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Digest of Education Statistics: 2008
Digest of Education Statistics: 2008

NCES 2009-020
March 2009


Table 354. Total revenue of private not-for-profit degree-granting institutions, by source of funds and type of institution: 2005–06
Type of institution Total revenue, by source of funds
Total Student tuition and fees (net of allowances) Federal appro-priations, grants, and contracts1  State appro-priations, grants, and contracts Local appro-priations, grants, and contracts Private gifts, grants, and contracts2  Investment return
(gain or loss)
Educational activities Auxiliary enterprises Hospitals Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
  In thousands of current dollars
Total $152,744,665 $44,263,227 $19,683,291 $1,558,741 $517,109 $18,346,525 $35,634,520 $3,716,409 $11,610,762 $11,536,658 $5,877,423
4-year 152,150,193 43,944,766 19,607,858 1,530,038 515,776 18,288,085 35,603,805 3,699,630 11,573,115 11,536,658 5,850,463
Doctoral, extensive3  82,327,996 12,599,328 15,467,909 676,060 295,553 9,293,974 24,784,719 2,489,408 4,081,331 9,731,100 2,908,614
Doctoral, intensive4  10,491,529 4,841,896 760,639 166,178 22,605 1,007,381 1,744,936 599,124 959,165 0 389,605
Master's5  22,092,017 12,993,241 939,586 282,557 8,439 2,137,584 2,028,793 146,383 2,745,491 136,053 673,891
Baccalaureate6  22,369,442 8,724,211 729,570 191,274 7,354 3,515,424 5,532,926 139,679 3,032,897 0 496,107
Specialized institutions7  14,869,209 4,786,091 1,710,153 213,970 181,825 2,333,722 1,512,431 325,037 754,230 1,669,505 1,382,246
Art, music, or design 2,032,205 972,336 19,437 11,845 2,331 354,104 232,401 20,502 138,868 0 280,381
Business and management 854,178 619,700 10,187 10,899 844 42,858 51,708 4,324 90,947 0 22,711
Engineering or technology 434,536 177,411 17,634 3,722 0 76,056 112,990 574 44,946 0 1,203
Medical or other health 7,426,850 1,314,810 1,517,524 151,412 171,533 891,762 538,931 254,994 164,491 1,668,995 752,399
Theological 2,078,732 522,358 44,295 11,382 849 724,070 427,510 15,933 187,004 0 145,331
Tribal8  48,618 1,167 32,928 1,958 0 2,530 256 170 1,712 0 7,897
Other specialized 1,994,091 1,178,309 68,149 22,752 6,269 242,343 148,635 28,540 126,262 510 172,323
2-year 594,473 318,460 75,433 28,703 1,333 58,441 30,716 16,778 37,648 0 26,960
Associate's of arts 545,808 314,363 40,013 28,256 392 57,400 30,442 16,053 36,475 0 22,415
Tribal8  48,665 4,098 35,420 446 941 1,041 274 725 1,173 0 4,546
  Percentage distribution
Total 100.00 28.98 12.89 1.02 0.34 12.01 23.33 2.43 7.60 7.55 3.85
4-year 100.00 28.88 12.89 1.01 0.34 12.02 23.40 2.43 7.61 7.58 3.85
Doctoral, extensive3  100.00 15.30 18.79 0.82 0.36 11.29 30.10 3.02 4.96 11.82 3.53
Doctoral, intensive4  100.00 46.15 7.25 1.58 0.22 9.60 16.63 5.71 9.14 0.00 3.71
Master's5  100.00 58.81 4.25 1.28 0.04 9.68 9.18 0.66 12.43 0.62 3.05
Baccalaureate6  100.00 39.00 3.26 0.86 0.03 15.72 24.73 0.62 13.56 0.00 2.22
Specialized institutions7  100.00 32.19 11.50 1.44 1.22 15.69 10.17 2.19 5.07 11.23 9.30
Art, music, or design 100.00 47.85 0.96 0.58 0.11 17.42 11.44 1.01 6.83 0.00 13.80
Business and management 100.00 72.55 1.19 1.28 0.10 5.02 6.05 0.51 10.65 0.00 2.66
Engineering or technology 100.00 40.83 4.06 0.86 0.00 17.50 26.00 0.13 10.34 0.00 0.28
Medical or other health 100.00 17.70 20.43 2.04 2.31 12.01 7.26 3.43 2.21 22.47 10.13
Theological 100.00 25.13 2.13 0.55 0.04 34.83 20.57 0.77 9.00 0.00 6.99
Tribal8  100.00 2.40 67.73 4.03 0.00 5.20 0.53 0.35 3.52 0.00 16.24
Other specialized 100.00 59.09 3.42 1.14 0.31 12.15 7.45 1.43 6.33 0.03 8.64
2-year 100.00 53.57 12.69 4.83 0.22 9.83 5.17 2.82 6.33 0.00 4.54
Associate's of arts 100.00 57.60 7.33 5.18 0.07 10.52 5.58 2.94 6.68 0.00 4.11
Tribal8  100.00 8.42 72.78 0.92 1.93 2.14 0.56 1.49 2.41 0.00 9.34
  Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total $52,506 $15,215 $6,766 $536 $178 $6,307 $12,249 $1,278 $3,991 $3,966 $2,020
4-year 52,870 15,270 6,813 532 179 6,355 12,372 1,286 4,021 4,009 2,033
Doctoral, extensive3  133,793 20,475 25,137 1,099 480 15,104 40,278 4,046 6,633 15,814 4,727
Doctoral, intensive4  38,185 17,623 2,768 605 82 3,666 6,351 2,181 3,491 0 1,418
Master's5  23,262 13,681 989 298 9 2,251 2,136 154 2,891 143 710
Baccalaureate6  32,889 12,827 1,073 281 11 5,169 8,135 205 4,459 0 729
Specialized institutions7  41,549 13,374 4,779 598 508 6,521 4,226 908 2,108 4,665 3,862
Art, music, or design 42,107 20,147 403 245 48 7,337 4,815 425 2,877 0 5,809
Business and management 15,739 11,419 188 201 16 790 953 80 1,676 0 418
Engineering or technology 20,768 8,479 843 178 0 3,635 5,400 27 2,148 0 57
Medical or other health 110,710 19,599 22,621 2,257 2,557 13,293 8,034 3,801 2,452 24,879 11,216
Theological 27,094 6,808 577 148 11 9,437 5,572 208 2,437 0 1,894
Tribal8  22,815 548 15,452 919 0 1,187 120 80 803 0 3,706
Other specialized 22,537 13,317 770 257 71 2,739 1,680 323 1,427 6 1,948
2-year 19,004 10,181 2,411 918 43 1,868 982 536 1,204 0 862
Associate's of arts 18,413 10,605 1,350 953 13 1,936 1,027 542 1,231 0 756
Tribal8  29,692 2,500 21,611 272 574 635 167 443 715 0 2,773
1 Includes independent operations.
2 Includes contributions from affiliated entities.
3 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.
4 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.
5 Master's institutions offer a full range of baccalaureate programs and are committed to Education through the master's degree. They award at least 20 master's degrees per year. 6 Baccalaureate institutions primarily emphasize undergraduate education.
7 Specialized 4-year institutions award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering. Includes some institutions that have 4-year programs, but have not reported sufficient data to identify program category. Also includes institutions classified as 4-year under the IPEDS system, which had been classified as 2-year in the Carnegie system because they primarily award associate's degrees.
8 Tribally controlled colleges are located on reservations and are members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2006 and Spring 2007. (This table was prepared May 2008.)