             |           |
1986-87 ....|21,490,078 | 9,608,239 |    4,019,850 |1,318,666 |1,846,712 |  695,692 |  766,865 |   2,226,599 |   660,940 |  346,515
1987-88 ....|23,124,455 |10,310,532 |    4,261,440 |1,434,726 |2,053,638 |  774,274 |  864,347 |   2,340,495 |   711,704 |  373,299
1988-89 ....|24,639,653 |10,991,086 |    4,496,286 |1,504,869 |2,305,152 |  813,801 |  941,434 |   2,429,103 |   754,412 |  403,508
1989-90 ....|27,210,634 |12,079,093 |    5,076,792 |1,648,526 |2,525,080 |  888,526 |1,088,113 |   2,607,385 |   871,944 |  425,175
1990-91 ....|28,903,790 |12,818,677 |    5,374,417 |1,800,723 |2,745,613 |  888,162 |1,145,892 |   2,728,949 |   963,436 |  437,921
            |           |           |              |          |          |          |          |             |           |
1991-92 ....|30,720,827 |13,270,992 |    5,805,724 |1,868,329 |2,986,474 |  945,097 |1,310,700 |   2,782,200 | 1,248,220 |  503,091
1992-93 ....|33,119,294 |13,906,211 |    6,416,859 |2,164,309 |3,246,542 |  979,635 |1,447,684 |   2,960,373 | 1,457,901 |  539,779
1993-94 ....|34,477,869 |14,519,321 |    6,477,847 |2,135,560 |3,473,971 |1,018,304 |1,525,406 |   3,084,509 | 1,685,785 |  557,166
1994-95 ....|36,659,833 |15,321,392 |    6,909,606 |2,236,127 |3,717,964 |1,084,945 |1,647,855 |   3,175,330 | 1,884,283 |  682,332
1995-96 ....|38,119,559 |15,601,767 |    7,504,314 |2,216,700 |3,841,169 |1,106,662 |1,761,705 |   3,328,799 | 2,069,178 |  689,265
            |           |           |              |          |          |          |          |             |           |
1996-97 ....|40,680,937 |16,488,113 |    7,874,685 |2,497,294 |4,159,429 |1,191,916 |1,956,090 |   3,440,779 | 2,314,324 |  758,307
1997-98 ....|42,944,416 |17,141,283 |    8,363,150 |2,665,055 |4,395,739 |1,222,201 |2,168,203 |   3,533,724 | 2,492,779 |  962,282
1998-99\2\ .|45,715,607 |18,036,596 |    9,108,573 |2,841,359 |4,635,809 |1,294,269 |2,471,179 |   3,659,613 | 2,676,213 |  991,997
1999-2000 ..|49,679,435 |19,124,615 |\3\11,324,906 |3,086,221 |5,408,754 |      --- |2,828,531 |   4,030,008 | 2,772,452 |1,103,948
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            |                                              Percentage distribution
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1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      46.4 |         16.7 |      5.8 |      7.0 |      3.9 |      2.9 |        11.5 |       3.9 |      2.0
1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      44.8 |         17.2 |      6.1 |      7.9 |      3.9 |      3.1 |        11.9 |       3.1 |      1.8
1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      45.0 |         18.4 |      6.2 |      8.2 |      3.6 |      3.3 |        10.7 |       2.9 |      1.8
            |           |           |              |          |          |          |          |             |           |
1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      44.7 |         18.7 |      6.1 |      8.6 |      3.2 |      3.6 |        10.4 |       3.1 |      1.6
1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      44.6 |         18.4 |      6.2 |      8.9 |      3.3 |      3.7 |        10.1 |       3.1 |      1.6
1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      44.6 |         18.2 |      6.1 |      9.4 |      3.3 |      3.8 |         9.9 |       3.1 |      1.6
1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      44.4 |         18.7 |      6.1 |      9.3 |      3.3 |      4.0 |         9.6 |       3.2 |      1.6
1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      44.3 |         18.6 |      6.2 |      9.5 |      3.1 |      4.0 |         9.4 |       3.3 |      1.5
            |           |           |              |          |          |          |          |             |           |
1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      43.2 |         18.9 |      6.1 |      9.7 |      3.1 |      4.3 |         9.1 |       4.1 |      1.6
1992-93 ....|     100.0 |      42.0 |         19.4 |      6.5 |      9.8 |      3.0 |      4.4 |         8.9 |       4.4 |      1.6
1993-94 ....|     100.0 |      42.1 |         18.8 |      6.2 |     10.1 |      3.0 |      4.4 |         8.9 |       4.9 |      1.6
