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Table 348. Educational and general expenditures of public degree-granting 4-year colleges (excluding universities), by purpose: 1976-77 to 2000-01 

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            |          |          |             |         |         |         |         |Operation and|  Scholar- |
Year        |    Total | Instruc- |      Admini-| Student |Research |Libraries|  Public | maintenance | ships and |Mandatory
            |          |     tion |    stration\|services |         |         | service |    of plant |fellowships|transfers
____________|__________|__________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_____________|___________|_________
1           |        2 |        3 |           4 |       5 |       6 |       7 |       8 |           9 |        10 |      11
____________|__________|__________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_____________|___________|_________
            |                                   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 ....|38,119,559|15,601,767|    7,504,314|2,216,700|3,841,169|1,106,662|1,761,705|    3,328,799|  2,069,178|  689,265
            |          |          |             |         |         |         |         |             |           |
1996-97 ....|40,680,937|16,488,113|    7,874,685|2,497,294|4,159,429|1,191,916|1,956,090|    3,440,779|  2,314,324|  758,307
1997-98 ....|42,944,416|17,141,283|    8,363,150|2,665,055|4,395,739|1,222,201|2,168,203|    3,533,724|  2,492,779|  962,282
1998-99\2\ .|45,715,607|18,036,596|    9,108,573|2,841,359|4,635,809|1,294,269|2,471,179|    3,659,613|  2,676,213|  991,997
1999-2000 ..|49,679,435|19,124,615|\3\11,324,906|3,086,221|5,408,754|      ---|2,828,531|    4,030,008|  2,772,452|1,103,948
2000-01 ....|58,008,263|21,684,091|\3\13,016,633|3,487,111|6,637,440|      ---|3,404,581|    4,836,012|  3,374,075|1,568,321
            |===============================================================================================================
            |                                              Percentage distribution
            |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
1985-86 ....|     100.0|      45.0|         18.4|      6.2|      8.2|      3.6|      3.3|         10.7|        2.9|      1.8
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 ....|     100.0|      40.5|         19.4|      6.1|     10.2|      2.9|      4.8|          8.5|        5.7|      1.9
1997-98 ....|     100.0|      39.9|         19.5|      6.2|     10.2|      2.8|      5.0|          8.2|        5.8|      2.2
1998-99\2\ .|     100.0|      39.5|         19.9|      6.2|     10.1|      2.8|      5.4|          8.0|        5.9|      2.2
1999-2000 ..|     100.0|      38.5|\3\      22.8|      6.2|     10.9|      ---|      5.7|          8.1|        5.6|      2.2
2000-01 ....|     100.0|      37.4|\3\      22.4|      6.0|     11.4|      ---|      5.9|          8.3|        5.8|      2.7
            |===============================================================================================================
            |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2000-01 dollars
            |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1976-77 ....|   $11,666|    $5,411|       $1,942|     $673|     $816|     $457|     $336|       $1,346|       $455|     $230
1980-81 ....|    11,490|     5,151|        1,975|      706|      913|      448|      357|        1,367|        361|      212
1985-86 ....|    13,263|     5,974|        2,443|      825|    1,081|      476|      433|        1,415|        381|      236
            |          |          |             |         |         |         |         |             |           |
1986-87 ....|    13,483|     6,028|        2,522|      827|    1,159|      436|      481|        1,397|        415|      217
1987-88 ....|    13,778|     6,143|        2,539|      855|    1,224|      461|      515|        1,394|        424|      222
1988-89 ....|    13,656|     6,092|        2,492|      834|    1,278|      451|      522|        1,346|        418|      224
1989-90 ....|    13,945|     6,190|        2,602|      845|    1,294|      455|      558|        1,336|        447|      218
1990-91 ....|    13,531|     6,001|        2,516|      843|    1,285|      416|      536|        1,278|        451|      205
            |          |          |             |         |         |         |         |             |           |
1991-92 ....|    13,751|     5,940|        2,599|      836|    1,337|      423|      587|        1,245|        559|      225
1992-93 ....|    14,231|     5,975|        2,757|      930|    1,395|      421|      622|        1,272|        626|      232
1993-94 ....|    14,513|     6,112|        2,727|      899|    1,462|      429|      642|        1,298|        710|      235
1994-95 ....|    15,046|     6,288|        2,836|      918|    1,526|      445|      676|        1,303|        773|      280
1995-96 ....|    15,191|     6,217|        2,990|      883|    1,531|      441|      702|        1,327|        825|      275
            |          |          |             |         |         |         |         |             |           |
1996-97 ....|    15,693|     6,360|        3,038|      963|    1,605|      460|      755|        1,327|        893|      293
1997-98 ....|    16,111|     6,431|        3,138|    1,000|    1,649|      459|      813|        1,326|        935|      361
1998-99\2\ .|    16,669|     6,577|        3,321|    1,036|    1,690|      472|      901|        1,334|        976|      362
1999-2000 ..|    17,291|     6,656|\3\     3,942|    1,074|    1,882|      ---|      984|        1,403|        965|      384
2000-01 ....|    19,124|     7,149|\3\     4,291|    1,150|    2,188|      ---|    1,122|        1,594|      1,112|      517
____________|__________|__________|_____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_____________|___________|_________

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\1\Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.
\2\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)
\3\Includes libraries.

NOTE: This table excludes universities. See preceding table for university data. 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. The Consumer Price Index was used to convert the per student figures to constant dollars. 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's or higher degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.) 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, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys, 1976-77 through 1985-86, and "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1976 through 1985; 1986-87 through 2000-01 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY87-99), and "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:86-99), and Spring 2001 and Spring 2002; and U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index. (This table was prepared October 2003.)


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