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Table 354. Educational and general expenditures of public degree-granting institutions, by state: 1980-81 to 1999-2000 [In thousands of dollars]

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                      |       Institutions of higher education\1\                       |                Degree-granting institutions\2\
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                      |            |            |            |             |            |            |             |             |             |             | Percent
 State or other area  |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1990-91   |   1993-94   |  1994-95   |  1995-96   | 1996-97\3\  |   1997-98   | 1998-99\4\  |    1999-    | change,
                      |            |            |            |             |            |            |             |             |             |    2000     |1995-96 to
                      |            |            |            |             |            |            |             |             |             |             |1999-2000
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          1           |     2      |     3      |     4      |      5      |     6      |     7      |      8      |      9      |     10      |     11      |    12
______________________|____________|____________|____________|_____________|____________|____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________
   United States .....|$34,173,013 |$50,872,962 |$74,395,428 | $87,139,226 |$92,173,768 |$96,085,623 |$101,026,553 |$106,740,858 |$113,594,381 |$122,708,551 |     27.7
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Alabama ..............|    611,409 |    979,770 |  1,415,440 |   1,710,955 |  1,834,533 |  1,880,788 |   1,925,722 |   2,006,575 |   2,143,719 |   2,277,004 |     21.1
Alaska ...............|    150,421 |    210,894 |    273,577 |     316,779 |    316,397 |    331,723 |     323,377 |     325,345 |     332,095 |     353,349 |      6.5
Arizona ..............|    554,120 |    862,816 |  1,364,060 |   1,523,655 |  1,653,840 |  1,759,850 |   1,844,250 |   1,997,271 |   2,107,384 |   2,250,444 |     27.9
Arkansas .............|    266,522 |    415,800 |    633,194 |     707,166 |    746,129 |    843,906 |     891,912 |     943,747 |   1,022,299 |   1,118,485 |     32.5
California ...........|  4,847,879 |  7,049,635 |  9,615,356 |  10,734,842 | 11,280,758 | 11,719,821 |  12,617,059 |  13,524,973 |  14,950,202 |  16,549,206 |     41.2
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Colorado .............|    561,552 |    809,621 |  1,258,356 |   1,529,290 |  1,604,656 |  1,705,832 |   1,786,774 |   1,945,537 |   2,022,100 |   2,098,281 |     23.0
Connecticut ..........|    281,581 |    439,397 |    673,182 |     771,954 |    883,759 |    911,255 |     928,747 |     995,683 |   1,061,353 |   1,198,363 |     31.5
Delaware .............|    135,164 |    202,331 |    325,838 |     387,810 |    413,692 |    429,293 |     455,194 |     487,107 |     520,014 |     544,439 |     26.8
District of Columbia .|     71,245 |     79,922 |     96,411 |      95,824 |     98,041 |    101,839 |      91,957 |      68,669 |      82,721 |      81,390 |    -20.1
Florida ..............|  1,071,754 |  1,638,227 |  2,657,553 |   3,101,072 |  3,234,938 |  3,390,561 |   3,638,284 |   3,895,763 |   4,244,904 |   4,545,842 |     34.1
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Georgia ..............|    628,939 |  1,046,341 |  1,617,020 |   2,037,534 |  2,277,756 |  2,366,561 |   2,558,514 |   2,771,965 |   2,911,113 |   3,307,923 |     39.8
Hawaii ...............|    202,154 |    282,058 |    454,880 |     556,567 |    590,389 |    569,448 |     580,744 |     621,595 |     619,690 |     623,915 |      9.6
Idaho ................|    141,296 |    202,736 |    303,224 |     375,289 |    395,733 |    428,068 |     445,369 |     467,873 |     513,240 |     535,078 |     25.0
Illinois .............|  1,487,123 |  2,152,955 |  2,979,768 |   3,397,183 |  3,583,012 |  3,794,018 |   3,974,499 |   4,174,159 |   4,426,248 |   4,691,497 |     23.7
Indiana ..............|    771,564 |  1,183,098 |  1,842,610 |   2,105,645 |  2,196,013 |  2,300,841 |   2,444,413 |   2,566,025 |   2,692,360 |   2,856,862 |     24.2
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Iowa .................|    512,205 |    736,894 |  1,172,328 |   1,354,777 |  1,392,753 |  1,459,013 |   1,518,118 |   1,615,935 |   1,693,895 |   1,789,004 |     22.6
