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Table 29. Total expenditures of educational institutions related to the gross domestic product, by level of institution: Selected years, 1929-30 to 2003-04

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      |         |           |   Total expenditures for education in current dollars
      |         |           |______________________________________________________
      |   Gross |           | All educational|All elementary an|  All colleges and
      |domestic |           |  institutions  | secondary school|    universities
Year  | product |    School |________________|_________________|___________________
      |     (in |      year |       |   As a |        |   As a |          |   As a
      |billions |           |Amount,|percent |Amount, |percent |   Amount,|percent
      |of curren|           |in mil-|of gross|in mil- |of gross|   in mil-|of gross
      |dollars) |           | lions |domestic|  lions |domestic|    lions |domestic
      |         |           |       |product |        |product |          |product
______|_________|___________|_______|________|________|________|__________|________
1     |       2 |         3 |     4 |      5 |      6 |      7 |        8 |      9
______|_________|___________|_______|________|________|________|__________|________
1929 .|   $103.6|   1929-30 |     --|        |        |        |      $632|     0.6
1939 .|     92.2|   1939-40 |     --|        |        |        |       758|     0.8
1949 .|    267.3|   1949-50 | $8,911|     3.3|  $6,249|     2.3|     2,662|     1.0
1959 .|    506.6|   1959-60 | 23,860|     4.7|  16,713|     3.3|     7,147|     1.4
1961 .|    544.7|   1961-62 | 28,503|     5.2|  19,673|     3.6|     8,830|     1.6
      |         |           |       |        |        |        |          |
1963 .|    617.7|   1963-64 | 34,440|     5.6|  22,825|     3.7|    11,615|     1.9
1965 .|    719.1|   1965-66 | 43,682|     6.1|  28,048|     3.9|    15,634|     2.2
1967 .|    832.6|   1967-68 | 55,652|     6.7|  35,077|     4.2|    20,575|     2.5
1969 .|    984.6|   1969-70 | 68,459|     7.0|  43,183|     4.4|    25,276|     2.6
1970 .|  1,038.5|   1970-71 | 75,741|     7.3|  48,200|     4.6|    27,541|     2.7
      |         |           |       |        |        |        |          |
1971 .|  1,127.1|   1971-72 | 80,672|     7.2|  50,950|     4.5|    29,722|     2.6
1972 .|  1,238.3|   1972-73 | 86,875|     7.0|  54,952|     4.4|    31,923|     2.6
1973 .|  1,382.7|   1973-74 | 95,396|     6.9|  60,370|     4.4|    35,026|     2.5
1974 .|  1,500.0|   1974-75 |108,664|     7.2|  68,846|     4.6|    39,818|     2.7
1975 .|  1,638.3|   1975-76 |118,706|     7.2|  75,101|     4.6|    43,605|     2.7
      |         |           |       |        |        |        |          |
1976 .|  1,825.3|   1976-77 |126,417|     6.9|  79,194|     4.3|    47,223|     2.6
1977 .|  2,030.9|   1977-78 |137,042|     6.7|  86,544|     4.3|    50,498|     2.5
1978 .|  2,294.7|   1978-79 |148,308|     6.5|  93,012|     4.1|    55,296|     2.4
1979 .|  2,563.3|   1979-80 |165,627|     6.5| 103,162|     4.0|    62,465|     2.4
1980 .|  2,789.5|   1980-81 |182,849|     6.6| 112,325|     4.0|    70,524|     2.5
      |         |           |       |        |        |        |          |
1981 .|  3,128.4|   1981-82 |197,801|     6.3| 120,486|     3.9|    77,315|     2.5
1982 .|  3,255.0|   1982-83 |212,081|     6.5| 128,725|     4.0|    83,356|     2.6
1983 .|  3,536.7|   1983-84 |228,597|     6.5| 139,000|     3.9|    89,597|     2.5
1984 .|  3,933.2|   1984-85 |247,657|     6.3| 149,400|     3.8|    98,257|     2.5
1985 .|  4,220.3|   1985-86 |269,485|     6.4| 161,800|     3.8|   107,685|     2.6
      |         |           |       |        |        |        |          |
1986 .|  4,462.8|   1986-87 |291,974|     6.5| 175,200|     3.9|   116,774|     2.6
1987 .|  4,739.5|   1987-88 |313,375|     6.6| 187,999|     4.0|   125,376|     2.6
1988 .|  5,103.8|   1988-89 |346,883|     6.8| 209,377|     4.1|   137,506|     2.7
1989 .|  5,484.4|   1989-90 |381,525|     7.0| 230,970|     4.2|   150,555|     2.7
1990 .|  5,803.1|   1990-91 |412,652|     7.1| 248,930|     4.3|   163,722|     2.8
      |         |           |       |        |        |        |          |
1991 .|  5,995.9|   1991-92 |432,987|     7.2| 261,255|     4.4|   171,732|     2.9
1992 .|  6,337.7|   1992-93 |456,070|     7.2| 274,335|     4.3|   181,735|     2.9
1993 .|  6,657.4|   1993-94 |477,237|     7.2| 287,507|     4.3|   189,730|     2.8
1994 .|  7,072.2|   1994-95 |503,925|     7.1| 302,400|     4.3|   201,525|     2.8
1995 .|  7,397.7|   1995-96 |529,596|     7.2| 318,246|     4.3|   211,350|     2.9
      |         |           |       |        |        |        |          |
1996 .|  7,816.9|   1996-97 |560,571|     7.2| 339,151|     4.3|   221,420|     2.8
1997 .|  8,304.3|   1997-98 |594,715|     7.2| 361,415|     4.4|   233,300|     2.8
1998 .|  8,747.0|   1998-99 |633,038|     7.2| 384,038|     4.4|   249,000|     2.8
1999 .|  9,268.4|   1999-200|680,038|     7.3| 411,538|     4.4|   268,500|     2.9
2000 .|  9,817.0|   2000-01 |734,311|     7.5| 442,011|     4.5|   292,300|     3.0
      |         |           |       |        |        |        |          |
2001 .| 10,128.0|\1\2001-02 |782,500|     7.7| 467,900|     4.6|\2\314,600|     3.1
2002 .| 10,487.0|\2\2002-03 |823,100|     7.8| 490,900|     4.7|\2\332,100|     3.2
2003 .| 11,004.0|\2\2003-04 |865,500|     7.9| 514,300|     4.7|\2\351,200|     3.2
______|_________|___________|_______|________|________|________|__________|________

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\1\Preliminary data for public elementary and secondary schools and estimates for colleges and universities.
\2\Estimated.

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 postsecondary institutions that do not confer associate's or higher degrees. 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 because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1949-50; Statistics of State School Systems, 1951-52 through 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditure for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1970-71 through 1986-87; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2001-02; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education, 1965-66 through 1985-86; 1986-87 through 2000-01 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY87-99), and Spring 2002 and Spring 2003; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 2005.)