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Table 343. Expenditures of public degree-granting institutions, by purpose and by type of institution: 1999-2000

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                             |             |                                                   Educational and general expenditures                              |           |           |        |
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           Type of           |             |            |            |           |          |           |          |           |Operation | Scholar-  |          | Auxiliary | Hospitals |pendent | Other
         institution         |Current-fund |   Total    |Instruction | Research  |  Public  | Academic  | Student  | Institu-  |and mainte| ships and |Mandatory |enterprises|           | opera- |
                             |expenditures |            |            |           | service  |  support  | services |  tional   |nance of  |  fellow-  |transfers |           |           |tions\1\|
                             |             |            |            |           |          |           |          |  support  |  plant   |   ships   |          |           |           |        |
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              1              |      2      |     3      |     4      |     5     |    6     |     7     |    8     |     9     |    10    |    11     |    12    |    13     |    14     |   15   |   16
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                             |                                                       In thousands
                             |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total .....................|$152,324,948 |$122,708,551|$47,215,750 |$15,999,142|$7,421,841|$12,087,782|$7,636,530|$13,768,079|$9,710,370| $6,785,423|$2,083,634|$14,448,423|$14,057,107|$533,868|$576,999
4-year ......................| 124,538,976 |  96,641,699|  35,062,135| 15,974,292| 6,781,117|  9,757,319| 4,837,080|  9,579,717| 7,090,003|  5,747,892| 1,812,144| 12,808,761| 14,057,107| 486,296| 545,113
  Doctoral, extensive\2\ ....|  71,965,934 |  55,724,911|  18,372,867| 12,466,017| 4,637,701|  5,504,478| 2,104,747|  4,593,616| 3,555,189|  3,436,186| 1,054,110|  7,580,183|  8,068,998| 147,348| 444,493
  Doctoral, intensive\3\ ....|  12,689,204 |  10,655,151|   4,165,748|  1,580,798|   504,136|  1,259,230|   600,087|  1,026,018|   764,414|    606,007|   148,713|  1,530,579|    485,636|   3,616|  14,221
  Master's\4\  ..............|  22,790,540 |  19,690,711|   8,165,960|    555,069|   822,812|  2,110,626| 1,673,406|  2,636,813| 1,845,412|  1,397,416|   483,196|  3,047,504|          0|  14,864|  37,461
  Baccalaureate\5\  .........|   2,863,962 |   2,484,371|   1,015,759|     27,118|    76,487|    260,145|   245,043|    365,756|   252,668|    200,475|    40,922|    375,323|          0|     667|   3,600
  Specialized institutions\6\|  14,229,337 |   8,086,554|   3,341,801|  1,345,290|   739,981|    622,840|   213,797|    957,515|   672,321|    107,807|    85,203|    275,171|  5,502,472| 319,801|  45,338
    Art, music, or design ...|      79,653 |      73,498|      30,345|        248|     1,891|      6,630|     6,727|      9,824|     8,843|      6,011|     2,978|      6,133|          0|       0|      22
    Engineering or technology|     254,954 |     229,894|      93,461|     29,662|     7,432|     22,235|    14,202|     24,695|    19,633|     18,357|       216|     25,060|          0|       0|       0
    Medical or other health .|  12,559,139 |   6,661,922|   2,868,700|  1,301,965|   719,404|    466,276|    61,454|    704,008|   399,087|     61,341|    79,687|    162,001|  5,411,711| 319,801|   3,703
    Tribal\7\ ...............|      34,567 |      34,139|      12,723|        262|     1,102|      1,187|     7,623|      4,903|     4,047|      2,292|         0|        428|          0|       0|       0
    Other specialized .......|   1,301,024 |   1,087,102|     336,572|     13,153|    10,153|    126,511|   123,791|    214,085|   240,710|     19,806|     2,320|     81,548|     90,761|       0|  41,613
2-year\8\ ...................|  27,785,972 |  26,066,852|  12,153,615|     24,851|   640,724|  2,330,464| 2,799,450|  4,188,362| 2,620,367|  1,037,532|   271,490|  1,639,662|          0|  47,572|  31,886
