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Table 32. Total expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: 1899-1900 to 1999-2000
[In millions of dollars]
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            |                         In current dollars                       |  In constant 1999-2000 dollars\1\
            |__________________________________________________________________|_______________________________________
   School   |        |      Elementary and        |Colleges and universities   |         |Elementary and     |Colleges
    year    |        |    secondary schools       |                            |  Total  |secondary schools  |and uni-
            |  Total |____________________________|____________________________|         |___________________|versities
            |        | Total  | Public |Private\2\| Total  |Public  |   Private|         |  Total  | Public  |
____________|________|________|________|__________|________|________|   _______|_________|_________|_________|_________
     1      |   2    |     3  |   4    |    5     |   6    |   7    |      8   |    9    |   10    |   11    |   12
____________|________|________|________|__________|________|________|   _______|_________|_________|_________|_________
1899-1900 ..|      --|      --|   $215 |      --- |    --- |    --- |      --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     ---
1909-10 ....|      --|      --|    426 |      --- |    --- |    --- |      --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     ---
1919-20 ....|      --|      --|  1,036 |      --- |    --- |    --- |      --- |     --- |     --- |  $9,204 |     ---
1929-30 ....|      --|      --|  2,317 |      --- |   $632 |   $292 |     $341 |     --- |     --- |  22,914 |  $6,253
1939-40 ....|      --|      --|  2,344 |      --- |    758 |    392 |      367 |     --- |     --- |  28,396 |   9,188
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |          |         |         |         |
1949-50 ....| $8,911 | $6,249 |  5,838 |     $411 |  2,662 |  1,430 |    1,233 | $63,699 | $44,667 |  41,729 |  19,032
1951-52 ....| 10,735 |  7,861 |  7,344 |      517 |  2,874 |  1,565 |    1,309 |  69,143 |  50,635 |  47,305 |  18,514
1953-54 ....| 13,147 |  9,733 |  9,092 |      641 |  3,414 |  1,912 |    1,502 |  82,764 |  61,275 |  57,239 |  21,490
1955-56 ....| 15,907 | 11,727 | 10,955 |      772 |  4,180 |  2,348 |    1,832 | 100,172 |  73,849 |  68,988 |  26,323
1957-58 ....| 20,055 | 14,525 | 13,569 |      956 |  5,530 |  3,237 |    2,293 | 118,887 |  86,105 |  80,438 |  32,782
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |          |         |         |         |
1959-60 ....| 23,860 | 16,713 | 15,613 |    1,100 |  7,147 |  3,904 |    3,244 | 137,473 |  96,294 |  89,957 |  41,179
1961-62 ....| 28,503 | 19,673 | 18,373 |    1,300 |  8,830 |  4,919 |    3,911 | 160,534 | 110,804 | 103,482 |  49,730
1963-64 ....| 34,440 | 22,825 | 21,325 |    1,500 | 11,615 |  6,558 |    5,057 | 189,043 | 125,287 | 117,053 |  63,756
1965-66 ....| 43,682 | 28,048 | 26,248 |    1,800 | 15,634 |  9,047 |    6,588 | 231,761 | 148,812 | 139,262 |  82,949
1967-68 ....| 55,652 | 35,077 | 32,977 |    2,100 | 20,575 | 12,750 |    7,824 | 277,036 | 174,614 | 164,161 | 102,421
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |          |         |         |         |
1969-70 ....| 68,459 | 43,183 | 40,683 |    2,500 | 25,276 | 16,234 |    9,041 | 306,805 | 193,530 | 182,326 | 113,275
1970-71 ....| 75,741 | 48,200 | 45,500 |    2,700 | 27,541 | 18,028 |    9,513 | 322,776 | 205,408 | 193,902 | 117,367
1971-72 ....| 80,672 | 50,950 | 48,050 |    2,900 | 29,722 | 19,538 |   10,184 | 331,888 | 209,611 | 197,680 | 122,278
1972-73 ....| 86,875 | 54,952 | 51,852 |    3,100 | 31,923 | 21,144 |   10,779 | 343,564 | 217,319 | 205,059 | 126,245
1973-74 ....| 95,396 | 60,370 | 56,970 |    3,400 | 35,026 | 23,542 |   11,484 | 346,376 | 219,200 | 206,855 | 127,176
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |          |         |         |         |
1974-75 ....|108,664 | 68,846 | 64,846 |    4,000 | 39,818 | 26,966 |   12,852 | 355,189 | 225,036 | 211,961 | 130,153
1975-76 ....|118,706 | 75,101 | 70,601 |    4,500 | 43,605 | 29,736 |   13,869 | 362,363 | 229,253 | 215,516 | 133,110
