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Table 348. Total expenditures of private for-profit degree-granting institutions, by purpose and type of institution: 2001-02 and 2002-03
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                               |          |          |Research|   Student ser-|         |Net grant|
                               |     Total|          |     and|vices, academic|Auxiliary|   aid to|
                               |  expendi-|  Instruc-|  public|   and institu-|   enter-|     stu-|
Type of institution            |     tures|      tion| service| tional support|prises\1\| dents\2\|   Other
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1                              |         2|         3|       4|              5|        6|        7|       8
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                               |                         In thousands of current dollars
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2001-02                        |          |          |        |               |         |         |
     Total ....................|$5,087,292|$1,517,389| $16,632|     $2,977,225| $213,195|  $23,283|$339,567
                               |__________|__________|________|_______________|_________|_________|________
4-year ........................| 3,046,929|   883,899|   3,192|      1,842,373|  134,740|    8,229| 174,495
  Doctoral, intensive\3\ ......|    29,450|    15,911|       0|         13,539|        0|        0|       0
  Master's\4\ .................|   643,525|   210,855|       0|        410,862|    4,479|       19|  17,309
  Baccalaureate\5\ ............|   302,917|    86,611|       0|        199,041|   15,620|        0|   1,645
  Specialized institutions\6\ .| 2,071,037|   570,522|   3,192|      1,218,930|  114,641|    8,209| 155,541
    Art, music, or design .....|   490,896|   125,232|   1,744|        255,375|   33,910|    1,886|  72,749
    Business and management ...|   131,528|    40,288|     165|         85,702|    2,996|      236|   2,141
    Engineering or technology .|   524,547|   152,714|     235|        349,820|   12,199|      280|   9,299
    Medical or other health ...|    27,738|     8,522|     169|          9,826|      618|       38|   8,564
    Other specialized .........|   896,328|   243,766|     880|        518,207|   64,918|    5,769|  62,788
2-year ........................| 2,040,363|   633,490|  13,440|      1,134,853|   78,455|   15,054| 165,071
                               |          |          |        |               |         |         |
2002-03                        |          |          |        |               |         |         |
     Total ....................|$6,112,791|$1,748,254| $17,987|     $3,671,541| $240,598|  $36,031|$398,380
                               |__________|__________|________|_______________|_________|_________|________
4-year ........................| 3,757,141| 1,030,999|   5,339|      2,338,711|  153,746|   14,813| 213,534
  Doctoral, intensive\3\ ......|    40,223|    15,455|       0|         24,767|        0|        0|       0
  Master's\4\ .................|   806,712|   252,245|       0|        525,138|    8,019|      198|  21,113
  Baccalaureate\5\ ............|   345,908|    87,113|       0|        239,179|   16,959|        0|   2,658
  Specialized institutions\6\ .| 2,564,298|   676,186|   5,339|      1,549,627|  128,768|   14,615| 189,763
    Art, music, or design .....|   647,383|   149,318|   2,218|        357,050|   43,650|    5,538|  89,609
    Business and management ...|   197,333|    51,397|     177|        138,888|    4,271|      277|   2,323
    Engineering or technology .|   537,187|   162,729|     215|        354,609|   10,541|      147|   8,947
    Medical or other health ...|    36,742|    11,630|     186|         14,349|      539|    1,054|   8,984
    Other specialized .........| 1,145,653|   301,113|   2,543|        684,730|   69,768|    7,599|  79,901
2-year ........................| 2,355,650|   717,255|  12,648|      1,332,830|   86,853|   21,218| 184,846
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                               |                             Percentage distribution
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2002-03                        |          |          |        |               |         |         |
     Total ....................|    100.00|     28.60|    0.29|          60.06|     3.94|     0.59|    6.52
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4-year ........................|    100.00|     27.44|    0.14|          62.25|     4.09|     0.39|    5.68
  Doctoral, intensive\3\ ......|    100.00|     38.42|    0.00|          61.58|     0.00|     0.00|    0.00
  Master's\4\ .................|    100.00|     31.27|    0.00|          65.10|     0.99|     0.02|    2.62
  Baccalaureate\5\ ............|    100.00|     25.18|    0.00|          69.15|     4.90|     0.00|    0.77
  Specialized institutions\6\ .|    100.00|     26.37|    0.21|          60.43|     5.02|     0.57|    7.40
    Art, music, or design .....|    100.00|     23.06|    0.34|          55.15|     6.74|     0.86|   13.84
    Business and management ...|    100.00|     26.05|    0.09|          70.38|     2.16|     0.14|    1.18
    Engineering or technology .|    100.00|     30.29|    0.04|          66.01|     1.96|     0.03|    1.67
    Medical or other health ...|    100.00|     31.65|    0.51|          39.05|     1.47|     2.87|   24.45
    Other specialized .........|    100.00|     26.28|    0.22|          59.77|     6.09|     0.66|    6.97
2-year ........................|    100.00|     30.45|    0.54|          56.58|     3.69|     0.90|    7.85
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                               |                   Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student
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2002-03                        |          |          |        |               |         |         |
     Total ....................|   $11,306|    $3,233|     $33|         $6,791|     $445|      $67|    $737
                               |__________|__________|________|_______________|_________|_________|________
4-year ........................|    10,869|     2,982|      15|          6,765|      445|       43|     618
  Doctoral, intensive\3\ ......|     7,632|     2,933|       0|          4,700|        0|        0|       0
  Master's\4\ .................|     6,361|     1,989|       0|          4,141|       63|        2|     166
  Baccalaureate\5\ ............|    10,552|     2,657|       0|          7,296|      517|        0|      81
  Specialized institutions\6\ .|    14,181|     3,740|      30|          8,570|      712|       81|   1,049
    Art, music, or design .....|    18,385|     4,241|      63|         10,140|    1,240|      157|   2,545
    Business and management ...|    10,070|     2,623|       9|          7,088|      218|       14|     119
    Engineering or technology .|    13,227|     4,007|       5|          8,731|      260|        4|     220
    Medical or other health ...|    12,102|     3,831|      61|          4,726|      177|      347|   2,959
    Other specialized .........|    13,910|     3,656|      31|          8,314|      847|       92|     970
2-year ........................|    12,081|     3,678|      65|          6,835|      445|      109|     948
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\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\Doctoral, intensive institutions are committed to education through the doctorate and award at least 10 doctor's degrees per year across 3 or more disciplines or at least 20 doctor's degrees overall.
\4\Master's institutions offer a full range of baccalaureate programs and are committed to education through the master's degree. They award at least 20 master's degrees per year.
\5\Baccalaureate institutions primarily emphasize undergraduate education.
\6\Specialized 4-year institutions award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology and engineering. Includes some institutions which have 4-year programs, but have not reported sufficient data to identify program category. Also includes institutions classified as 4-year under the IPEDS system, which had been classified as 2-year in the Carnegie system because they primarily award associate's degrees.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2001-02 and 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2003 and Spring 2004. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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