  Associate of arts .........|  27,696,436 |  25,982,132|  12,129,619|     19,532|   639,087|  2,322,533| 2,790,110|  4,170,005| 2,612,756|  1,028,453|   270,037|  1,635,114|          0|  47,521|  31,669
  Tribal\7\ .................|      89,536 |      84,720|      23,995|      5,319|     1,636|      7,930|     9,340|     18,357|     7,611|      9,079|     1,453|      4,548|          0|      51|     217
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                             |                                                     Percentage distribution
                             |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total .....................|       100.0 |       80.6 |       31.0 |      10.5 |      4.9 |       7.9 |      5.0 |       9.0 |      6.4 |       4.5 |      1.4 |       9.5 |       9.2 |    0.4 |    0.4
4-year ......................|       100.0 |       77.6 |       28.2 |      12.8 |      5.4 |       7.8 |      3.9 |       7.7 |      5.7 |       4.6 |      1.5 |      10.3 |      11.3 |    0.4 |    0.4
  Doctoral, extensive\2\ ....|       100.0 |       77.4 |       25.5 |      17.3 |      6.4 |       7.6 |      2.9 |       6.4 |      4.9 |       4.8 |      1.5 |      10.5 |      11.2 |    0.2 |    0.6
  Doctoral, intensive\3\ ....|       100.0 |       84.0 |       32.8 |      12.5 |      4.0 |       9.9 |      4.7 |       8.1 |      6.0 |       4.8 |      1.2 |      12.1 |       3.8 |      # |    0.1
  Master's\4\  ..............|       100.0 |       86.4 |       35.8 |       2.4 |      3.6 |       9.3 |      7.3 |      11.6 |      8.1 |       6.1 |      2.1 |      13.4 |       0.0 |    0.1 |    0.2
  Baccalaureate\5\  .........|       100.0 |       86.7 |       35.5 |       0.9 |      2.7 |       9.1 |      8.6 |      12.8 |      8.8 |       7.0 |      1.4 |      13.1 |       0.0 |      # |    0.1
  Specialized institutions\6\|       100.0 |       56.8 |       23.5 |       9.5 |      5.2 |       4.4 |      1.5 |       6.7 |      4.7 |       0.8 |      0.6 |       1.9 |      38.7 |    2.2 |    0.3
    Art, music, or design ...|       100.0 |       92.3 |       38.1 |       0.3 |      2.4 |       8.3 |      8.4 |      12.3 |     11.1 |       7.5 |      3.7 |       7.7 |       0.0 |    0.0 |      #
    Engineering or technology|       100.0 |       90.2 |       36.7 |      11.6 |      2.9 |       8.7 |      5.6 |       9.7 |      7.7 |       7.2 |      0.1 |       9.8 |       0.0 |    0.0 |    0.0
    Medical or other health .|       100.0 |       53.0 |       22.8 |      10.4 |      5.7 |       3.7 |      0.5 |       5.6 |      3.2 |       0.5 |      0.6 |       1.3 |      43.1 |    2.5 |      #
    Tribal\7\ ...............|       100.0 |       98.8 |       36.8 |       0.8 |      3.2 |       3.4 |     22.1 |      14.2 |     11.7 |       6.6 |      0.0 |       1.2 |       0.0 |    0.0 |    0.0
    Other specialized .......|       100.0 |       83.6 |       25.9 |       1.0 |      0.8 |       9.7 |      9.5 |      16.5 |     18.5 |       1.5 |      0.2 |       6.3 |       7.0 |    0.0 |    3.2
2-year\8\ ...................|       100.0 |       93.8 |       43.7 |       0.1 |      2.3 |       8.4 |     10.1 |      15.1 |      9.4 |       3.7 |      1.0 |       5.9 |       0.0 |    0.2 |    0.1
  Associate of arts .........|       100.0 |       93.8 |       43.8 |       0.1 |      2.3 |       8.4 |     10.1 |      15.1 |      9.4 |       3.7 |      1.0 |       5.9 |       0.0 |    0.2 |    0.1
  Tribal\7\ .................|       100.0 |       94.6 |       26.8 |       5.9 |      1.8 |       8.9 |     10.4 |      20.5 |      8.5 |      10.1 |      1.6 |       5.1 |       0.0 |    0.1 |    0.2
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                             |                                                 Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student
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  Total .....................|      $18,979|      15,289|      $5,883|     $1,993|      $925|     $1,506|      $951|     $1,715|    $1,210|       $845|      $260|     $1,800|     $1,751|     $67|     $72
4-year ......................|       25,313|      19,642|       7,126|      3,247|     1,378|      1,983|       983|      1,947|     1,441|      1,168|       368|      2,603|      2,857|      99|     111
