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Table 355  Educational and general expenditures of public institutions of higher education and degree-granting institutions, by state: 1980-81 to 1995-96 [In thousands of dollars]

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                      |                           Institutions of higher education                                                       |
                      |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|  Degree-
                      |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | Percent  |  granting
        State         |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1990-91   |  1991-92   |  1992-93   |  1993-94   |  1994-95   |1995-96 \1\ | change,  |   insti-
                      |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |1990-91 to|  tutions,
                      |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | 1995-96  |1995-96 \2\
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          1           |     2      |     3      |     4      |     5      |     6      |     7      |     8      |     9      |    10    |     11
______________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|__________|____________
   United States .....|$34,173,013 |$50,872,962 |$74,395,428 |$78,554,534 |$83,210,979 |$87,139,226 |$92,173,768 |$95,970,979 |     29.0 |$96,085,623
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Alabama ..............|    611,409 |    979,770 |  1,415,440 |  1,456,605 |  1,580,484 |  1,710,955 |  1,834,533 |  1,880,788 |     32.9 |  1,880,788
Alaska ...............|    150,421 |    210,894 |    273,577 |    288,999 |    304,137 |    316,779 |    316,397 |    331,723 |     21.3 |    331,723
Arizona ..............|    554,120 |    862,816 |  1,364,060 |  1,407,819 |  1,409,122 |  1,523,655 |  1,653,840 |  1,747,648 |     28.1 |  1,759,850
Arkansas .............|    266,522 |    415,800 |    633,194 |    604,885 |    676,378 |    707,166 |    746,129 |    817,974 |     29.2 |    843,906
California ...........|  4,847,879 |  7,049,635 |  9,615,356 | 10,341,888 | 11,000,665 | 10,734,842 | 11,280,758 | 11,709,716 |     21.8 | 11,719,821
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Colorado .............|    561,552 |    809,621 |  1,258,356 |  1,363,615 |  1,452,957 |  1,529,290 |  1,604,656 |  1,705,832 |     35.6 |  1,705,832
Connecticut ..........|    281,581 |    439,397 |    673,182 |    736,202 |    731,570 |    771,954 |    883,759 |    912,566 |     35.6 |    911,255
Delaware .............|    135,164 |    202,331 |    325,838 |    349,369 |    366,801 |    387,810 |    413,692 |    429,293 |     31.8 |    429,293
District of Columbia .|     71,245 |     79,922 |     96,411 |     98,973 |     97,586 |     95,824 |     98,041 |     97,399 |      1.0 |    101,839
Florida ..............|  1,071,754 |  1,638,227 |  2,657,553 |  2,710,041 |  2,904,932 |  3,101,072 |  3,234,938 |  3,402,373 |     28.0 |  3,390,561
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Georgia ..............|    628,939 |  1,046,341 |  1,617,020 |  1,665,009 |  1,834,141 |  2,037,534 |  2,277,756 |  2,484,493 |     53.6 |  2,366,561
Hawaii ...............|    202,154 |    282,058 |    454,880 |    526,269 |    546,473 |    556,567 |    590,389 |    569,448 |     25.2 |    569,448
Idaho ................|    141,296 |    202,736 |    303,224 |    334,762 |    346,932 |    375,289 |    395,733 |    420,747 |     38.8 |    428,068
Illinois .............|  1,487,123 |  2,152,955 |  2,979,768 |  3,068,891 |  3,245,802 |  3,397,183 |  3,583,012 |  3,794,018 |     27.3 |  3,794,018
Indiana ..............|    771,564 |  1,183,098 |  1,842,610 |  1,935,566 |  2,014,834 |  2,105,645 |  2,196,013 |  2,300,841 |     24.9 |  2,300,841
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Iowa .................|    512,205 |    736,894 |  1,172,328 |  1,184,382 |  1,267,646 |  1,354,777 |  1,392,753 |  1,459,013 |     24.5 |  1,459,013
