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Table 369. Total revenue of private for-profit degree-granting institutions, by source of funds and type of institution: 2008-09
Type of institution Total revenue, by source of funds
Total Student tuition and fees
(net of allowances)
Federal appropri- ations, grants, and contracts State and local appro- priations, grants, and contracts Private gifts, grants, and con- tracts Invest- ment return (gain or loss) Educa- tional activi- ties Auxil- iary enter- prises Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Total $19,373,779 $16,740,041 $1,407,615 $130,378 $80,345 $38,707 $368,034 $395,728 $212,930
4-year 14,766,008 12,954,629 897,503 80,021 71,601 35,461 327,474 297,764 101,555
Doctoral/research1 3,670,327 3,481,777 1,915 756 0 12,604 161,936 270 11,069
Master's2  2,608,680 2,432,212 1,897 982 32,455 7,441 40,351 60,965 32,377
Baccalaureate3 3,463,263 2,562,747 694,638 29,789 10,103 5,926 66,007 72,363 21,690
Specialized institutions4  5,023,739 4,477,893 199,053 48,492 29,043 9,490 59,180 164,167 36,420
Art, music, or design 2,280,641 1,952,805 127,750 38,031 5,496 996 12,076 129,778 13,709
Business and management 1,260,531 1,136,441 30,553 3,029 22,777 6,659 24,229 19,282 17,562
Engineering or technology 1,018,513 961,777 28,563 6,595 334 1,562 7,880 10,286 1,515
Law 106,052 103,045 2,445 0 0 64 393 50 55
Medical or other health 225,474 205,383 9,007 636 100 166 6,687 2,998 496
Other specialized 132,529 118,440 735 202 335 44 7,916 1,772 3,083
2-year 4,607,770 3,785,412 510,112 50,358 8,745 3,246 40,560 97,964 111,374
  Percentage distribution
Total 100.00 86.41 7.27 0.67 0.41 0.20 1.90 2.04 1.10
4-year 100.00 87.73 6.08 0.54 0.48 0.24 2.22 2.02 0.69
Doctoral/research1 100.00 94.86 0.05 0.02 0.00 0.34 4.41 0.01 0.30
Master's2  100.00 93.24 0.07 0.04 1.24 0.29 1.55 2.34 1.24
Baccalaureate3 100.00 74.00 20.06 0.86 0.29 0.17 1.91 2.09 0.63
Specialized institutions4  100.00 89.13 3.96 0.97 0.58 0.19 1.18 3.27 0.72
Art, music, or design 100.00 85.63 5.60 1.67 0.24 0.04 0.53 5.69 0.60
Business and management 100.00 90.16 2.42 0.24 1.81 0.53 1.92 1.53 1.39
Engineering or technology 100.00 94.43 2.80 0.65 0.03 0.15 0.77 1.01 0.15
Law 100.00 97.17 2.31 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.37 0.05 0.05
Medical or other health 100.00 91.09 3.99 0.28 0.04 0.07 2.97 1.33 0.22
Other specialized 100.00 89.37 0.55 0.15 0.25 0.03 5.97 1.34 2.33
2-year 100.00 82.15 11.07 1.09 0.19 0.07 0.88 2.13 2.42
  Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total $15,211 $13,143 $1,105 $102 $63 $30 $289 $311 $167
4-year 15,069 13,220 916 82 73 36 334 304 104
Doctoral/research1 10,435 9,899 5 2 0 36 460 1 31
Master's2  15,559 14,507 11 6 194 44 241 364 193
Baccalaureate3 19,079 14,118 3,827 164 56 33 364 399 119
Specialized institutions4  18,007 16,051 713 174 104 34 212 588 131
Art, music, or design 26,156 22,396 1,465 436 63 11 138 1,488 157
Business and management 10,782 9,721 261 26 195 57 207 165 150
Engineering or technology 19,266 18,192 540 125 6 30 149 195 29
Law 36,862 35,817 850 0 0 22 137 17 19
Medical or other health 18,339 16,705 733 52 8 14 544 244 40
Other specialized 19,361 17,303 107 29 49 6 1,157 259 450
2-year 15,685 12,886 1,736 171 30 11 138 333 379
1 Includes institutions that award at least 20 doctor's degrees per year, but did not have high levels of research activity.
2 Master's institutions award at least 50 master's degrees per year.
3 Baccalaureate institutions primarily emphasize undergraduate education. Also includes institutions classified as 4-year under the IPEDS system, which had been classified as 2-year in the Carnegie classification system because they primarily award associate's degrees.
4 Special-focus 4-year institutions award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2009 and Spring 2010. (This table was prepared October 2010.)

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