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Table 352. Educational and general expenditures of degree-granting public 2-year colleges, 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
____________|___________|___________|______________|___________|___________|_________|__________|_____________|____________|_________
            |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
            |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1976-77 ....|$4,875,998 |$2,490,274 |     $882,813 |  $409,217 |   $15,698 |$171,409 |  $97,635 |    $547,515 |   $142,827 |$118,610
1977-78 ....| 5,336,153 | 2,700,489 |    1,035,206 |   437,060 |     9,333 | 188,201 |  112,944 |     605,464 |    117,996 | 129,458
1978-79 ....| 5,734,611 | 2,877,651 |    1,119,840 |   482,323 |    21,289 | 193,703 |  110,918 |     650,447 |    127,633 | 150,807
1979-80 ....| 6,334,777 | 3,185,815 |    1,204,082 |   547,457 |    26,288 | 202,583 |  141,000 |     743,014 |    147,865 | 136,672
1980-81 ....| 7,063,474 | 3,575,743 |    1,347,020 |   615,869 |    26,591 | 222,391 |  152,597 |     844,781 |    159,474 | 119,008
            |           |           |              |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....| 7,757,435 | 3,947,065 |    1,473,733 |   684,650 |    15,632 | 262,697 |  147,385 |     952,691 |    160,109 | 113,473
1982-83 ....| 8,292,446 | 4,218,388 |    1,620,644 |   741,179 |    18,090 | 248,682 |  123,722 |   1,016,267 |    175,069 | 130,403
1983-84 ....| 8,820,575 | 4,481,854 |    1,748,535 |   775,084 |    18,189 | 263,485 |  150,109 |   1,076,371 |    178,500 | 128,448
1984-85 ....| 9,560,507 | 4,806,050 |    1,929,968 |   841,101 |    15,591 | 278,363 |  193,903 |   1,156,074 |    207,975 | 131,482
1985-86 ....|10,252,955 | 5,116,884 |    2,122,060 |   920,299 |    10,136 | 295,691 |  202,440 |   1,220,646 |    225,979 | 138,820
            |           |           |              |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|10,845,969 | 5,382,631 |    2,363,275 | 1,020,496 |    12,508 | 246,131 |  235,115 |   1,252,152 |    243,402 |  90,258
1987-88 ....|11,666,586 | 5,741,049 |    2,479,661 | 1,157,858 |    11,358 | 316,278 |  264,809 |   1,326,748 |    280,247 |  88,578
1988-89 ....|12,666,590 | 6,278,809 |    2,727,058 | 1,197,748 |    14,864 | 328,809 |  314,250 |   1,414,420 |    299,491 |  91,142
1989-90 ....|13,875,566 | 6,909,109 |    2,977,932 | 1,344,339 |    19,213 | 353,165 |  336,927 |   1,526,086 |    314,906 |  93,889
1990-91 ....|15,124,313 | 7,540,344 |    3,265,233 | 1,494,583 |    19,390 | 372,492 |  364,384 |   1,621,542 |    357,343 |  89,001
            |           |           |              |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|16,267,915 | 8,183,678 |    3,408,080 | 1,660,958 |    24,747 | 393,325 |  365,281 |   1,684,796 |    450,572 |  96,477
1992-93 ....|17,255,624 | 8,645,466 |    3,598,745 | 1,797,787 |    27,510 | 390,684 |  400,927 |   1,750,489 |    535,406 | 108,610
1993-94 ....|18,342,808 | 9,053,480 |    3,858,066 | 1,906,802 |    29,560 | 424,504 |  431,444 |   1,888,780 |    627,964 | 122,207
1994-95 ....|19,258,872 | 9,440,773 |    4,053,662 | 2,029,268 |    29,313 | 433,098 |  443,306 |   1,967,485 |    720,624 | 141,342
1995-96 ....|20,272,387 | 9,762,155 |    4,372,689 | 2,173,970 |    23,580 | 449,726 |  476,341 |   2,079,516 |    780,184 | 154,226
            |           |           |              |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1996-97.....|20,991,675 | 9,971,153 |    4,686,659 | 2,199,091 |    22,576 | 457,913 |  509,322 |   2,133,100 |    829,015 | 182,845
1997-98 ....|22,244,515 |10,523,031 |    5,032,840 | 2,368,433 |    17,176 | 466,858 |  532,201 |   2,228,163 |    877,832 | 197,982
1998-99\2\ .|23,876,160 |11,142,461 |    5,496,470 | 2,560,909 |    17,507 | 481,724 |  579,554 |   2,385,612 |    982,809 | 229,114
1999-2000 ..|25,779,793 |12,041,306 |\3\ 6,449,513 | 2,773,014 |    24,479 |     --- |  634,062 |   2,587,067 |  1,011,505 | 258,847
            |========================================================================================================================
            |                                              Percentage distribution
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1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      51.1 |         18.1 |       8.4 |       0.3 |     3.5 |      2.0 |        11.2 |        2.9 |     2.4
1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      50.6 |         19.1 |       8.7 |       0.4 |     3.1 |      2.2 |        12.0 |        2.3 |     1.7
1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      49.9 |         20.7 |       9.0 |       0.1 |     2.9 |      2.0 |        11.9 |        2.2 |     1.4
            |           |           |              |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      49.6 |         21.8 |       9.4 |       0.1 |     2.3 |      2.2 |        11.5 |        2.2 |     0.8
1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      49.2 |         21.3 |       9.9 |       0.1 |     2.7 |      2.3 |        11.4 |        2.4 |     0.8
