Current-fund expenditures and expenditures per full-time-equivalent student in institutions of higher education, by type and control of institution: 1970-71 to 1994-95

Table 336.
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             |        All institutions          |      4-year institutions         |       2-year institutions
             |__________________________________|__________________________________|___________________________________
             |   Current-fund      |            |   Current-fund      |            |   Current-fund      |
 Control of  |   expenditures,     |Current-fund|   expenditures,     |Current-fund|   expenditures,     |Current-fund
 institution |   in millions       |expenditures|   in millions       |expenditures|   in millions       |expenditures
  and year   |_____________________|per student,|_____________________|per student,|_____________________|per student,
             |Unadjusted|Constant  |in constant |Unadjusted|Constant  |in constant |Unadjusted|Constant  |in constant
             | dollars  | 1994-95  |  1994-95   | dollars  | 1994-95  |  1994-95   | dollars  | 1994-95  |   1994-95
             |          |dollars\1\| dollars\1\ |          |dollars\1\| dollars\1\ |          |dollars\1\| dollars\1\
_____________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|_____________
      1      |    2     |    3     |     4      |    5     |    6     |     7      |    8     |    9     |     10
_____________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|_____________
     All     |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
institutions |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
1970-71 .....|  $23,375 |  $93,390 |    $13,861 |  $21,049 |  $84,094 |    $16,344 |   $2,327 |   $9,296 |      $5,837
1975-76 .....|   38,903 |  113,210 |     13,351 |   33,811 |   98,392 |     16,675 |    5,092 |   14,818 |       5,745
1976-77 .....|   42,600 |  116,509 |     14,016 |   37,052 |  101,335 |     17,328 |    5,548 |   15,174 |       6,157
1977-78 .....|   45,971 |  117,691 |     13,985 |   39,899 |  102,145 |     17,210 |    6,072 |   15,546 |       6,268
1978-79 .....|   50,721 |  121,011 |     14,495 |   44,163 |  105,365 |     17,761 |    6,558 |   15,646 |       6,476
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
1979-80 .....|   56,914 |  123,521 |     14,554 |   49,661 |  107,780 |     17,915 |    7,253 |   15,741 |       6,370
1980-81 .....|   64,053 |  125,568 |     14,238 |   55,840 |  109,468 |     17,767 |    8,212 |   16,100 |       6,058
1981-82 .....|   70,339 |  125,997 |     13,977 |   61,333 |  109,865 |     17,579 |    9,006 |   16,132 |       5,835
1982-83 .....|   75,936 |  127,724 |     14,048 |   66,238 |  111,413 |     17,829 |    9,697 |   16,311 |       5,738
1983-84  ....|   81,993 |  131,596 |     14,356 |   71,680 |  115,043 |     18,188 |   10,314 |   16,553 |       5,826
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
1984-85  ....|   89,951 |  136,551 |     15,254 |   78,744 |  119,537 |     18,996 |   11,207 |   17,013 |       6,398
1985-86  ....|   97,536 |  141,062 |     15,773 |   85,560 |  123,742 |     19,659 |   11,976 |   17,320 |       6,538
1986-87 .....|  105,764 |  147,142 |     16,233 |   92,985 |  129,363 |     20,339 |   12,779 |   17,779 |       6,575
1987-88 .....|  113,786 |  151,775 |     16,444 |  100,143 |  133,577 |     20,593 |   13,644 |   18,199 |       6,634
1988-89 .....|  123,867 |  156,886 |     16,577 |  109,141 |  138,234 |     20,743 |   14,726 |   18,652 |       6,661
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
1989-90 .....|  134,656 |  160,860 |     16,446 |  118,578 |  141,654 |     20,790 |   16,077 |   19,206 |       6,473
1990-91 .....|  146,088 |  165,803 |     16,608 |  128,594 |  145,948 |     20,945 |   17,494 |   19,855 |       6,584
1991-92 .....|  156,189 |  171,258 |     16,530 |  137,375 |  150,629 |     21,271 |   18,814 |   20,629 |       6,291
1992-93 .....|  165,241 |  176,020 |     16,865 |  145,300 |  154,778 |     21,710 |   19,941 |   21,242 |       6,423
1993-94 .....|  173,351 |  178,552 |     17,249 |  152,164 |  156,730 |     22,010 |   21,187 |   21,823 |       6,755
1994-95 \2\..|  182,969 |  182,969 |     17,681 |  160,891 |  160,891 |     22,542 |   22,078 |   22,078 |       6,876
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
   Public    |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
institutions |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
1970-71 .....|   14,996 |   59,913 |     12,096 |   12,899 |   51,534 |     14,858 |    2,097 |    8,379 |       5,644
1975-76 .....|   26,184 |   76,196 |     11,682 |   21,392 |   62,251 |     15,346 |    4,792 |   13,945 |       5,655
1976-77 .....|   28,635 |   78,315 |     12,333 |   23,411 |   64,028 |     16,013 |    5,224 |   14,288 |       6,076
1977-78 .....|   30,725 |   78,660 |     12,297 |   25,013 |   64,037 |     15,854 |    5,712 |   14,624 |       6,203
1978-79 .....|   33,733 |   80,480 |     12,817 |   27,600 |   65,849 |     16,478 |    6,132 |   14,631 |       6,408
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
