Skip Navigation
Digest of Education Statistics
1998 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest

Table 345. -  Educational and general expenditures of private (nonprofit) universities, by purpose: 1976-77 to 1995-96
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
             |                                        Educational and general expenditures
             |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
     Year    |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |Operation and|Scholarships|
             |   Total   |Instruction|  Admini-  |  Student  | Research  |Libraries|  Public  | maintenance |    and     |Mandatory
             |           |           |stration\1\| services  |           |         | service  |  of plant   |fellowships |transfers
 ____________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_________|__________|_____________|____________|_________
      1      |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |    7    |    8     |      9      |     10     |   11
 ____________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_________|__________|_____________|____________|_________
             |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
             |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 1976-77 ....|$4,694,593 |$1,784,975 |  $621,733 |  $156,457 |  $988,656 |$195,146 | $105,011 |    $411,340 |   $380,821 | $50,453
 1977-78 ....| 5,120,125 | 1,943,031 |   683,988 |   172,261 | 1,063,906 | 215,068 |  108,201 |     447,743 |    427,907 |  58,019
 1978-79 ....| 5,675,608 | 2,120,800 |   796,751 |   195,238 | 1,175,657 | 221,676 |  119,082 |     510,819 |    460,200 |  75,385
 1979-80 ....| 6,408,288 | 2,426,312 |   908,580 |   215,646 | 1,315,469 | 236,184 |  148,028 |     568,806 |    507,257 |  82,006
 1980-81 ....| 7,249,102 | 2,763,320 | 1,009,957 |   254,872 | 1,436,318 | 267,142 |  149,946 |     660,152 |    596,241 | 111,154
             |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
 1981-82 ....| 7,951,934 | 3,105,731 | 1,100,088 |   289,398 | 1,505,340 | 294,523 |  160,496 |     752,673 |    650,285 |  93,401
 1982-83 ....| 8,198,167 | 3,227,925 | 1,214,617 |   304,617 | 1,464,809 | 295,709 |  169,382 |     754,480 |    670,390 |  96,238
 1983-84 ....| 9,491,967 | 3,660,650 | 1,445,910 |   350,096 | 1,683,020 | 360,238 |  187,615 |     859,065 |    833,108 | 112,266
 1984-85 ....|10,431,950 | 3,965,165 | 1,556,854 |   393,526 | 1,892,570 | 366,356 |  253,010 |     930,229 |    931,027 | 143,212
 1985-86 ....|11,407,571 | 4,308,432 | 1,711,155 |   438,678 | 2,108,731 | 397,745 |  271,271 |     981,131 |  1,040,677 | 149,751
             |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
 1986-87 ....|13,013,183 | 4,998,565 | 1,977,175 |   502,291 | 2,399,976 | 397,460 |  332,223 |   1,006,334 |  1,218,002 | 181,159
 1987-88 ....|13,876,586 | 5,209,101 | 2,107,206 |   529,261 | 2,597,435 | 484,987 |  340,475 |   1,073,880 |  1,328,775 | 205,464
 1988-89 ....|15,123,369 | 5,743,104 | 2,293,256 |   565,903 | 2,786,178 | 510,820 |  377,820 |   1,135,273 |  1,472,675 | 238,340
 1989-90 ....|16,363,342 | 6,188,447 | 2,411,051 |   607,623 | 3,048,455 | 555,752 |  414,916 |   1,231,028 |  1,615,096 | 290,974
 1990-91 ....|17,827,649 | 6,827,220 | 2,633,605 |   669,160 | 3,170,083 | 567,800 |  456,615 |   1,383,686 |  1,833,124 | 286,357
             |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
 1991-92 ....|19,307,030 | 7,367,629 | 2,852,739 |   711,041 | 3,364,795 | 624,416 |  484,871 |   1,453,365 |  2,142,466 | 305,707
 1992-93 ....|20,435,319 | 7,844,576 | 2,874,208 |   719,657 | 3,648,010 | 644,005 |  547,159 |   1,495,825 |  2,322,331 | 339,547
 1993-94 ....|21,702,227 | 8,347,500 | 3,009,434 |   772,524 | 3,831,668 | 693,223 |  603,658 |   1,578,840 |  2,481,742 | 383,638
 1994-95 ....|23,059,247 | 8,838,806 | 3,158,159 |   820,099 | 4,121,604 | 752,683 |  612,464 |   1,632,166 |  2,680,828 | 442,438
 1995-96\2\ .|24,094,517 | 9,004,148 | 3,691,277 |   903,900 | 4,243,335 | 777,957 |  621,908 |   1,662,803 |  2,754,177 | 435,014
             |=====================================================================================================================
             |                                              Percentage distribution
             |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      38.0 |      13.2 |       3.3 |      21.1 |     4.2 |      2.2 |         8.8 |        8.1 |     1.1
 1979-80 ....|     100.0 |      37.9 |      14.2 |       3.4 |      20.5 |     3.7 |      2.3 |         8.9 |        7.9 |     1.3
 1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      38.1 |      13.9 |       3.5 |      19.8 |     3.7 |      2.1 |         9.1 |        8.2 |     1.5
             |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
 1981-82 ....|     100.0 |      39.1 |      13.8 |       3.6 |      18.9 |     3.7 |      2.0 |         9.5 |        8.2 |     1.2
 1982-83 ....|     100.0 |      39.4 |      14.8 |       3.7 |      17.9 |     3.6 |      2.1 |         9.2 |        8.2 |     1.2
 1983-84 ....|     100.0 |      38.6 |      15.2 |       3.7 |      17.7 |     3.8 |      2.0 |         9.1 |        8.8 |     1.2
 1984-85 ....|     100.0 |      38.0 |      14.9 |       3.8 |      18.1 |     3.5 |      2.4 |         8.9 |        8.9 |     1.4
 1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      37.8 |      15.0 |       3.8 |      18.5 |     3.5 |      2.4 |         8.6 |        9.1 |     1.3