Kansas ...............|    461,979 |    660,995 |    928,772 |    994,560 |  1,059,683 |  1,134,392 |  1,196,211 |  1,234,345 |     32.9 |  1,244,531
Kentucky .............|    527,235 |    737,101 |  1,112,190 |  1,208,448 |  1,212,211 |  1,254,859 |  1,321,523 |  1,419,040 |     27.6 |  1,419,040
Louisiana ............|    557,825 |    810,479 |  1,135,955 |  1,215,771 |  1,275,446 |  1,339,408 |  1,449,305 |  1,513,214 |     33.2 |  1,570,429
Maine ................|    127,983 |    183,349 |    308,699 |    316,116 |    324,515 |    338,776 |    343,665 |    356,682 |     15.5 |    360,331
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Maryland .............|    604,419 |    911,562 |  1,443,669 |  1,428,072 |  1,564,259 |  1,673,163 |  1,737,204 |  1,878,053 |     30.1 |  1,878,053
Massachusetts ........|    441,068 |    779,341 |  1,122,629 |  1,165,598 |  1,295,720 |  1,339,199 |  1,400,824 |  1,470,591 |     31.0 |  1,476,589
Michigan .............|  1,610,016 |  2,278,217 |  3,325,625 |  3,556,178 |  3,727,115 |  3,885,984 |  4,042,460 |  4,306,553 |     29.5 |  4,306,553
Minnesota ............|    667,119 |  1,023,324 |  1,563,054 |  1,728,356 |  1,775,640 |  1,937,650 |  2,068,280 |  2,072,145 |     32.6 |  2,076,375
Mississippi ..........|    409,942 |    542,022 |    756,492 |    772,618 |    842,603 |    919,354 |  1,049,356 |  1,099,535 |     45.3 |  1,111,120
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Missouri .............|    553,793 |    802,936 |  1,155,531 |  1,184,338 |  1,260,304 |  1,339,527 |  1,456,516 |  1,560,758 |     35.1 |  1,566,489
Montana ..............|     99,990 |    148,099 |    210,813 |    262,480 |    279,323 |    303,495 |    322,880 |    350,086 |     66.1 |    350,086
Nebraska .............|    286,122 |    397,523 |    600,224 |    639,475 |    672,427 |    706,454 |    727,977 |    753,703 |     25.6 |    753,703
Nevada ...............|    105,177 |    163,714 |    301,487 |    332,246 |    353,875 |    379,154 |    402,097 |    459,599 |     52.4 |    459,599
New Hampshire ........|    104,285 |    143,191 |    229,360 |    252,021 |    275,138 |    295,687 |    304,474 |    316,456 |     38.0 |    316,456
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New Jersey ...........|    735,097 |  1,140,310 |  1,875,481 |  2,002,975 |  2,103,355 |  2,237,339 |  2,363,439 |  2,461,249 |     31.2 |  2,461,249
New Mexico ...........|    278,960 |    393,151 |    671,206 |    724,157 |    769,646 |    806,673 |    899,545 |    939,532 |     40.0 |    953,396
New York .............|  2,249,821 |  3,238,773 |  4,680,376 |  4,768,772 |  5,113,506 |  5,398,182 |  5,799,931 |  5,630,108 |     20.3 |  5,630,108
North Carolina .......|    971,928 |  1,527,535 |  2,227,060 |  2,406,405 |  2,600,325 |  2,671,176 |  2,849,310 |  2,881,827 |     29.4 |  2,881,827
North Dakota .........|    151,372 |    228,609 |    292,978 |    328,738 |    336,361 |    344,187 |    361,276 |    372,051 |     27.0 |    372,051
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Ohio .................|  1,327,483 |  2,019,351 |  3,046,603 |  3,214,612 |  3,185,955 |  3,362,837 |  3,616,901 |  3,769,392 |     23.7 |  3,774,974
Oklahoma .............|    404,178 |    594,561 |    830,929 |    906,908 |    930,102 |    953,027 |    996,963 |  1,037,701 |     24.9 |  1,037,701
Oregon ...............|    497,593 |    672,175 |    996,887 |  1,086,673 |  1,142,781 |  1,194,805 |  1,281,381 |  1,351,507 |     35.6 |  1,351,507
Pennsylvania .........|  1,231,502 |  1,814,384 |  2,737,817 |  2,963,168 |  3,087,186 |  3,280,879 |  3,439,340 |  3,562,793 |     30.1 |  3,562,793
Rhode Island .........|    138,965 |    185,215 |    251,992 |    260,123 |    284,957 |    285,742 |    297,597 |    306,825 |     21.8 |    306,825
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South Carolina .......|    481,737 |    741,740 |  1,065,867 |  1,100,035 |  1,172,246 |  1,244,696 |  1,310,645 |  1,369,352 |     28.5 |  1,369,352
