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Table 355. Total expenditures of private not-for-profit degree-granting institutions, by purpose and type of institution: 1996-97 to 2000-01

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  Year and  |   Total   | Instruc-  | Research |  Public  |Academic  | Student  | Institu- |Auxiliary |Net grant  |Hospitals | Indepen- |   Other
  type of   | expendi-  |   tion    |          | service  | support  | services |  tional  |  enter-  |  aid to   |          |   dent   |
institution |   tures   |           |          |          |          |          | support  |prises/1/ |students/2/|          |operations|
____________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________
     1      |     2     |     3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |    10     |    11    |    12    |    13
____________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________
            |                                           In thousands
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    All     |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
institutions|           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
1996-97 ....|$67,399,563|$21,126,357|$6,702,520|$1,621,583|$4,942,411|$4,430,241|$8,226,648|$7,079,116| $1,529,456|       ---|       ---|$11,741,232
1997-98 ....| 69,300,699| 23,404,428| 7,267,877| 1,672,991| 5,738,254| 4,903,988| 9,138,895| 7,698,614|  1,297,749|$6,395,808|$1,782,095|        ---
1998-99\3\ .| 75,516,696| 25,181,848| 7,779,001| 1,521,440| 6,349,076| 5,295,059| 9,901,658| 8,027,492|  1,222,565| 7,258,939| 2,979,619|        ---
1999-2000 ..| 81,555,821| 26,012,599| 8,381,926| 1,446,958| 6,510,951| 5,688,499|10,585,850| 8,300,021|  1,180,882| 7,893,796| 2,753,679|  2,800,661
2000-01 ....| 85,625,016| 27,607,324| 9,025,739| 1,473,292| 7,368,263| 6,117,195|11,434,074| 9,010,853|  1,176,160| 7,255,376| 3,134,609|  2,022,132
            |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
   4-year   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
1996-97 ....| 66,668,808| 20,922,069| 6,701,053| 1,616,019| 4,902,188| 4,294,812| 8,095,791| 7,011,791|  1,502,866|       ---|       ---| 11,622,219
1997-98 ....| 68,677,274| 23,164,693| 7,267,228| 1,669,650| 5,704,216| 4,817,585| 8,988,203| 7,621,887|  1,276,848| 6,395,610| 1,771,355|        ---
1998-99\3\ .| 74,805,484| 24,823,398| 7,778,900| 1,513,641| 6,308,251| 5,224,455| 9,766,020| 7,957,265|  1,198,516| 7,257,021| 2,978,017|        ---
1999-2000 ..| 79,699,659| 25,744,199| 8,376,568| 1,438,544| 6,476,338| 5,590,978|10,398,914| 8,228,409|  1,162,570| 7,355,110| 2,752,019|  2,176,011
2000-01 ....| 85,048,123| 27,413,897| 9,019,966| 1,467,325| 7,333,851| 6,036,478|11,292,310| 8,957,973|  1,160,660| 7,253,479| 3,133,099|  1,979,086
            |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
   2-year   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
1996-97 ....|    730,755|    204,288|     1,467|     5,564|    40,223|   135,429|   130,857|    67,324|     26,590|       ---|       ---|    119,013
1997-98 ....|    623,424|    239,735|       649|     3,341|    34,038|    86,403|   150,692|    76,726|     20,901|       198|    10,740|        ---
1998-99\3\ .|    711,212|    358,450|       101|     7,799|    40,826|    70,603|   135,638|    70,226|     24,049|     1,917|     1,602|        ---
1999-2000 ..|  1,856,162|    268,400|     5,358|     8,415|    34,612|    97,521|   186,936|    71,612|     18,311|   538,687|     1,660|    624,650
2000-01 ....|    576,893|    193,428|     5,772|     5,967|    34,412|    80,717|   141,764|    52,880|     15,500|     1,896|     1,510|     43,046
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            |                                              Percentage distribution
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    All     |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
institutions|           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
1996-97 ....|      100.0|       31.3|       9.9|       2.4|       7.3|       6.6|      12.2|      10.5|        2.3|       ---|       ---|       17.4
1997-98 ....|      100.0|       33.8|      10.5|       2.4|       8.3|       7.1|      13.2|      11.1|        1.9|       9.2|       2.6|        ---
1998-99\3\ .|      100.0|       33.3|      10.3|       2.0|       8.4|       7.0|      13.1|      10.6|        1.6|       9.6|       3.9|        ---
1999-2000 ..|      100.0|       31.9|      10.3|       1.8|       8.0|       7.0|      13.0|      10.2|        1.4|       9.7|       3.4|        3.4
2000-01 ....|      100.0|       32.2|      10.5|       1.7|       8.6|       7.1|      13.4|      10.5|        1.4|       8.5|       3.7|        2.4
            |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
   4-year   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
1996-97 ....|      100.0|       31.4|      10.1|       2.4|       7.4|       6.4|      12.1|      10.5|        2.3|       ---|       ---|       17.4
1997-98 ....|      100.0|       33.7|      10.6|       2.4|       8.3|       7.0|      13.1|      11.1|        1.9|       9.3|       2.6|        ---