1979-80 .....|   37,768 |   81,969 |     12,822 |   30,979 |   67,234 |     16,563 |    6,789 |   14,735 |       6,315
1980-81 .....|   42,280 |   82,884 |     12,478 |   34,677 |   67,981 |     16,348 |    7,602 |   14,904 |       6,000
1981-82 .....|   46,219 |   82,791 |     12,209 |   37,890 |   67,870 |     16,127 |    8,330 |   14,921 |       5,799
1982-83 .....|   49,573 |   83,382 |     12,171 |   40,616 |   68,316 |     16,186 |    8,957 |   15,066 |       5,729
1983-84 .....|   53,087 |   85,202 |     12,381 |   43,588 |   69,957 |     16,399 |    9,499 |   15,245 |       5,828
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
1984-85  ....|   58,315 |   88,524 |     13,243 |   48,017 |   72,892 |     17,200 |   10,298 |   15,632 |       6,389
1985-86  ....|   63,194 |   91,395 |     13,707 |   52,184 |   75,472 |     17,802 |   11,010 |   15,923 |       6,558
1986-87 .....|   67,654 |   94,122 |     13,886 |   56,003 |   77,913 |     18,138 |   11,651 |   16,210 |       6,529
1987-88 .....|   72,641 |   96,893 |     13,966 |   60,137 |   80,214 |     18,248 |   12,505 |   16,679 |       6,562
1988-89 .....|   78,946 |   99,990 |     14,089 |   65,349 |   82,769 |     18,369 |   13,597 |   17,221 |       6,646
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
1989-90 .....|   85,771 |  102,462 |     13,900 |   70,865 |   84,655 |     18,324 |   14,906 |   17,806 |       6,471
1990-91 .....|   92,961 |  105,506 |     13,960 |   76,722 |   87,076 |     18,370 |   16,239 |   18,431 |       6,540
1991-92 .....|   98,847 |  108,384 |     13,784 |   81,334 |   89,181 |     18,596 |   17,513 |   19,203 |       6,261
1992-93 .....|  104,570 |  111,391 |     14,079 |   86,065 |   91,679 |     19,108 |   18,505 |   19,712 |       6,331
1993-94 .....|  109,310 |  112,589 |     14,412 |   89,697 |   92,389 |     19,385 |   19,612 |   20,201 |       6,631
1994-95 \2\..|  115,465 |  115,465 |     14,833 |   94,895 |   94,895 |     19,980 |   20,570 |   20,570 |       6,778
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
   Private   |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
institutions |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
1970-71 .....|    8,379 |   33,477 |     18,758 |    8,150 |   32,560 |     19,417 |      230 |      917 |       8,505
1975-76 .....|   12,719 |   37,013 |     18,910 |   12,419 |   36,141 |     19,600 |      300 |      873 |       7,690
1976-77 .....|   13,965 |   38,194 |     19,461 |   13,641 |   37,307 |     20,171 |      324 |      887 |       7,842
1977-78 .....|   15,246 |   39,031 |     19,333 |   14,885 |   38,109 |     20,099 |      360 |      922 |       7,506
1978-79 .....|   16,988 |   40,531 |     19,587 |   16,563 |   39,515 |     20,408 |      425 |    1,015 |       7,629
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
1979-80 .....|   19,146 |   41,552 |     19,837 |   18,682 |   40,546 |     20,721 |      464 |    1,007 |       7,298
1980-81 .....|   21,773 |   42,683 |     19,609 |   21,163 |   41,487 |     20,712 |      610 |    1,196 |       6,889
1981-82 .....|   24,120 |   43,206 |     19,347 |   23,444 |   41,994 |     20,572 |      676 |    1,211 |       6,314
1982-83 .....|   26,363 |   44,342 |     19,786 |   25,623 |   43,097 |     21,248 |      740 |    1,245 |       5,851
1983-84  ....|   28,907 |   46,394 |     20,305 |   28,092 |   45,086 |     21,893 |      815 |    1,308 |       5,800
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
1984-85  ....|   31,637 |   48,026 |     21,185 |   30,727 |   46,645 |     22,700 |      910 |    1,381 |       6,508
1985-86  ....|   34,342 |   49,667 |     21,826 |   33,376 |   48,270 |     23,492 |      966 |    1,397 |       6,323
1986-87 .....|   38,110 |   53,019 |     23,192 |   36,982 |   51,450 |     24,918 |    1,128 |    1,569 |       7,090
1987-88 .....|   41,145 |   54,882 |     23,945 |   40,006 |   53,362 |     25,523 |    1,139 |    1,520 |       7,550
1988-89 .....|   44,922 |   56,896 |     24,034 |   43,792 |   55,465 |     25,698 |    1,130 |    1,431 |       6,845
             |          |          |            |          |          |            |          |          |
1989-90 .....|   48,885 |   58,398 |     24,239 |   47,713 |   56,999 |     25,982 |    1,172 |    1,400 |       6,494
1990-91 .....|   53,127 |   60,296 |     24,860 |   51,872 |   58,872 |     26,424 |    1,255 |    1,424 |       7,210
1991-92 .....|   57,342 |   62,874 |     25,172 |   56,041 |   61,448 |     26,883 |    1,301 |    1,427 |       6,729
1992-93 .....|   60,671 |   64,629 |     25,595 |   59,235 |   63,099 |     27,064 |    1,436 |    1,529 |       7,901
1993-94 .....|   64,041 |   65,963 |     25,980 |   62,466 |   64,341 |     27,322 |    1,575 |    1,622 |       8,810
1994-95 \2\..|   67,504 |   67,504 |     26,331 |   65,996 |   65,996 |     27,639 |    1,508 |    1,508 |       8,573
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\1\Dollars adjusted by the Higher Education Price Index.
\2\Preliminary data.
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" and "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" and "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared July 1997.)
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