Kansas ...............|    461,979 |    660,995 |    928,772 |   1,134,392 |  1,196,211 |  1,244,531 |   1,281,762 |   1,367,841 |   1,473,238 |   1,579,598 |     26.9
Kentucky .............|    527,235 |    737,101 |  1,112,190 |   1,254,859 |  1,321,523 |  1,419,040 |   1,551,033 |   1,630,119 |   1,788,799 |   1,974,482 |     39.1
Louisiana ............|    557,825 |    810,479 |  1,135,955 |   1,339,408 |  1,449,305 |  1,570,429 |   1,651,304 |   1,731,835 |   1,854,505 |   1,953,126 |     24.4
Maine ................|    127,983 |    183,349 |    308,699 |     338,776 |    343,665 |    360,331 |     380,156 |     390,584 |     420,791 |     449,117 |     24.6
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Maryland .............|    604,419 |    911,562 |  1,443,669 |   1,673,163 |  1,737,204 |  1,878,053 |   2,017,888 |   2,179,292 |   2,251,347 |   2,596,770 |     38.3
Massachusetts ........|    441,068 |    779,341 |  1,122,629 |   1,339,199 |  1,400,824 |  1,476,589 |   1,562,825 |   1,719,631 |   1,777,119 |   1,922,321 |     30.2
Michigan .............|  1,610,016 |  2,278,217 |  3,325,625 |   3,885,984 |  4,042,460 |  4,306,553 |   4,502,657 |   4,724,680 |   4,992,712 |   5,343,081 |     24.1
Minnesota ............|    667,119 |  1,023,324 |  1,563,054 |   1,937,650 |  2,068,280 |  2,076,375 |   2,183,151 |   2,368,748 |   2,516,599 |   2,637,556 |     27.0
Mississippi ..........|    409,942 |    542,022 |    756,492 |     919,354 |  1,049,356 |  1,111,120 |   1,136,217 |   1,248,177 |   1,379,388 |   1,536,840 |     38.3
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Missouri .............|    553,793 |    802,936 |  1,155,531 |   1,339,527 |  1,456,516 |  1,566,489 |   1,691,270 |   1,818,890 |   1,938,643 |   2,038,897 |     30.2
Montana ..............|     99,990 |    148,099 |    210,813 |     303,495 |    322,880 |    350,086 |     386,562 |     391,181 |     408,078 |     438,668 |     25.3
Nebraska .............|    286,122 |    397,523 |    600,224 |     706,454 |    727,977 |    753,703 |     788,822 |     826,605 |     895,091 |     930,495 |     23.5
Nevada ...............|    105,177 |    163,714 |    301,487 |     379,154 |    402,097 |    459,599 |     488,685 |     526,507 |     572,423 |     622,883 |     35.5
New Hampshire ........|    104,285 |    143,191 |    229,360 |     295,687 |    304,474 |    316,456 |     324,076 |     340,758 |     354,291 |     380,788 |     20.3
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New Jersey ...........|    735,097 |  1,140,310 |  1,875,481 |   2,237,339 |  2,363,439 |  2,461,249 |   2,533,747 |   2,627,961 |   2,795,026 |   2,996,834 |     21.8
New Mexico ...........|    278,960 |    393,151 |    671,206 |     806,673 |    899,545 |    953,396 |     985,558 |   1,027,034 |   1,093,374 |   1,155,772 |     21.2
New York .............|  2,249,821 |  3,238,773 |  4,680,376 |   5,398,182 |  5,799,931 |  5,630,108 |   5,713,257 |   5,950,196 |   5,908,907 |   6,371,063 |     13.2
North Carolina .......|    971,928 |  1,527,535 |  2,227,060 |   2,671,176 |  2,849,310 |  2,881,827 |   3,080,391 |   3,289,339 |   3,542,330 |   3,787,462 |     31.4
North Dakota .........|    151,372 |    228,609 |    292,978 |     344,187 |    361,276 |    372,051 |     381,349 |     397,021 |     408,849 |     414,035 |     11.3
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Ohio .................|  1,327,483 |  2,019,351 |  3,046,603 |   3,362,837 |  3,616,901 |  3,774,974 |   3,873,433 |   4,109,766 |   4,328,462 |   4,603,159 |     21.9
Oklahoma .............|    404,178 |    594,561 |    830,929 |     953,027 |    996,963 |  1,037,701 |   1,139,724 |   1,236,772 |   1,335,929 |   1,433,937 |     38.2
Oregon ...............|    497,593 |    672,175 |    996,887 |   1,194,805 |  1,281,381 |  1,351,507 |   1,486,678 |   1,565,280 |   1,675,772 |   1,826,458 |     35.1
Pennsylvania .........|  1,231,502 |  1,814,384 |  2,737,817 |   3,280,879 |  3,439,340 |  3,562,793 |   3,646,801 |   3,863,724 |   4,107,792 |   4,400,378 |     23.5
Rhode Island .........|    138,965 |    185,215 |    251,992 |     285,742 |    297,597 |    306,825 |     318,710 |     327,202 |     350,697 |     368,113 |     20.0
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South Carolina .......|    481,737 |    741,740 |  1,065,867 |   1,244,696 |  1,310,645 |  1,369,352 |   1,462,262 |   1,580,666 |   1,680,470 |   1,869,656 |     36.5
