Educational and general expenditures of public degree-granting 4-year colleges, by purpose: 1976-77 to 1996-97

Table 347.

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             |                                        Educational and general expenditures
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     Year    |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |Operation and| Scholar-  |
             |   Total   |Instruction|  Admini-  | Student  | Research |Libraries |  Public  | maintenance | ships and |Mandatory
             |           |           |stration\1\| services |          |          | service  |  of plant   |fellowships|transfers
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      1      |     2     |     3     |     4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |      9      |    10     |   11
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             |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
             |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 1976-77 ....|$8,682,538 |$4,027,051 |$1,445,651 | $500,832 | $607,235 | $340,002 | $250,152 |  $1,001,848 |  $338,432 |$171,335
 1977-78 ....| 9,568,977 | 4,423,487 | 1,598,092 |  572,193 |  677,414 |  369,408 |  274,314 |   1,118,393 |   332,899 | 202,777
 1978-79 ....|10,455,134 | 4,770,598 | 1,789,534 |  651,541 |  786,072 |  395,299 |  301,387 |   1,214,996 |   337,588 | 208,119
 1979-80 ....|11,750,398 | 5,271,621 | 2,029,327 |  733,557 |  937,874 |  448,190 |  359,467 |   1,375,308 |   383,036 | 212,019
 1980-81 ....|13,139,618 | 5,890,759 | 2,258,987 |  807,249 |1,043,614 |  511,817 |  407,816 |   1,563,514 |   412,972 | 242,890
             |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |             |           |
 1981-82 ....|14,321,586 | 6,537,888 | 2,518,182 |  834,225 |1,086,146 |  536,080 |  440,736 |   1,738,210 |   403,069 | 227,050
 1982-83 ....|15,286,145 | 6,980,269 | 2,660,360 |  904,745 |1,150,011 |  559,353 |  469,841 |   1,857,151 |   450,067 | 254,349
 1983-84 ....|16,538,128 | 7,464,035 | 3,013,666 |1,041,488 |1,246,289 |  622,879 |  513,732 |   1,873,628 |   473,503 | 288,908
 1984-85 ....|18,333,578 | 8,211,171 | 3,370,676 |1,140,312 |1,420,844 |  669,518 |  603,018 |   2,137,225 |   489,188 | 291,626
 1985-86 ....|19,860,947 | 8,945,373 | 3,658,627 |1,235,418 |1,618,737 |  712,112 |  648,178 |   2,118,522 |   569,841 | 354,139
             |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |             |           |
 1986-87 ....|21,490,078 | 9,608,239 | 4,019,850 |1,318,666 |1,846,712 |  695,692 |  766,865 |   2,226,599 |   660,940 | 346,515
 1987-88 ....|23,124,455 |10,310,532 | 4,261,440 |1,434,726 |2,053,638 |  774,274 |  864,347 |   2,340,495 |   711,704 | 373,299
 1988-89 ....|24,639,653 |10,991,086 | 4,496,286 |1,504,869 |2,305,152 |  813,801 |  941,434 |   2,429,103 |   754,412 | 403,508
 1989-90 ....|27,210,634 |12,079,093 | 5,076,792 |1,648,526 |2,525,080 |  888,526 |1,088,113 |   2,607,385 |   871,944 | 425,175
 1990-91 ....|28,903,790 |12,818,677 | 5,374,417 |1,800,723 |2,745,613 |  888,162 |1,145,892 |   2,728,949 |   963,436 | 437,921
             |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |             |           |
 1991-92 ....|30,720,827 |13,270,992 | 5,805,724 |1,868,329 |2,986,474 |  945,097 |1,310,700 |   2,782,200 | 1,248,220 | 503,091
 1992-93 ....|33,119,294 |13,906,211 | 6,416,859 |2,164,309 |3,246,542 |  979,635 |1,447,684 |   2,960,373 | 1,457,901 | 539,779
 1993-94 ....|34,477,869 |14,519,321 | 6,477,847 |2,135,560 |3,473,971 |1,018,304 |1,525,406 |   3,084,509 | 1,685,785 | 557,166
 1994-95 ....|36,659,833 |15,321,392 | 6,909,606 |2,236,127 |3,717,964 |1,084,945 |1,647,855 |   3,175,330 | 1,884,283 | 682,332
 1995-96 ....|38,115,758 |15,600,219 | 7,502,742 |2,217,691 |3,841,169 |1,105,930 |1,761,690 |   3,328,604 | 2,068,459 | 689,256
 1996-97\2\ .|40,930,525 |16,546,172 | 7,929,270 |2,519,558 |4,216,267 |1,191,965 |1,974,123 |   3,458,897 | 2,325,829 | 768,444
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             |                                              Percentage distribution
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 1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      46.4 |      16.7 |      5.8 |      7.0 |      3.9 |      2.9 |        11.5 |       3.9 |     2.0
 1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      44.8 |      17.2 |      6.1 |      7.9 |      3.9 |      3.1 |        11.9 |       3.1 |     1.8
             |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |             |           |
 1981-82 ....|     100.0 |      45.7 |      17.6 |      5.8 |      7.6 |      3.7 |      3.1 |        12.1 |       2.8 |     1.6
 1982-83 ....|     100.0 |      45.7 |      17.4 |      5.9 |      7.5 |      3.7 |      3.1 |        12.1 |       2.9 |     1.7
 1983-84 ....|     100.0 |      45.1 |      18.2 |      6.3 |      7.5 |      3.8 |      3.1 |        11.3 |       2.9 |     1.7
 1984-85 ....|     100.0 |      44.8 |      18.4 |      6.2 |      7.7 |      3.7 |      3.3 |        11.7 |       2.7 |     1.6
 1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      45.0 |      18.4 |      6.2 |      8.2 |      3.6 |      3.3 |        10.7 |       2.9 |     1.8
