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Table 334.60. Total expenditures of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and classification of institution: 2011-12
Classification of institution Total Instruction Research and
public service
Student services,
academic and
institutional support
Auxiliary
enterprises1
Net grant
aid to
students2
Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  In thousands of current dollars
Total $23,036,898 $5,609,659 $42,657 $15,340,710 $489,409 $54,579 $1,499,885
4-year 17,730,800 4,000,492 37,912 12,403,955 349,405 51,818 887,218
Doctoral/research3 3,283,878 556,241 15,685 2,534,679 4,698 0 172,575
Master's4 4,541,576 1,059,238 4,931 3,244,611 72,375 823 159,597
Baccalaureate5 2,206,008 686,131 2,851 1,335,726 40,020 917 140,362
Special-focus institutions6 7,699,338 1,698,881 14,445 5,288,939 232,311 50,079 414,683
Art, music, or design 2,362,325 583,499 3,969 1,488,191 157,028 2,481 127,158
Business and management 2,984,942 524,195 7,536 2,272,687 40,059 32,550 107,916
Engineering or technology 1,409,720 326,774 2 1,040,504 13,725 908 27,807
Law 177,123 44,796 1,350 82,282 379 14,047 34,269
Medical or other health 588,191 179,223 435 354,845 3,328 93 50,266
Theological 116,688 22,215 1,154 20,016 16,046 0 57,257
Other special focus 60,350 18,180 0 30,413 1,746 0 10,011
2-year 5,306,098 1,609,167 4,745 2,936,755 140,004 2,761 612,667
  Percentage distribution
Total 100.00 24.35 0.19 66.59 2.12 0.24 6.51
4-year 100.00 22.56 0.21 69.96 1.97 0.29 5.00
Doctoral/research3 100.00 16.94 0.48 77.19 0.14 0.00 5.26
Master's4 100.00 23.32 0.11 71.44 1.59 0.02 3.51
Baccalaureate5 100.00 31.10 0.13 60.55 1.81 0.04 6.36
Special-focus institutions6 100.00 22.07 0.19 68.69 3.02 0.65 5.39
Art, music, or design 100.00 24.70 0.17 63.00 6.65 0.11 5.38
Business and management 100.00 17.56 0.25 76.14 1.34 1.09 3.62
Engineering or technology 100.00 23.18 # 73.81 0.97 0.06 1.97
Law 100.00 25.29 0.76 46.45 0.21 7.93 19.35
Medical or other health 100.00 30.47 0.07 60.33 0.57 0.02 8.55
Theological 100.00 19.04 0.99 17.15 13.75 0.00 49.07
Other special focus 100.00 30.12 0.00 50.39 2.89 0.00 16.59
2-year 100.00 30.33 0.09 55.35 2.64 0.05 11.55
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total $14,307 $3,484 $26 $9,527 $304 $34 $932
4-year 14,111 3,184 30 9,871 278 41 706
Doctoral/research3 8,679 1,470 41 6,699 12 0 456
Master's4 12,847 2,996 14 9,178 205 2 451
Baccalaureate5 16,770 5,216 22 10,154 304 7 1,067
Special-focus institutions6 19,583 4,321 37 13,453 591 127 1,055
Art, music, or design 23,999 5,928 40 15,119 1,595 25 1,292
Business and management 16,607 2,916 42 12,644 223 181 600
Engineering or technology 19,439 4,506 # 14,347 189 13 383
Law 27,836 7,040 212 12,931 59 2,208 5,386
Medical or other health 19,549 5,957 14 11,794 111 3 1,671
Theological 34,300 6,530 339 5,884 4,717 0 16,830
Other special focus 23,194 6,987 0 11,688 671 0 3,848
2-year 15,006 4,551 13 8,305 396 8 1,733
  Expenditure full-time-equivalent student in constant 2012-13 dollars7 
Total $14,545 $3,542 $27 $9,686 $309 $34 $947
4-year 14,345 3,237 31 10,036 283 42 718
Doctoral/research3 8,824 1,495 42 6,811 13 0 464
Master's4 13,061 3,046 14 9,331 208 2 459
Baccalaureate5 17,049 5,303 22 10,323 309 7 1,085
Special-focus institutions6 19,909 4,393 37 13,676 601 129 1,072
Art, music, or design 24,398 6,026 41 15,370 1,622 26 1,313
Business and management 16,883 2,965 43 12,854 227 184 610
Engineering or technology 19,762 4,581 # 14,586 192 13 390
Law 28,300 7,157 216 13,147 60 2,244 5,475
Medical or other health 19,874 6,056 15 11,990 112 3 1,698
Theological 34,871 6,639 345 5,982 4,795 0 17,110
Other special focus 23,580 7,103 0 11,883 682 0 3,912
2-year 15,255 4,626 14 8,443 403 8 1,761
#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, fee, and auxiliary enterprise allowances and agency transactions, such as student awards made from contributed funds or grant funds.
3 Includes institutions that award at least 20 doctor's degrees per year, but did not have high levels of research activity.
4 Master's institutions award at least 50 master's degrees per year.
5 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.
6 Special focus 4-year institutions award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.
7 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.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Further information on the Carnegie 2005 classification system used in this table may be obtained from http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/resources/. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2012, Enrollment component; and Spring 2013, Finance component. (This table was prepared January 2014.)

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