South Dakota .........|    108,632 |    130,825 |    173,396 |     229,080 |    222,811 |    258,488 |     261,558 |     283,557 |     299,020 |     316,193 |     22.3
Tennessee ............|    515,578 |    865,946 |  1,231,619 |   1,478,085 |  1,581,929 |  1,627,212 |   1,671,134 |   1,714,071 |   1,861,231 |   1,955,029 |     20.1
Texas ................|  2,278,337 |  3,674,109 |  5,105,246 |   6,352,088 |  6,643,734 |  7,026,170 |   7,394,605 |   7,757,269 |   8,191,952 |   9,055,432 |     28.9
Utah .................|    320,278 |    503,557 |    730,496 |     921,052 |    991,014 |  1,073,017 |   1,146,939 |   1,231,532 |   1,404,696 |   1,484,168 |     38.3
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Vermont ..............|    101,539 |    157,266 |    238,512 |     271,261 |    279,882 |    292,072 |     308,235 |     316,435 |     333,975 |     370,007 |     26.7
Virginia .............|    796,616 |  1,241,534 |  1,852,416 |   2,124,635 |  2,248,402 |  2,282,078 |   2,472,071 |   2,611,639 |   2,773,374 |   2,998,532 |     31.4
Washington ...........|    837,281 |  1,143,285 |  1,757,053 |   2,074,451 |  2,211,588 |  2,308,241 |   2,437,310 |   2,550,318 |   2,721,736 |   2,954,648 |     28.0
West Virginia ........|    228,755 |    310,142 |    459,984 |     560,380 |    579,349 |    622,712 |     642,896 |     647,584 |     688,008 |     732,479 |     17.6
Wisconsin ............|    998,862 |  1,438,918 |  2,057,786 |   2,394,285 |  2,437,859 |  2,513,244 |   2,585,549 |   2,830,557 |   2,980,108 |   3,217,057 |     28.0
Wyoming ..............|    111,170 |    171,335 |    204,028 |     231,190 |    254,469 |    251,339 |     253,867 |     260,114 |     271,901 |     287,765 |     14.5
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U.S. Service Schools .|    555,447 |    805,892 |  1,030,399 |   1,169,731 |  1,181,234 |  1,247,093 |   1,259,138 |     889,749 |     874,411 |     884,669 |    -29.1
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   Outlying areas ....|    253,820 |    421,500 |    498,958 |     637,164 |    700,528 |    777,274 |     832,461 |     876,605 |     890,343 |     922,802 |     18.7
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American Samoa .......|      1,609 |      1,092 |      3,187 |       3,416 |      3,483 |     14,909 |       6,237 |       7,385 |       6,996 |       6,725 |    -54.9
Federated States of   |            |            |            |             |            |            |             |             |             |             |
  Micronesia .........|        --- |        --- |      3,302 |       3,096 |      4,589 |      7,965 |       6,844 |       6,418 |       6,716 |       8,473 |      6.4
Guam .................|     15,582 |     29,916 |     55,641 |      63,515 |     77,783 |     65,258 |      65,965 |      70,448 |      70,356 |      70,409 |      7.9
Marshall Islands .....|        --- |        --- |        --- |       1,454 |      1,183 |      1,226 |       1,497 |       1,701 |       3,041 |       3,327 |    171.3
Northern Marianas ....|        --- |      1,328 |      2,472 |       2,838 |     12,305 |     14,989 |      16,393 |      16,536 |      13,557 |      14,759 |     -1.5
Palau ................|        --- |        --- |      3,277 |       2,847 |      3,156 |      3,332 |       3,377 |       3,518 |       4,037 |       3,558 |      6.8
Puerto Rico ..........|    224,988 |    367,523 |    378,352 |     529,255 |    567,140 |    637,571 |     701,227 |     740,982 |     750,522 |     781,325 |     22.5
Trust Territory of    |            |            |            |             |            |            |             |             |             |             |
   the Pacific .......|      1,320 |      5,992 |        --- |         --- |        --- |        --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |      ---
Virgin Islands .......|     10,322 |     15,649 |     52,726 |      30,743 |     30,889 |     32,024 |      30,922 |      29,616 |      35,118 |      34,226 |      6.9
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\1\Institutions that 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.
\2\Four-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\3\Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
\4\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

NOTE: 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 September 2002.)


2002 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest