Table 346.

Current-fund expenditures and educational and general expenditures of degree-granting institutions, by purpose and per student: Selected years, 1929–30 through 1995–96

Year	Current-fund expenditures (in thous-ands)	Educational and general expenditures (in thousands of current dollars)														Auxiliary enterprises (in thou-sands)	Independent operations3  (in thou-sands)	Hospitals (in thou- sands)	Other current expenditures (in thous-ands)		Educational and general expenditures per student in fall enrollment4
		Total	Administra-tion and general expense	Instruction and depart-mental research	Organized research		Libraries	Plant operation and maintenance	Organized activities related to instructional departments1		Other sponsored programs2		Extension and public service	Scholarships and fellowships	Other general expenditures						Current dollars	Constant 2005–06 dollars5
1	2	3	4	5	6		7	8	9		10		11	12	13	14	15	16	17		18	19
Institutions of higher    education
1929–30	$507,142	$377,903	$42,633	$221,598	$18,007	6	$9,622	$61,061	(7)		—		$24,982	(7)	—	$3,127	(6)	(8)	$126,112		$343	$3,991
1931–32	536,523	420,633	47,232	232,645	21,978	6	11,379	56,797	$21,297	8	—		24,066	(7)	$5,239	90,897	(6)	(8)	24,993		364	5,031
1933–34	469,329	369,661	43,155	203,332	17,064	6	13,387	51,046	14,155	8	—		20,020	(7)	7,502	78,730	(6)	(8)	20,938		350	5,264
1935–36	541,391	419,883	48,069	225,143	22,091	6	15,531	56,802	20,241	8	—		29,426	(7)	2,580	95,332	(6)	(8)	26,176		348	5,032
1937–38	614,385	475,191	56,406	253,006	25,213	6	17,588	62,738	24,031	8	—		34,189	(7)	2,020	115,620	(6)	(8)	23,574		352	4,886
1939–40	674,688	521,990	62,827	280,248	27,266	6	19,487	69,612	27,225	8	—		35,325	(7)	—	124,184	(6)	(8)	28,514		349	4,974
1941–42	738,169	572,465	66,968	298,558	34,287	6	19,763	72,594	37,771	8	—		42,525	(7)	—	137,328	(6)	(8)	28,375		408	5,204
1943–44	974,118	753,846	69,668	334,189	58,456	6	20,452	81,201	48,415	8	$97,044	9	44,421	(7)	—	199,344	(6)	(8)	20,928		653	7,452
1945–46	1,088,422	820,326	104,808	375,122	86,812	6	26,560	110,947	60,604	8	—		55,473	(7)	—	242,028	(6)	(8)	26,068		489	5,336
1947–48	1,883,269	1,391,594	171,829	657,945	159,090	6	44,208	201,996	85,346	8	—		71,180	(7)	—	438,988	(6)	(8)	52,687		595	5,083
1949–50	2,245,661	1,706,444	213,070	780,994	225,341	6	56,147	225,110	119,108	8	—		86,674	(7)	—	476,401	(6)	(8)	62,816		698	5,864
1951–52	2,471,008	1,960,481	233,844	823,117	317,928	6	60,612	240,446	147,854	8	—		97,408	$39,272	—	477,672	(6)	(8)	32,855		933	7,062
1953–54	2,882,864	2,345,331	288,147	960,556	372,643	6	72,944	277,874	186,905	8	—		112,227	74,035	—	537,533	(6)	(8)	—		1,051	7,779
1955–56	3,499,463	2,861,858	355,207	1,140,655	500,793	6	85,563	324,229	222,007	8	—		137,914	95,490	—	637,605	(6)	(8)	—		1,079	7,985
1957–58	4,509,666	3,734,350	473,945	1,465,603	727,776	6	109,715	406,226	238,455	8	—		175,256	129,935	7,439	775,316	(6)	(8)	—		1,124	7,829
1959–60	5,601,376	4,685,258	583,224	1,793,320	1,022,353	6	135,384	469,943	294,255	8	—		205,595	172,050	9,134	916,117	(6)	(8)	—		1,287	8,717
1961–62	7,154,526	5,997,007	730,429	2,202,443	1,474,406	6	177,362	564,225	375,040	8	—		244,337	228,765	—	1,157,517	(6)	(8)	—		1,447	9,578
1963–64	9,177,677	7,725,433	957,512	2,801,707	1,973,383	6	236,718	686,054	458,507	8	—		297,350	300,370	13,832	1,452,244	(6)	(8)	—		1,616	10,429
1965–66	12,509,489	10,376,630	1,251,107	3,756,175	2,448,300	6	346,248	844,506	558,170	8	155,202		438,385	425,524	153,013	1,887,744	(6)	(8)	245,115	10	1,753	10,930
1966–67	14,230,341	10,724,974	1,445,074	4,356,413	1,565,102		415,903	969,275	591,848		350,950		226,566	583,390	220,453	2,060,130	$951,668	$253,790	239,780	10	1,678	10,147
1967–68	16,480,786	12,847,350	1,738,946	5,139,179	1,933,473		493,266	1,127,290	350,711		514,294		597,544	712,425	240,222	2,302,419	765,495	290,000	275,523	10	1,859	10,876
1968–69	18,481,583	14,718,140	2,277,585	5,941,972	2,034,074		571,572	1,337,903	535,269		668,483		536,527	814,755	—	2,539,183	697,317	526,943	—		1,959	10,930
1969–70	21,043,113	16,845,212	2,627,993	6,883,844	2,144,076		652,596	1,541,698	648,089		769,253		593,067	984,594	—	2,769,276	757,388	671,236	—		2,104	11,086
1970–71	23,375,197	18,714,642	2,983,911	7,804,410	2,209,338		716,212	1,730,664	693,011		890,507		588,390	1,098,198	—	2,988,407	829,596	842,552	—		2,181	10,925
1971–72	25,559,560	20,441,878	3,344,215	8,443,261	2,265,282		764,481	1,927,553	779,728		1,059,989		615,997	1,241,372	—	3,178,272	940,825	998,585	—		2,284	11,047
1972–73	27,955,624	22,400,379	3,713,068	9,243,641	2,394,261		840,727	2,141,162	791,290		1,284,085		669,735	1,322,411	—	3,337,789	1,033,746	1,183,709	—		2,431	11,300
1973–74	30,713,581	24,653,849	4,200,955	10,219,118	2,480,450		939,023	2,494,057	838,170		1,355,027		730,560	1,396,488	—	3,613,256	1,014,872	1,431,604	—		2,568	10,958
1974–75	35,057,563	27,547,620	4,495,391	11,797,823	3,132,132		1,001,868	2,786,768	1,253,824		—		1,097,788	1,449,542	532,485	4,073,590	1,085,590	2,350,763	—		2,694	10,353
1975–76	38,903,177	30,598,685	5,240,066	13,094,943	3,287,364		1,223,723	3,082,959	1,248,670		—		1,238,603	1,635,859	546,498	4,476,841	1,132,016	2,695,635	—		2,736	9,816
1976–77	42,599,816	33,151,681	5,590,669	14,031,145	3,600,067		1,250,314	3,436,705	1,544,646		—		1,343,404	1,770,214	584,515	4,858,328	1,434,738	3,155,069	—		3,010	10,207
1977–78	45,970,790	36,256,604	6,177,029	15,336,229	3,919,830		1,348,747	3,795,043	1,781,160		—		1,425,294	1,839,298	633,973	5,261,477	855,054	3,597,655	—		3,213	10,207
1978–79	50,720,984	39,833,116	6,832,004	16,662,820	4,447,760		1,426,614	4,178,574	2,044,386		—		1,593,097	1,944,599	703,262	5,749,974	1,007,119	4,130,775	—		3,538	10,277
1979–80	56,913,588	44,542,843	7,621,143	18,496,717	5,099,151		1,623,811	4,700,070	2,252,577		—		1,816,521	2,200,468	732,385	6,485,608	1,127,728	4,757,409	—		3,850	9,868
1980–81	64,052,938	50,073,805	8,681,513	20,733,166	5,657,719		1,759,784	5,350,310	2,513,502		—		2,057,770	2,504,525	815,516	7,288,089	1,257,934	5,433,111	—		4,139	9,509
1981–82	70,339,448	54,848,752	9,648,069	22,962,527	5,929,894		1,922,416	5,979,281	2,734,038		—		2,203,726	2,684,945	783,854	7,997,632	1,258,777	6,234,287	—		4,433	9,374
1982–83	75,935,749	58,929,218	10,412,233	24,673,293	6,265,280		2,039,671	6,391,596	3,047,220		—		2,320,478	2,922,897	856,548	8,614,316	1,406,126	6,986,089	—		4,742	9,615
1983–84	81,993,360	63,741,276	11,561,260	26,436,308	6,723,534		2,231,149	6,729,825	3,300,003		—		2,499,203	3,301,673	958,321	9,250,196	1,622,233	7,379,654	—		5,114	9,998
1984–85	89,951,263	70,061,324	12,765,452	28,777,183	7,551,892		2,361,793	7,345,482	3,712,460		—		2,861,095	3,670,355	1,015,613	10,012,248	1,867,550	8,010,141	—		5,723	10,767
1985–86	97,535,742	76,127,965	13,913,724	31,032,099	8,437,367		2,551,331	7,605,226	4,116,061		—		3,119,533	4,160,174	1,192,449	10,528,303	2,187,361	8,692,113	—		6,216	11,367
1986–87	105,763,557	82,955,555	15,060,576	33,711,146	9,352,309		2,441,184	7,819,032	5,134,267		—		3,448,453	4,776,100	1,212,488	11,037,333	2,597,655	9,173,014	—		6,635	11,869
1987–88	113,786,476	89,157,430	16,171,015	35,833,563	10,350,931		2,836,498	8,230,986	5,305,083		—		3,786,362	5,325,358	1,317,633	11,399,953	2,822,632	10,406,461	—		6,984	11,996
1988–89	123,867,184	96,803,377	17,309,956	38,812,690	11,432,170		3,009,870	8,739,895	5,894,409		—		4,227,323	5,918,666	1,458,397	12,280,063	2,958,962	11,824,782	—		7,415	12,175
1989–90	134,655,571	105,585,076	19,062,179	42,145,987	12,505,961		3,254,239	9,458,262	6,183,405		—		4,689,758	6,655,544	1,629,742	13,203,984	3,187,224	12,679,286	—		7,799	12,222
1990–91	146,087,836	114,139,901	20,751,966	45,496,117	13,444,040		3,343,892	10,062,581	6,706,881		—		5,076,177	7,551,184	1,707,063	14,272,247	3,349,824	14,325,865	—		8,260	12,274
1991–92	156,189,161	121,567,157	21,984,118	47,997,196	14,261,554		3,595,834	10,346,580	6,981,184		—		5,489,298	9,060,000	1,851,393	14,966,100	3,551,592	16,104,313	—		8,466	12,190
1992–93	165,241,040	128,977,968	23,414,977	50,340,914	15,291,309		3,684,852	10,783,727	7,388,118		—		5,935,095	10,148,373	1,990,603	15,561,508	3,651,891	17,049,672	—		8,903	12,430
1993–94	173,350,617	136,024,350	24,489,022	52,775,599	16,117,610		3,908,412	11,368,496	7,769,499		—		6,242,414	11,238,010	2,115,288	16,429,341	3,387,323	17,509,603	—		9,509	12,941
1994–95	182,968,610	144,158,002	25,904,821	55,719,707	17,109,541		4,165,761	11,745,905	8,112,930		—		6,691,485	12,285,328	2,422,524	17,204,917	3,534,332	18,071,359	—		10,096	13,357
1995–96	189,986,238	150,927,324	27,683,381	57,572,851	17,519,665		4,299,177	12,257,540	9,010,262		—		7,045,145	13,138,965	2,400,338	17,569,276	3,492,548	17,997,090	—		10,583	13,630
Degree-granting institutions
1995–96	190,476,163	151,445,605	27,886,345	57,810,033	17,517,887		4,293,363	12,330,885	9,003,700		—		7,007,413	13,195,102	2,400,876	17,599,061	3,490,511	17,940,986	—		—	—

—Not available. 1 Academic support excluding expenditures for libraries. 2 Includes all separately budgeted programs, other than research, which are supported by sponsors outside the institution. Examples are training programs, workshops, and training and instructional institutes. For years not shown, most expenditures for these programs are included under "Extension and public service." 3 Generally includes only those expenditures associated with federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). 4 Data for 1929–30 to 1945–46 are based on school-year enrollment. 5 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. 6 Expenditures for federally funded research and development centers are included under "Organized research." 7 Included under "Other current expenditures." 8 Expenditures for hospitals included under "Organized activities related to instructional departments." 9 Expenditures were for federal contract courses. 10 Includes current expenditures for physical plant assets. In later years, the educational and general expenditures for physical plant assets are included under "Other general expenditures." NOTE: 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 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.) The data in this table reflect limitations of data availability and comparability. Major changes in data collection forms in 1965–66 and 1974–75 cause significant data comparability problems among the three mostly consistent time periods, 1929–30 to 1963–64, 1965–66 to 1973–74, and 1974–75 to 1995–96. The largest problems affect Hospitals, Independent operations, Organized research, Other sponsored programs, Extension and public service, and Scholarships and fellowships. 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, 1929–30 through 1963–64; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education," 1965–66 through 1985–86; and 1986–87 through 1995–96 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY87–96). (This table was prepared February 2006.)