1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      49.6 |         21.5 |       9.5 |       0.1 |     2.6 |      2.5 |        11.2 |        2.4 |     0.7
1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      49.8 |         21.5 |       9.7 |       0.1 |     2.5 |      2.4 |        11.0 |        2.3 |     0.7
1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      49.9 |         21.6 |       9.9 |       0.1 |     2.5 |      2.4 |        10.7 |        2.4 |     0.6
            |           |           |              |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      50.3 |         20.9 |      10.2 |       0.2 |     2.4 |      2.2 |        10.4 |        2.8 |     0.6
1992-93 ....|     100.0 |      50.1 |         20.9 |      10.4 |       0.2 |     2.3 |      2.3 |        10.1 |        3.1 |     0.6
1993-94 ....|     100.0 |      49.4 |         21.0 |      10.4 |       0.2 |     2.3 |      2.4 |        10.3 |        3.4 |     0.7
1994-95 ....|     100.0 |      49.0 |         21.0 |      10.5 |       0.2 |     2.2 |      2.3 |        10.2 |        3.7 |     0.7
1995-96 ....|     100.0 |      48.2 |         21.6 |      10.7 |       0.1 |     2.2 |      2.3 |        10.3 |        3.8 |     0.8
            |           |           |              |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1996-97.....|     100.0 |      47.5 |         22.3 |      10.5 |       0.1 |     2.2 |      2.4 |        10.2 |        3.9 |     0.9
1997-98 ....|     100.0 |      47.3 |         22.6 |      10.6 |       0.1 |     2.1 |      2.4 |        10.0 |        3.9 |     0.9
1998-99\2\ .|     100.0 |      46.7 |         23.0 |      10.7 |       0.1 |     2.0 |      2.4 |        10.0 |        4.1 |     1.0
1999-2000 ..|     100.0 |      46.7 |\3\      25.0 |      10.8 |       0.1 |     --- |      2.5 |        10.0 |        3.9 |     1.0
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            |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1999-2000 dollars
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1976-77 ....|    $6,748 |    $3,447 |       $1,222 |      $566 |       $22 |    $237 |     $135 |        $758 |       $198 |    $164
1980-81 ....|     6,610 |     3,346 |        1,261 |       576 |        25 |     208 |      143 |         791 |        149 |     111
1985-86 ....|     7,149 |     3,568 |        1,480 |       642 |         7 |     206 |      141 |         851 |        158 |      97
            |           |           |              |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     7,265 |     3,605 |        1,583 |       684 |         8 |     165 |      157 |         839 |        163 |      60
1987-88 ....|     7,162 |     3,524 |        1,522 |       711 |         7 |     194 |      163 |         814 |        172 |      54
1988-89 ....|     7,248 |     3,593 |        1,560 |       685 |         9 |     188 |      180 |         809 |        171 |      52
1989-90 ....|     7,052 |     3,511 |        1,513 |       683 |        10 |     179 |      171 |         776 |        160 |      48
1990-91 ....|     7,131 |     3,555 |        1,540 |       705 |         9 |     176 |      172 |         765 |        168 |      42
            |           |           |              |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|     6,804 |     3,423 |        1,425 |       695 |        10 |     164 |      153 |         705 |        188 |      40
1992-93 ....|     6,910 |     3,462 |        1,441 |       720 |        11 |     156 |      161 |         701 |        214 |      43
1993-94 ....|     7,260 |     3,583 |        1,527 |       755 |        12 |     168 |      171 |         748 |        249 |      48
1994-95 ....|     7,433 |     3,644 |        1,565 |       783 |        11 |     167 |      171 |         759 |        278 |      55
1995-96 ....|     7,705 |     3,710 |        1,662 |       826 |         9 |     171 |      181 |         790 |        297 |      59
            |           |           |              |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1996-97.....|     7,652 |     3,635 |        1,708 |       802 |         8 |     167 |      186 |         778 |        302 |      67
1997-98 ....|     7,760 |     3,671 |        1,756 |       826 |         6 |     163 |      186 |         777 |        306 |      69
1998-99\2\ .|     8,256 |     3,853 |        1,901 |       886 |         6 |     167 |      200 |         825 |        340 |      79
1999-2000 ..|     8,382 |     3,915 |\3\     2,097 |       902 |         8 |     --- |      206 |         841 |        329 |      84
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\1\Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.
\2\Data imputed using alternative procedures.
\3\Includes libraries.

NOTE: 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. 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. 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, 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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