Postsecondary Education

Finance and Resources

Table A-43-1. Total and per FTE student expenses, by control of institution and purpose for degree-granting postsecondary institutions: Academic years, 2004–05 and 2009–10

[Numbers in 2010–11 constant dollars]
Control of institution and purpose	Total expenses				Expenses per FTE student¹
	Dollars (in millions)		Percentage distribution		Expenses per FTE student¹
	2004–05	2009–10	2004–05	2009–10	2004–05	2009–10
Public institutions²
Total	$248,811	$286,996	100.0	100.0	$26,616	$26,697
Instruction	68,784	77,818	27.6	27.1	7,358	7,239
Research	26,001	28,640	10.5	10.0	2,781	2,664
Public service	10,932	11,736	4.4	4.1	1,169	1,092
Academic support	16,440	19,256	6.6	6.7	1,759	1,791
Student services	11,579	13,401	4.7	4.7	1,239	1,247
Institutional support	20,126	23,139	8.1	8.1	2,153	2,152
Operation and maintenance of plant	15,656	18,413	6.3	6.4	1,675	1,713
Depreciation	11,060	14,593	4.4	5.1	1,183	1,357
Scholarships/fellowships³	9,688	15,744	3.9	5.5	1,036	1,465
Auxiliary enterprises	19,214	20,866	7.7	7.3	2,055	1,941
Hospitals	23,181	27,208	9.3	9.5	2,480	2,531
Other	16,150	16,181	6.5	5.6	1,728	1,505

Private nonprofit institutions⁴
Total	127,284	148,045	100.0	100.0	44,358	46,827
Instruction	41,806	48,436	32.8	32.7	14,569	15,321
Research	14,773	16,479	11.6	11.1	5,148	5,212
Public service	2,307	2,132	1.8	1.4	804	674
Academic support	10,771	13,198	8.5	8.9	3,754	4,175
Student services	9,445	11,645	7.4	7.9	3,292	3,683
Institutional support	16,938	19,822	13.3	13.4	5,903	6,270
Auxiliary enterprises	12,619	14,165	9.9	9.6	4,398	4,480
Net grant aid to students	1,233	849	1.0	0.6	430	268
Hospitals	10,585	13,438	8.3	9.1	3,689	4,250
Independent operations	4,870	5,258	3.8	3.6	1,697	1,663
Other	1,937	2,625	1.5	1.8	675	830

Private for-profit institutions⁴
Total	10,182	20,373	100.0	100.0	12,920	12,683
Instruction	2,668	4,846	26.2	23.8	3,385	3,017
Research and public service	9	14	0.1	0.1	11	8
Student services, academic support, and institutional support	6,564	13,349	64.5	65.5	8,329	8,310
Auxiliary enterprises	311	475	3.1	2.3	395	296
Net grant aid to students	63	123	0.6	0.6	80	76
Other	567	1,567	5.6	7.7	719	976

¹Full-time-equivalent (FTE) students includes full-time students plus the full-time equivalent of part-time students.
² For 2009–10 data, all expenses reported by institutions for operations and maintenance, depreciation, and interest have been aggregated into the general categories of operations and maintenance, depreciation, and interest, even in cases where a particular expense was originally disaggregated into a purpose category. Interest expenses are included in other expenses.
³Excludes discounts and allowances. In 2009–10, approximately 57 percent of the total scholarships were reported under discounts and allowances. Scholarships and fellowships are reported in other expenses for private institutions.
⁴Operations and maintenance, depreciation, and interest expenses are distributed among appropriate categories.
NOTE: Data are collected on different surveys within the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System for each sector. Private institutions report fewer data items than public institutions, and private for-profit institutions report fewer data items than private nonprofit institutions. Data are adjusted by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to constant 2010–11 dollars. For more information on the CPI, see Appendix C – Finance. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. For more information on IPEDS, see Appendix B – Guide to Sources.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2005 and Spring 2010, Enrollment component; and Spring 2006 and Spring 2011, Finance component.

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