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Table 26. Expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1899-1900 through 2003-04

[In millions of dollars]
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            |                          In current dollars                    |   In constant 2004-05 dollars\1\
            |________________________________________________________________|__________________________________
            |       |       Elementary and     |                             |       | Elementary and |  Degree-
            |       |     secondary schools    | Degree-granting institution |       |secondary school| granting
            |       |__________________________|_____________________________|       |________________|   insti-
School year |  Total|  Total| Public|Private\2\|  Total|    Public|   Private|  Total|  Total|  Public|  tutions
____________|_______|_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|__________|_______|_______|________|_________
1           |      2|      3|      4|         5|      6|         7|         8|      9|     10|      11|       12
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1899-1900 ..|    ---|    ---|   $215|       ---|    ---|       ---|       ---|    ---|    ---|     ---|     ---
1909-10 ....|    ---|    ---|    426|       ---|    ---|       ---|       ---|    ---|    ---|     ---|     ---
1919-20 ....|    ---|    ---|  1,036|       ---|    ---|       ---|       ---|    ---|    ---| $10,422|     ---
1929-30 ....|    ---|    ---|  2,317|       ---|   $632|      $292|      $341|    ---|    ---|  25,946|   $7,081
1939-40 ....|    ---|    ---|  2,344|       ---|    758|       392|       367|    ---|    ---|  32,153|   10,404
            |       |       |       |          |       |          |          |       |       |        |
1949-50 ....| $8,494| $6,249|  5,838|      $411|  2,246|     1,154|     1,092|$68,754|$50,577|  47,250|   18,177
1951-52 ....| 10,332|  7,861|  7,344|       517|  2,471|     1,305|     1,166| 75,357| 57,335|  53,564|   18,022
1953-54 ....| 12,616|  9,733|  9,092|       641|  2,883|     1,579|     1,304| 89,932| 69,382|  64,813|   20,550
1955-56 ....| 15,227| 11,727| 10,955|       772|  3,499|     1,936|     1,563|108,574| 83,621|  78,116|   24,953
1957-58 ....| 19,035| 14,525| 13,569|       956|  4,510|     2,535|     1,975|127,769| 97,498|  91,081|   30,271
            |       |       |       |          |       |          |          |       |       |        |
1959-60 ....| 22,314| 16,713| 15,613|     1,100|  5,601|     3,131|     2,470|145,575|109,036| 101,859|   36,539
1961-62 ....| 26,828| 19,673| 18,373|     1,300|  7,155|     3,937|     3,218|171,092|125,465| 117,174|   45,627
1963-64 ....| 32,003| 22,825| 21,325|     1,500|  9,178|     5,073|     4,104|198,906|141,864| 132,541|   57,042
1965-66 ....| 40,558| 28,048| 26,248|     1,800| 12,509|     7,063|     5,446|243,655|168,503| 157,689|   75,153
1967-68 ....| 51,558| 35,077| 32,977|     2,100| 16,481|    10,032|     6,449|290,615|197,719| 185,882|   92,897
            |       |       |       |          |       |          |          |       |       |        |
1969-70 ....| 64,227| 43,183| 40,683|     2,500| 21,043|    13,250|     7,794|325,922|219,137| 206,451|  106,785
1970-71 ....| 71,575| 48,200| 45,500|     2,700| 23,375|    14,996|     8,379|345,384|232,587| 219,558|  112,796
1971-72 ....| 76,510| 50,950| 48,050|     2,900| 25,560|    16,484|     9,075|356,411|237,345| 223,836|  119,066
1972-73 ....| 82,908| 54,952| 51,852|     3,100| 27,956|    18,204|     9,752|371,257|246,073| 232,192|  125,184
1973-74 ....| 91,084| 60,370| 56,970|     3,400| 30,714|    20,336|    10,377|374,479|248,204| 234,225|  126,274
            |       |       |       |          |       |          |          |       |       |        |
1974-75 ....|103,903| 68,846| 64,846|     4,000| 35,058|    23,490|    11,568|384,566|254,812| 240,007|  129,755
1975-76 ....|114,004| 75,101| 70,601|     4,500| 38,903|    26,184|    12,719|394,057|259,587| 244,033|  134,470
1976-77 ....|121,793| 79,194| 74,194|     5,000| 42,600|    28,635|    13,965|397,786|258,652| 242,321|  139,134
1977-78 ....|132,515| 86,544| 80,844|     5,700| 45,971|    30,725|    15,246|405,570|264,874| 247,429|  140,696
1978-79 ....|143,733| 93,012| 86,712|     6,300| 50,721|    33,733|    16,988|402,225|260,286| 242,656|  141,939
            |       |       |       |          |       |          |          |       |       |        |
1979-80 ....|160,075|103,162| 95,962|     7,200| 56,914|    37,768|    19,146|395,259|254,727| 236,949|  140,531
1980-81 ....|176,378|112,325|104,125|     8,200| 64,053|    42,280|    21,773|390,306|248,563| 230,418|  141,742