  Doctoral, extensive\2\ ....|       32,969|      25,529|       8,417|      5,711|     2,125|      2,522|       964|      2,104|     1,629|      1,574|       483|      3,473|      3,697|      68|     204
  Doctoral, intensive\3\ ....|       19,490|      16,366|       6,398|      2,428|       774|      1,934|       922|      1,576|     1,174|        931|       228|      2,351|        746|       6|      22
  Master's\4\  ..............|       13,058|      11,282|       4,679|        318|       471|      1,209|       959|      1,511|     1,057|        801|       277|      1,746|          0|       9|      21
  Baccalaureate\5\  .........|       11,497|       9,974|       4,078|        109|       307|      1,044|       984|      1,468|     1,014|        805|       164|      1,507|          0|       3|      14
  Specialized institutions\6\|      155,125|      88,158|      36,432|     14,666|     8,067|      6,790|     2,331|     10,439|     7,330|      1,175|       929|      3,000|     59,987|   3,486|     494
    Art, music, or design ...|       23,884|      22,038|       9,099|         74|       567|      1,988|     2,017|      2,946|     2,652|      1,802|       893|      1,839|          0|       0|       7
    Engineering or technology|       18,495|      16,677|       6,780|      2,152|       539|      1,613|     1,030|      1,791|     1,424|      1,332|        16|      1,818|          0|       0|       0
    Medical or other health .|      283,138|     150,189|      64,673|     29,352|    16,218|     10,512|     1,385|     15,871|     8,997|      1,383|     1,797|      3,652|    122,004|   7,210|      83
    Tribal\7\ ...............|       14,409|      14,230|       5,303|        109|       459|        495|     3,177|      2,044|     1,687|        955|         0|        179|          0|       0|       0
    Other specialized .......|       46,712|      39,031|      12,084|        472|       365|      4,542|     4,445|      7,687|     8,642|        711|        83|      2,928|      3,259|       0|   1,494
2-year\8\ ...................|        8,946|       8,392|       3,913|          8|       206|        750|       901|      1,348|       844|        334|        87|        528|          0|      15|      10
  Associate of arts .........|        8,932|       8,379|       3,912|          6|       206|        749|       900|      1,345|       843|        332|        87|        527|          0|      15|      10
  Tribal\7\ .................|       17,308|      16,377|       4,639|      1,028|       316|      1,533|     1,806|      3,549|     1,471|      1,755|       281|        879|          0|      10|      42
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# Rounds to 0.0.

\1\Generally includes only those expenditures associated with major federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC).
\2\Doctoral, extensive institutions are committed to graduate education through the doctorate, and award 50 or more doctor's degrees per year across at least 15 disciplines.
\3\Doctoral, intensive institutions are committed to education through the doctorate and award at least 10 doctor's degrees per year across 3 or more disciplines or at least 20 doctor's degrees overall.
\4\Master's institutions offer a full range of baccalaureate programs and are committed to education through the master's degree. They award at least 40 master's degrees per year, across 3 or more disciplines.
\5\Baccalaureate institutions primarily emphasize undergraduate education.
\6\Specialized 4-year institutions award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology and engineering. Also, includes some institutions which have 4-year programs, but have not reported sufficient data to identify program category.
\7\Tribally controlled colleges are located on reservations and are members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
\8\Institutions which primarily award degrees at the associate level, including some institutions awarding small numbers of bachelor's degrees. Total is slightly higher than data appearing on other tables which include only institutions that award no degree higher than the associate.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance, 1999-2000" and "Fall Enrollment, 1999" surveys. (This table was prepared February 2003.)


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