1976-77 ....|126,417 | 79,194 | 74,194 |    5,000 | 47,223 | 31,997 |   15,226 | 364,638 | 228,427 | 214,005 | 136,211
1977-78 ....|137,042 | 86,544 | 80,844 |    5,700 | 50,498 | 34,031 |   16,467 | 370,414 | 233,923 | 218,516 | 136,492
1978-79 ....|148,308 | 93,012 | 86,712 |    6,300 | 55,296 | 37,110 |   18,187 | 366,531 | 229,870 | 214,300 | 136,661
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |          |         |         |         |
1979-80 ....|165,627 |103,162 | 95,962 |    7,200 | 62,465 | 41,434 |   21,031 | 361,177 | 224,961 | 209,261 | 136,216
1980-81 ....|182,849 |112,325 |104,125 |    8,200 | 70,524 | 46,559 |   23,965 | 357,344 | 219,518 | 203,492 | 137,826
1981-82 ....|197,801 |120,486 |111,186 |    9,300 | 77,315 | 50,813 |   26,502 | 355,826 | 216,744 | 200,014 | 139,083
1982-83 ....|212,081 |128,725 |118,425 |   10,300 | 83,356 | 54,338 |   29,018 | 365,804 | 222,029 | 204,263 | 143,775
1983-84 ....|228,597 |139,000 |127,500 |   11,500 | 89,597 | 58,124 |   31,473 | 380,218 | 231,194 | 212,066 | 149,024
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |          |         |         |         |
1984-85 ....|247,657 |149,400 |137,000 |   12,400 | 98,257 | 63,705 |   34,553 | 396,403 | 239,132 | 219,284 | 157,271
1985-86 ....|269,485 |161,800 |148,600 |   13,200 |107,685 | 70,069 |   37,616 | 419,251 | 251,720 | 231,184 | 167,531
1986-87 ....|291,974 |175,200 |160,900 |   14,300 |116,774 | 74,552 |   42,222 | 444,372 | 266,647 | 244,883 | 177,725
1987-88 ....|313,375 |187,999 |172,699 |   15,300 |125,376 | 79,859 |   45,516 | 457,967 | 274,742 | 252,383 | 183,225
1988-89 ....|346,883 |209,377 |192,977 |   16,400 |137,506 | 87,107 |   50,398 | 484,558 | 292,478 | 269,569 | 192,081
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |          |         |         |         |
1989-90 ....|381,525 |230,970 |212,770 |   18,200 |150,555 | 96,387 |   54,169 | 508,675 | 307,945 | 283,679 | 200,731
1990-91 ....|412,652 |248,930 |229,430 |   19,500 |163,722 |104,433 |   59,288 | 521,656 | 314,686 | 290,035 | 206,970
1991-92 ....|432,987 |261,255 |241,055 |   20,200 |171,732 |108,667 |   63,065 | 530,369 | 320,013 | 295,270 | 210,356
1992-93 ....|456,070 |274,335 |252,935 |   21,400 |181,735 |115,169 |   66,566 | 541,722 | 325,857 | 300,437 | 215,866
1993-94 ....|477,237 |287,507 |265,307 |   22,200 |189,730 |119,573 |   70,157 | 552,551 | 332,879 | 307,176 | 219,672
            |        |        |        |          |        |        |          |         |         |         |
1994-95 ....|503,925 |302,400 |279,000 |   23,400 |201,525 |127,594 |   73,930 | 567,194 | 340,367 | 314,029 | 226,827
1995-96 ....|529,596 |318,246 |293,646 |   24,600 |211,350 |132,752 |   78,597 | 580,301 | 348,716 | 321,761 | 231,585
1996-97 ....|562,251 |338,951 |313,151 |   25,800 |223,300 |139,600 |\2\83,600 | 598,992 | 361,100 | 333,614 | 237,892
1997-98\3\..|596,222 |361,422 |334,322 |   27,100 |234,800 |146,700 |   88,100 | 624,053 | 378,292 | 349,927 | 245,760
1998-99\3\..|623,200 |376,900 |349,200 |   27,700 |246,300 |152,400 |   93,900 | 641,191 | 387,780 | 359,281 | 253,410
1999-2000\3\|646,800 |389,000 |360,600 |   28,400 |257,800 |159,700 |   98,100 | 646,800 | 389,000 | 360,600 | 257,800
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\1\Based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school year basis.
\2\Estimated.
\3\Preliminary data for public elementary and secondary schools and estimates for colleges and universitiies.

NOTE: Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools include current expenditures, interest on school debt, and capital outlay. Data for private elementary and secondary schools are estimated. Total expenditures for colleges and universities include current-fund expenditures and additions to plant value. Excludes expenditures of noncollegiate postsecondary institutions. College and university education data for 1995-96 and later years are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" survey; Common Core of Data survey; "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" survey; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) "Finance" survey; and National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, various years. (This table was prepared September 2000.)


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