South Dakota .........|    108,632 |    130,825 |    173,396 |    192,001 |    211,716 |    229,080 |    222,811 |    233,749 |     34.8 |    258,488
Tennessee ............|    515,578 |    865,946 |  1,231,619 |  1,228,340 |  1,352,125 |  1,478,085 |  1,581,929 |  1,626,688 |     32.1 |  1,627,212
Texas ................|  2,278,337 |  3,674,109 |  5,105,246 |  5,439,843 |  5,961,535 |  6,352,088 |  6,643,734 |  7,023,005 |     37.6 |  7,026,170
Utah .................|    320,278 |    503,557 |    730,496 |    826,170 |    856,933 |    921,052 |    991,014 |  1,073,017 |     46.9 |  1,073,017
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Vermont ..............|    101,539 |    157,266 |    238,512 |    258,150 |    263,475 |    271,261 |    279,882 |    292,072 |     22.5 |    292,072
Virginia .............|    796,616 |  1,241,534 |  1,852,416 |  1,892,627 |  1,991,591 |  2,124,635 |  2,248,402 |  2,282,078 |     23.2 |  2,282,078
Washington ...........|    837,281 |  1,143,285 |  1,757,053 |  1,837,095 |  2,007,044 |  2,074,451 |  2,211,588 |  2,273,160 |     29.4 |  2,308,241
West Virginia ........|    228,755 |    310,142 |    459,984 |    494,733 |    522,173 |    560,380 |    579,349 |    621,234 |     35.1 |    622,712
Wisconsin ............|    998,862 |  1,438,918 |  2,057,786 |  2,158,188 |  2,266,312 |  2,394,285 |  2,437,859 |  2,510,572 |     22.0 |  2,513,244
Wyoming ..............|    111,170 |    171,335 |    204,028 |    225,238 |    222,188 |    231,190 |    254,469 |    251,339 |     23.2 |    251,339
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U.S. Service Schools .|    555,447 |    805,892 |  1,030,399 |  1,110,028 |  1,130,748 |  1,169,731 |  1,181,234 |  1,247,093 |     21.0 |  1,247,093
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   Outlying areas ....|    253,820 |    421,500 |    498,958 |    555,054 |    607,730 |    637,164 |    700,528 |    780,785 |     56.5 |    777,274
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American Samoa .......|      1,609 |      1,092 |      3,187 |      3,228 |      3,356 |      3,416 |      3,483 |     14,909 |    367.8 |     14,909
Federated States of   |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |          |
  Micronesia .........|        --- |        --- |      3,302 |      3,286 |      2,898 |      3,096 |      4,589 |      7,965 |    141.2 |      7,965
Guam .................|     15,582 |     29,916 |     55,641 |     64,772 |     68,550 |     63,515 |     77,783 |     65,258 |     17.3 |     65,258
Marshall Islands .....|        --- |        --- |        --- |      3,093 |      1,220 |      1,454 |      1,183 |      1,226 |      --- |      1,226
Northern Marianas ....|        --- |      1,328 |      2,472 |      2,803 |      2,230 |      2,838 |     12,305 |     14,989 |    506.3 |     14,989
Palau ................|        --- |        --- |      3,277 |      3,172 |      3,808 |      2,847 |      3,156 |      3,332 |      1.7 |      3,332
Puerto Rico ..........|    224,988 |    367,523 |    378,352 |    427,021 |    497,590 |    529,255 |    567,140 |    641,083 |     69.4 |    637,571
Trust Territory of    |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |          |
   the Pacific .......|      1,320 |      5,992 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |      --- |        ---
Virgin Islands .......|     10,322 |     15,649 |     52,726 |     47,679 |     28,078 |     30,743 |     30,889 |     32,024 |    -39.3 |     32,024
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\1\Preliminary data.
\2\Preliminary data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to particpate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
---Data not reported or not applicable.

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 November 1998.)


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