1998-99\3\ .|      100.0|       33.2|      10.4|       2.0|       8.4|       7.0|      13.1|      10.6|        1.6|       9.7|       4.0|        ---
1999-2000 ..|      100.0|       32.3|      10.5|       1.8|       8.1|       7.0|      13.0|      10.3|        1.5|       9.2|       3.5|        2.7
2000-01 ....|      100.0|       32.2|      10.6|       1.7|       8.6|       7.1|      13.3|      10.5|        1.4|       8.5|       3.7|        2.3
            |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
   2-year   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
1996-97 ....|      100.0|       28.0|       0.2|       0.8|       5.5|      18.5|      17.9|       9.2|        3.6|       ---|       ---|       16.3
1997-98 ....|      100.0|       38.5|       0.1|       0.5|       5.5|      13.9|      24.2|      12.3|        3.4|        # |       1.7|        ---
1998-99\3\ .|      100.0|       50.4|       0.0|       1.1|       5.7|       9.9|      19.1|       9.9|        3.4|       0.3|       0.2|        ---
1999-2000 ..|      100.0|       14.5|       0.3|       0.5|       1.9|       5.3|      10.1|       3.9|        1.0|      29.0|       0.1|       33.7
2000-01 ....|      100.0|       33.5|       1.0|       1.0|       6.0|      14.0|      24.6|       9.2|        2.7|       0.3|       0.3|        7.5
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            |                Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2000-01 dollars\4\
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    All     |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
institutions|           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
1996-97 ....|    $30,719|     $9,629|    $3,055|      $739|    $2,253|    $2,019|    $3,750|    $3,226|       $697|       ---|       ---|     $5,351
1997-98 ....|     30,603|     10,335|     3,210|       739|     2,534|     2,166|     4,036|     3,400|        573|    $2,824|      $787|        ---
1998-99\3\ .|     32,233|     10,749|     3,320|       649|     2,710|     2,260|     4,226|     3,426|        522|     3,098|     1,272|        ---
1999-2000 ..|     33,223|     10,597|     3,414|       589|     2,652|     2,317|     4,312|     3,381|        481|     3,216|     1,122|      1,141
2000-01 ....|     33,069|     10,662|     3,486|       569|     2,846|     2,363|     4,416|     3,480|        454|     2,802|     1,211|        781
            |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
   4-year   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
1996-97 ....|     31,212|      9,795|     3,137|       757|     2,295|     2,011|     3,790|     3,283|        704|       ---|       ---|      5,441
1997-98 ....|     31,112|     10,494|     3,292|       756|     2,584|     2,182|     4,072|     3,453|        578|     2,897|       802|        ---
1998-99\3\ .|     32,675|     10,843|     3,398|       661|     2,755|     2,282|     4,266|     3,476|        524|     3,170|     1,301|        ---
1999-2000 ..|     33,162|     10,712|     3,485|       599|     2,695|     2,326|     4,327|     3,424|        484|     3,060|     1,145|        905
2000-01 ....|     33,359|     10,753|     3,538|       576|     2,877|     2,368|     4,429|     3,514|        455|     2,845|     1,229|        776
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   2-year   |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |
1996-97 ....|     12,590|      3,520|        25|        96|       693|     2,333|     2,254|     1,160|        458|       ---|       ---|      2,050
1997-98 ....|     10,927|      4,202|        11|        59|       597|     1,514|     2,641|     1,345|        366|         3|       188|        ---
1998-99\3\ .|     13,316|      6,711|         2|       146|       764|     1,322|     2,540|     1,315|        450|        36|        30|        ---
1999-2000 ..|     36,043|      5,212|       104|       163|       672|     1,894|     3,630|     1,391|        356|    10,460|        32|     12,129
2000-01 ....|     14,494|      4,860|       145|       150|       865|     2,028|     3,562|     1,329|        389|        48|        38|      1,081
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---Not available.
# Rounds to zero.
\1\Essentially self-supporting operations of institutions that furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff, such as residence halls and food services.
\2\Excludes tuition and fee allowances and agency transactions, such as student awards made from contributed funds or grant funds.
\3\Data imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)
\4\Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index adjusted to a school year basis.

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), "Fall Enrollment," surveys, 1996 through 1999 and Spring 2001, and "Finance," surveys, 1996-97 through 1999-2000, and Spring 2001 and Spring 2002 surveys; and U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index. (This table was prepared November 2003.)


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