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Table 326.Current-fund revenue of private institutions of higher education, by source: 1980-81 to 1994-95

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                Source                |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1988-89   |  1989-90   |  1990-91   |  1991-92   |  1992-93   |  1993-94   | 1994-95/1/
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     Total current-fund revenue ......|$22,389,172 |$35,432,985 |$46,574,267 |$50,724,044 |$54,861,545 |$59,193,006 |$62,694,018 |$66,258,504 | $69,808,077
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Tuition and fees .....................|  8,202,855 | 13,677,429 | 18,370,803 | 20,105,820 | 22,176,439 | 24,098,774 | 25,855,850 | 27,821,149 |  29,598,772
Federal government ...................|  4,207,485 |  5,852,380 |  7,481,396 |  8,083,386 |  8,472,654 |  9,049,476 |  9,359,554 |  9,611,348 |  10,051,329
  Appropriations .....................|    218,733 |    216,143 |    233,891 |    254,000 |    236,146 |    245,173 |    214,788 |    212,443 |     218,038
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|    597,134 |    842,272 |  1,066,504 |  1,138,283 |  1,185,824 |  1,241,218 |  1,312,056 |  1,434,711 |   1,494,351
  Restricted grants and contracts\2\ .|  2,193,119 |  2,708,622 |  3,353,241 |  3,667,154 |  3,814,493 |  4,134,817 |  4,434,410 |  4,777,978 |   5,053,347
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ..|  1,198,498 |  2,085,343 |  2,827,761 |  3,023,949 |  3,236,192 |  3,428,267 |  3,398,300 |  3,186,216 |   3,285,593
State governments ....................|    430,253 |    690,914 |  1,195,492 |  1,296,932 |  1,240,896 |  1,479,347 |  1,458,314 |  1,373,894 |   1,488,332
  Appropriations .....................|    259,470 |    331,219 |    357,315 |    364,270 |    356,437 |    272,417 |    240,244 |    258,996 |     232,579
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|     39,458 |     65,330 |    117,193 |    114,419 |    116,038 |    122,992 |    123,158 |     89,554 |     143,421
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|    131,326 |    294,365 |    720,984 |    818,244 |    768,421 |  1,083,938 |  1,094,912 |  1,025,344 |   1,112,332
Local governments ....................|    167,801 |    218,662 |    337,973 |    375,599 |    399,525 |    381,261 |    403,977 |    489,703 |     409,077
  Appropriations .....................|      4,535 |      2,701 |      6,383 |      9,003 |     17,907 |     16,893 |      5,776 |      2,199 |       3,763
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|     19,714 |     29,123 |     34,332 |     39,999 |     43,701 |     49,878 |     54,907 |     63,393 |      74,488
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|    143,552 |    186,838 |    297,258 |    326,598 |    337,917 |    314,490 |    343,294 |    424,111 |     330,826
Private gifts, grants, and contracts .|  2,076,585 |  3,301,124 |  4,111,904 |  4,412,787 |  4,710,158 |  4,938,060 |  5,329,865 |  5,681,610 |   6,129,220
  Unrestricted .......................|  1,100,441 |  1,832,592 |  2,067,568 |  2,198,946 |  2,190,736 |  2,271,529 |  2,543,504 |  2,701,960 |   2,872,344
  Restricted .........................|    976,144 |  1,468,532 |  2,044,336 |  2,213,841 |  2,519,421 |  2,666,531 |  2,786,361 |  2,979,650 |   3,256,876
Endowment income .....................|  1,149,883 |  1,877,295 |  2,492,144 |  2,681,995 |  2,837,394 |  2,848,012 |  2,960,062 |  3,030,193 |   3,294,904
  Unrestricted .......................|    667,471 |  1,103,570 |  1,349,053 |  1,449,846 |  1,374,572 |  1,301,160 |  1,279,398 |  1,298,562 |   1,382,336
  Restricted .........................|    482,412 |    773,725 |  1,143,091 |  1,232,149 |  1,462,822 |  1,546,851 |  1,680,664 |  1,731,631 |   1,912,567
Sales and services ...................|  5,221,917 |  8,283,595 | 10,575,646 | 11,456,804 | 12,561,301 | 13,781,446 | 14,542,653 | 15,387,078 |  15,521,899
  Educational activities .............|    465,993 |    776,548 |  1,129,171 |  1,208,322 |  1,354,518 |  1,559,910 |  1,801,865 |  1,964,349 |   1,987,217
  Auxiliary enterprises ..............|  2,672,729 |  3,989,342 |  5,046,296 |  5,465,187 |  5,844,382 |  6,103,226 |  6,407,806 |  6,722,710 |   6,962,448
  Hospitals ..........................|  2,083,195 |  3,517,705 |  4,400,178 |  4,783,295 |  5,362,401 |  6,118,309 |  6,332,982 |  6,700,019 |   6,572,234