             |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |             |           |
 1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      44.7 |      18.7 |      6.1 |      8.6 |      3.2 |      3.6 |        10.4 |       3.1 |     1.6
 1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      44.6 |      18.4 |      6.2 |      8.9 |      3.3 |      3.7 |        10.1 |       3.1 |     1.6
 1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      44.6 |      18.2 |      6.1 |      9.4 |      3.3 |      3.8 |         9.9 |       3.1 |     1.6
 1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      44.4 |      18.7 |      6.1 |      9.3 |      3.3 |      4.0 |         9.6 |       3.2 |     1.6
 1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      44.3 |      18.6 |      6.2 |      9.5 |      3.1 |      4.0 |         9.4 |       3.3 |     1.5
             |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |             |           |
 1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      43.2 |      18.9 |      6.1 |      9.7 |      3.1 |      4.3 |         9.1 |       4.1 |     1.6
 1992-93 ....|     100.0 |      42.0 |      19.4 |      6.5 |      9.8 |      3.0 |      4.4 |         8.9 |       4.4 |     1.6
 1993-94 ....|     100.0 |      42.1 |      18.8 |      6.2 |     10.1 |      3.0 |      4.4 |         8.9 |       4.9 |     1.6
 1994-95 ....|     100.0 |      41.8 |      18.8 |      6.1 |     10.1 |      3.0 |      4.5 |         8.7 |       5.1 |     1.9
 1995-96 ....|     100.0 |      40.9 |      19.7 |      5.8 |     10.1 |      2.9 |      4.6 |         8.7 |       5.4 |     1.8
 1996-97\2\ .|     100.0 |      40.4 |      19.4 |      6.2 |     10.3 |      2.9 |      4.8 |         8.5 |       5.7 |     1.9
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             |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1996-97 dollars
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 1976-77 ....|   $11,357 |    $5,267 |    $1,891 |     $655 |     $794 |     $445 |     $327 |      $1,310 |      $443 |    $224
 1980-81 ....|    11,833 |     5,305 |     2,034 |      727 |      940 |      461 |      367 |       1,408 |       372 |     219
             |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |             |           |
 1981-82 ....|    11,774 |     5,375 |     2,070 |      686 |      893 |      441 |      362 |       1,429 |       331 |     187
 1982-83 ....|    11,489 |     5,246 |     2,000 |      680 |      864 |      420 |      353 |       1,396 |       338 |     191
 1983-84 ....|    11,609 |     5,239 |     2,115 |      731 |      875 |      437 |      361 |       1,315 |       332 |     203
 1984-85 ....|    12,256 |     5,489 |     2,253 |      762 |      950 |      448 |      403 |       1,429 |       327 |     195
 1985-86 ....|    12,658 |     5,701 |     2,332 |      787 |    1,032 |      454 |      413 |       1,350 |       363 |     226
             |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |             |           |
 1986-87 ....|    12,653 |     5,657 |     2,367 |      776 |    1,087 |      410 |      452 |       1,311 |       389 |     204
 1987-88 ....|    12,910 |     5,756 |     2,379 |      801 |    1,147 |      432 |      483 |       1,307 |       397 |     208
 1988-89 ....|    12,712 |     5,671 |     2,320 |      776 |    1,189 |      420 |      486 |       1,253 |       389 |     208
 1989-90 ....|    12,827 |     5,694 |     2,393 |      777 |    1,190 |      419 |      513 |       1,229 |       411 |     200
 1990-91 ....|    12,472 |     5,531 |     2,319 |      777 |    1,185 |      383 |      494 |       1,178 |       416 |     189
             |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |             |           |
 1991-92 ....|    12,629 |     5,455 |     2,387 |      768 |    1,228 |      389 |      539 |       1,144 |       513 |     207
 1992-93 ....|    13,094 |     5,498 |     2,537 |      856 |    1,284 |      387 |      572 |       1,170 |       576 |     213
 1993-94 ....|    13,255 |     5,582 |     2,490 |      821 |    1,336 |      391 |      586 |       1,186 |       648 |     214
 1994-95 ....|    13,716 |     5,732 |     2,585 |      837 |    1,391 |      406 |      617 |       1,188 |       705 |     255
 1995-96 ....|    13,813 |     5,653 |     2,719 |      804 |    1,392 |      401 |      638 |       1,206 |       750 |     250
 1996-97\2\ .|    14,329 |     5,793 |     2,776 |      882 |    1,476 |      417 |      691 |       1,211 |       814 |     269
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\1\Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.
\2\Preliminary data.

NOTE: This table excludes universities. See preceding table. 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. Data for 1976-77 to 1995-96 are for institutions of higher education. Institutions of higher education were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate or higher degrees. The Higher Education Price Index was used to convert the per student figures to constant dollars. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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 June 2000.)

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