1994-95 ....|     100.0 |      41.8 |         18.8 |      6.1 |     10.1 |      3.0 |      4.5 |         8.7 |       5.1 |      1.9
1995-96 ....|     100.0 |      40.9 |         19.7 |      5.8 |     10.1 |      2.9 |      4.6 |         8.7 |       5.4 |      1.8
            |           |           |              |          |          |          |          |             |           |
1996-97 ....|     100.0 |      40.5 |         19.4 |      6.1 |     10.2 |      2.9 |      4.8 |         8.5 |       5.7 |      1.9
1997-98 ....|     100.0 |      39.9 |         19.5 |      6.2 |     10.2 |      2.8 |      5.0 |         8.2 |       5.8 |      2.2
1998-99\2\ .|     100.0 |      39.5 |         19.9 |      6.2 |     10.1 |      2.8 |      5.4 |         8.0 |       5.9 |      2.2
1999-2000 ..|     100.0 |      38.5 |\3\      22.8 |      6.2 |     10.9 |      --- |      5.7 |         8.1 |       5.6 |      2.2
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            |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1999-2000 dollars
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1976-77 ....|   $12,521 |    $5,807 |       $2,085 |     $722 |     $876 |     $490 |     $361 |      $1,445 |      $488 |     $247
1980-81 ....|    13,046 |     5,849 |        2,243 |      801 |    1,036 |      508 |      405 |       1,552 |       410 |      241
1985-86 ....|    13,955 |     6,286 |        2,571 |      868 |    1,137 |      500 |      455 |       1,489 |       400 |      249
            |           |           |              |          |          |          |          |             |           |
1986-87 ....|    13,950 |     6,237 |        2,609 |      856 |    1,199 |      452 |      498 |       1,445 |       429 |      225
1987-88 ....|    14,222 |     6,341 |        2,621 |      882 |    1,263 |      476 |      532 |       1,439 |       438 |      230
1988-89 ....|    14,015 |     6,252 |        2,557 |      856 |    1,311 |      463 |      535 |       1,382 |       429 |      230
1989-90 ....|    14,142 |     6,278 |        2,638 |      857 |    1,312 |      462 |      566 |       1,355 |       453 |      221
1990-91 ....|    13,750 |     6,098 |        2,557 |      857 |    1,306 |      423 |      545 |       1,298 |       458 |      208
            |           |           |              |          |          |          |          |             |           |
1991-92 ....|    13,923 |     6,014 |        2,631 |      847 |    1,353 |      428 |      594 |       1,261 |       566 |      228
1992-93 ....|    14,445 |     6,065 |        2,799 |      944 |    1,416 |      427 |      631 |       1,291 |       636 |      235
1993-94 ....|    14,613 |     6,154 |        2,746 |      905 |    1,472 |      432 |      647 |       1,307 |       715 |      236
1994-95 ....|    15,139 |     6,327 |        2,853 |      923 |    1,535 |      448 |      681 |       1,311 |       778 |      282
1995-96 ....|    15,256 |     6,244 |        3,003 |      887 |    1,537 |      443 |      705 |       1,332 |       828 |      276
            |           |           |              |          |          |          |          |             |           |
1996-97 ....|    15,719 |     6,371 |        3,043 |      965 |    1,607 |      461 |      756 |       1,330 |       894 |      293
1997-98 ....|    15,866 |     6,333 |        3,090 |      985 |    1,624 |      452 |      801 |       1,306 |       921 |      356
1998-99\2\ .|    16,311 |     6,435 |        3,250 |    1,014 |    1,654 |      462 |      882 |       1,306 |       955 |      354
1999-2000 ..|    16,718 |     6,436 |\3\     3,811 |    1,039 |    1,820 |      --- |      952 |       1,356 |       933 |      371
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\1\Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.
\2\Data imputed using alternative procedures.
\3\Includes libraries.

NOTE: This table excludes universities. See preceding table. 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. 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. 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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