1981-82 ....|190,825|120,486|111,186|     9,300| 70,339|    46,219|    24,120|388,699|245,422| 226,479|  143,277
1982-83 ....|204,661|128,725|118,425|    10,300| 75,936|    49,573|    26,363|399,713|251,407| 231,290|  148,306
1983-84 ....|220,993|139,000|127,500|    11,500| 81,993|    53,087|    28,907|416,206|261,784| 240,126|  154,421
            |       |       |       |          |       |          |          |       |       |        |
1984-85 ....|239,351|149,400|137,000|    12,400| 89,951|    58,315|    31,637|433,800|270,772| 248,299|  163,028
1985-86 ....|259,336|161,800|148,600|    13,200| 97,536|    63,194|    34,342|456,846|285,027| 261,774|  171,819
1986-87 ....|280,964|175,200|160,900|    14,300|105,764|    67,654|    38,110|484,195|301,929| 277,285|  182,266
1987-88 ....|301,786|187,999|172,699|    15,300|113,787|    72,641|    41,145|499,387|311,095| 285,777|  188,292
1988-89 ....|333,246|209,377|192,977|    16,400|123,868|    78,946|    44,922|527,102|331,177| 305,237|  195,925
            |       |       |       |          |       |          |          |       |       |        |
1989-90 ....|365,625|230,970|212,770|    18,200|134,656|    85,771|    48,885|551,978|348,691| 321,215|  203,287
1990-91 ....|395,018|248,930|229,430|    19,500|146,088|    92,961|    53,127|565,438|356,324| 328,411|  209,114
1991-92 ....|417,444|261,255|241,055|    20,200|156,189|    98,847|    57,342|578,987|362,356| 334,339|  216,632
1992-93 ....|439,576|274,335|252,935|    21,400|165,241|   104,570|    60,671|591,217|368,972| 340,190|  222,244
1993-94 ....|460,857|287,507|265,307|    22,200|173,351|   109,310|    64,041|604,189|376,924| 347,820|  227,264
            |       |       |       |          |       |          |          |       |       |        |
1994-95 ....|485,369|302,400|279,000|    23,400|182,969|   115,465|    67,504|618,593|385,403| 355,580|  233,190
1995-96 ....|508,723|318,246|293,646|    24,600|190,476|   119,525|    70,952|631,185|394,856| 364,335|  236,329
1996-97 ....|539,054|339,151|313,151|    26,000|199,903|   125,978|\2\ 73,925|650,265|409,121| 377,757|  241,144
1997-98 ....|570,271|361,415|334,315|    27,100|208,856|   132,846|\2\ 76,010|675,869|428,339| 396,221|  247,530
1998-99 ....|603,247|384,038|355,838|    28,200|219,209|   140,539|    78,670|702,784|447,405| 414,552|  255,379
            |       |       |       |          |       |          |          |       |       |        |
1999-2000 ..|648,322|411,538|381,838|    29,700|236,784|   152,325|    84,459|734,106|465,991| 432,361|  268,115
2000-01 ....|702,217|442,011|410,811|    31,200|260,206|   170,345|    89,861|768,792|483,917| 449,759|  284,875
2001-02 ....|748,480|467,764|435,364|    32,400|280,715|\2\183,436|    97,280|805,185|503,203| 468,348|  301,983
2002-03\2\ .|784,246|488,706|454,906|    33,800|295,540|   189,670|   105,871|825,520|514,425| 478,847|  311,094
2003-04\2\ .|826,600|511,200|475,500|    35,700|315,400|   200,100|   115,300|851,475|526,583| 489,809|  324,891
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---Not available.
\1\Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.
\2\Estimated.
NOTE: Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools include current expenditures, interest on school debt, and capital outlay. Data for private elementary and secondary schools are estimated. Expenditures for colleges and universities in 1929-30 and 1939-40 include current-fund expenditures and additions to plant value. Public and private degree-granting institutions data for 1949-50 through 1995-96 are for current-fund expenditures. Data for private degree-granting institutions for 1996-97 and later years are for total expenditures. Data for public degree-granting institutions for 1996-97 through 2000-01 are for current expenditures; later years are estimates of total expenditues. Excludes expenditures of postsecondary institutions that did not confer associate's or higher degrees. College and university education data for 1995-96 and later years are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education, 1899-1900 and 1909-10; Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1949-50; Statistics of State School Systems, 1951-52 through 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditure for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1970-71 through 1986-87; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2002-03; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education, 1965-66 through 1985-86; 1986-87 through 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Finance Survey," (IPEDS-F:FY87-99), and Spring 2002 through Spring 2004, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared February 2006.)


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