Other sources ........................|    932,392 |  1,531,586 |  2,008,909 |  2,310,720 |  2,463,178 |  2,616,632 |  2,783,744 |  2,863,529 |   3,314,546
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     Total current-fund revenue ......|      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |       100.0
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Tuition and fees .....................|       36.6 |       38.6 |       39.4 |       39.6 |       40.4 |       40.7 |       41.2 |       42.0 |        42.4
Federal government ...................|       18.8 |       16.5 |       16.1 |       15.9 |       15.4 |       15.3 |       14.9 |       14.5 |        14.4
  Appropriations .....................|        1.0 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.5 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.3 |        0.3 |         0.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        2.7 |        2.4 |        2.3 |        2.2 |        2.2 |        2.1 |        2.1 |        2.2 |         2.1
  Restricted grants and contracts\2\ .|        9.8 |        7.6 |        7.2 |        7.2 |        7.0 |        7.0 |        7.1 |        7.2 |         7.2
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ..|        5.4 |        5.9 |        6.1 |        6.0 |        5.9 |        5.8 |        5.4 |        4.8 |         4.7
State governments ....................|        1.9 |        1.9 |        2.6 |        2.6 |        2.3 |        2.5 |        2.3 |        2.1 |         2.1
  Appropriations .....................|        1.2 |        0.9 |        0.8 |        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.4 |        0.4 |         0.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.1 |         0.2
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|        0.6 |        0.8 |        1.5 |        1.6 |        1.4 |        1.8 |        1.7 |        1.5 |         1.6
Local governments ....................|        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.7 |        0.7 |        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.7 |         0.6
  Appropriations .....................|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|        (\4\)
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |         0.1
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.5 |        0.6 |         0.5
Private gifts, grants, and contracts .|        9.3 |        9.3 |        8.8 |        8.7 |        8.6 |        8.3 |        8.5 |        8.6 |         8.8
  Unrestricted .......................|        4.9 |        5.2 |        4.4 |        4.3 |        4.0 |        3.8 |        4.1 |        4.1 |         4.1
  Restricted .........................|        4.4 |        4.1 |        4.4 |        4.4 |        4.6 |        4.5 |        4.4 |        4.5 |         4.7
Endowment income .....................|        5.1 |        5.3 |        5.4 |        5.3 |        5.2 |        4.8 |        4.7 |        4.6 |         4.7
  Unrestricted .......................|        3.0 |        3.1 |        2.9 |        2.9 |        2.5 |        2.2 |        2.0 |        2.0 |         2.0
  Restricted .........................|        2.2 |        2.2 |        2.5 |        2.4 |        2.7 |        2.6 |        2.7 |        2.6 |         2.7
Sales and services ...................|       23.3 |       23.4 |       22.7 |       22.6 |       22.9 |       23.3 |       23.2 |       23.2 |        22.2
  Educational activities .............|        2.1 |        2.2 |        2.4 |        2.4 |        2.5 |        2.6 |        2.9 |        3.0 |         2.8
  Auxiliary enterprises ..............|       11.9 |       11.3 |       10.8 |       10.8 |       10.7 |       10.3 |       10.2 |       10.1 |        10.0
  Hospitals ..........................|        9.3 |        9.9 |        9.4 |        9.4 |        9.8 |       10.3 |       10.1 |       10.1 |         9.4
Other sources ........................|        4.2 |        4.3 |        4.3 |        4.6 |        4.5 |        4.4 |        4.4 |        4.3 |         4.7
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\1\Preliminary data.

\2\Excludes Pell Grants. Federally supported student aid that is received through students is included under tuition and auxiliary enterprises.

\3\Generally includes only those revenues associated with major federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC).

\4\Less than 0.05 percent.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared May 1997.)



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