             |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
 1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      38.4 |      15.2 |       3.9 |      18.4 |     3.1 |      2.6 |         7.7 |        9.4 |     1.4
 1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      37.5 |      15.2 |       3.8 |      18.7 |     3.5 |      2.5 |         7.7 |        9.6 |     1.5
 1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      38.0 |      15.2 |       3.7 |      18.4 |     3.4 |      2.5 |         7.5 |        9.7 |     1.6
 1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      37.8 |      14.7 |       3.7 |      18.6 |     3.4 |      2.5 |         7.5 |        9.9 |     1.8
 1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      38.3 |      14.8 |       3.8 |      17.8 |     3.2 |      2.6 |         7.8 |       10.3 |     1.6
             |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
 1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      38.2 |      14.8 |       3.7 |      17.4 |     3.2 |      2.5 |         7.5 |       11.1 |     1.6
 1992-93 ....|     100.0 |      38.4 |      14.1 |       3.5 |      17.9 |     3.2 |      2.7 |         7.3 |       11.4 |     1.7
 1993-94 ....|     100.0 |      38.5 |      13.9 |       3.6 |      17.7 |     3.2 |      2.8 |         7.3 |       11.4 |     1.8
 1994-95 ....|     100.0 |      38.3 |      13.7 |       3.6 |      17.9 |     3.3 |      2.7 |         7.1 |       11.6 |     1.9
 1995-96\2\ .|     100.0 |      37.4 |      15.3 |       3.8 |      17.6 |     3.2 |      2.6 |         6.9 |       11.4 |     1.8
             |=====================================================================================================================
             |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1995-96 dollars
             |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 1976-77 ....|   $23,395 |    $8,895 |    $3,098 |      $780 |    $4,927 |    $972 |     $523 |      $2,050 |     $1,898 |    $251
 1977-78 ....|    23,119 |     8,773 |     3,088 |       778 |     4,804 |     971 |      489 |       2,022 |      1,932 |     262
 1978-79 ....|    23,411 |     8,748 |     3,287 |       805 |     4,849 |     914 |      491 |       2,107 |      1,898 |     311
 1979-80 ....|    23,750 |     8,992 |     3,367 |       799 |     4,875 |     875 |      549 |       2,108 |      1,880 |     304
 1980-81 ....|    24,040 |     9,164 |     3,349 |       845 |     4,763 |     886 |      497 |       2,189 |      1,977 |     369
             |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
 1981-82 ....|    23,947 |     9,353 |     3,313 |       871 |     4,533 |     887 |      483 |       2,267 |      1,958 |     281
 1982-83 ....|    24,140 |     9,505 |     3,577 |       897 |     4,313 |     871 |      499 |       2,222 |      1,974 |     283
 1983-84 ....|    25,909 |     9,992 |     3,947 |       956 |     4,594 |     983 |      512 |       2,345 |      2,274 |     306
 1984-85 ....|    26,964 |    10,249 |     4,024 |     1,017 |     4,892 |     947 |      654 |       2,404 |      2,406 |     370
 1985-86 ....|    27,983 |    10,569 |     4,198 |     1,076 |     5,173 |     976 |      665 |       2,407 |      2,553 |     367
             |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
 1986-87 ....|    30,544 |    11,732 |     4,641 |     1,179 |     5,633 |     933 |      780 |       2,362 |      2,859 |     425
 1987-88 ....|    30,934 |    11,612 |     4,697 |     1,180 |     5,790 |   1,081 |      759 |       2,394 |      2,962 |     458
 1988-89 ....|    31,609 |    12,004 |     4,793 |     1,183 |     5,823 |   1,068 |      790 |       2,373 |      3,078 |     498
 1989-90 ....|    31,961 |    12,087 |     4,709 |     1,187 |     5,954 |   1,085 |      810 |       2,404 |      3,155 |     568
 1990-91 ....|    32,945 |    12,616 |     4,867 |     1,237 |     5,858 |   1,049 |      844 |       2,557 |      3,388 |     529
             |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
 1991-92 ....|    33,901 |    12,937 |     5,009 |     1,248 |     5,908 |   1,096 |      851 |       2,552 |      3,762 |     537
 1992-93 ....|    34,848 |    13,377 |     4,901 |     1,227 |     6,221 |   1,098 |      933 |       2,551 |      3,960 |     579
 1993-94 ....|    35,876 |    13,799 |     4,975 |     1,277 |     6,334 |   1,146 |      998 |       2,610 |      4,103 |     634
 1994-95 ....|    36,806 |    14,108 |     5,041 |     1,309 |     6,579 |   1,201 |      978 |       2,605 |      4,279 |     706
 1995-96\2\ .|    37,200 |    13,902 |     5,699 |     1,396 |     6,551 |   1,201 |      960 |       2,567 |      4,252 |     672
 ____________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_________|__________|_____________|____________|_________

\1\Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.
\2\Preliminary data.

NOTE.--Data in this table may differ slightly from data appearing in other tables. Data for 1976-77 through 1985-86 include only institutions which provided both enrollment and finance data. The Higher Education Price Index was used to convert the per student figures to constant dollars. 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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys; and Research Associates of Washington, unpublished data. (This table was prepared October 1998.)


1998 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest