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

NCES 2009-020
March 2009


Table 366. Total expenditures of private for-profit degree-granting institutions, by purpose and type of institution: 1998–99 through 2005–06
Year and type of institution Total expenditures, by purpose
Total Instruction Research and public service Student services, academic and institutional support Auxiliary
enterprises1 
Net grant aid to
students2 
Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  In thousands of current dollars
All institutions              
1998–99 $3,153,591 $1,132,766 $27,060 $1,823,453 $135,398 $34,913
1999–2000 3,846,246 1,171,732 24,738 2,041,594 144,305 26,278 $437,599
2000–01 4,235,781 1,310,054 22,896 2,337,151 181,243 43,788 340,649
2001–02 5,087,292 1,517,389 16,632 2,977,225 213,195 23,283 339,567
2002–03 6,110,378 1,747,725 17,987 3,670,218 240,380 36,031 398,037
2003–04 7,364,012 1,883,733 8,606 4,592,730 249,472 56,467 573,004
2004–05 8,830,792 2,313,895 7,583 5,693,200 269,883 54,819 491,411
2005–06 10,208,845 2,586,870 8,445 6,569,329 276,587 66,569 701,044
               
4–year              
1998–99 1,484,139 499,337 6,703 876,636 81,411 20,052
1999–2000 2,022,622 595,976 4,393 1,104,001 92,071 11,805 214,377
2000–01 2,414,655 726,328 4,878 1,385,095 113,371 18,519 166,465
2001–02 3,046,929 883,899 3,192 1,842,373 134,740 8,229 174,495
2002–03 3,754,727 1,030,470 5,339 2,337,388 153,528 14,813 213,190
2003–04 4,821,864 1,143,050 3,705 3,108,697 168,069 32,603 365,740
2004–05 5,989,792 1,430,196 3,513 4,110,514 180,036 38,639 226,894
2005–06 7,218,830 1,680,603 4,065 4,985,531 179,064 54,291 315,276
               
2–year              
1998–99 1,669,451 633,429 20,357 946,817 53,987 14,861
1999–2000 1,823,624 575,756 20,345 937,593 52,234 14,473 223,223
2000–01 1,821,126 583,727 18,019 952,056 67,872 25,269 174,184
2001–02 2,040,363 633,490 13,440 1,134,853 78,455 15,054 165,071
2002–03 2,355,650 717,255 12,648 1,332,830 86,853 21,218 184,846
2003–04 2,542,148 740,683 4,901 1,484,033 81,403 23,864 207,264
2004–05 2,840,999 883,699 4,070 1,582,687 89,846 16,181 264,517
2005–06 2,990,015 906,267 4,381 1,583,798 97,523 12,278 385,768
  Percentage distribution
All institutions              
1998–99 100.00 35.92 0.86 57.82 4.29 1.11
1999–2000 100.00 30.46 0.64 53.08 3.75 0.68 11.38
2000–01 100.00 30.93 0.54 55.18 4.28 1.03 8.04
2001–02 100.00 29.83 0.33 58.52 4.19 0.46 6.67
2002–03 100.00 28.60 0.29 60.07 3.93 0.59 6.51
2003–04 100.00 25.58 0.12 62.37 3.39 0.77 7.78
2004–05 100.00 26.20 0.09 64.47 3.06 0.62 5.56
2005–06 100.00 25.34 0.08 64.35 2.71 0.65 6.87
               
4–year              
1998–99 100.00 33.64 0.45 59.07 5.49 1.35
1999–2000 100.00 29.47 0.22 54.58 4.55 0.58 10.60
2000–01 100.00 30.08 0.20 57.36 4.70 0.77 6.89
2001–02 100.00 29.01 0.10 60.47 4.42 0.27 5.73
2002–03 100.00 27.44 0.14 62.25 4.09 0.39 5.68
2003–04 100.00 23.71 0.08 64.47 3.49 0.68 7.59
2004–05 100.00 23.88 0.06 68.63 3.01 0.65 3.79
2005–06 100.00 23.28 0.06 69.06 2.48 0.75 4.37
               
2–year              
1998–99 100.00 37.94 1.22 56.71 3.23 0.89
1999–2000 100.00 31.57 1.12 51.41 2.86 0.79 12.24
2000–01 100.00 32.05 0.99 52.28 3.73 1.39 9.56
2001–02 100.00 31.05 0.66 55.62 3.85 0.74 8.09
2002–03 100.00 30.45 0.54 56.58 3.69 0.90 7.85
2003–04 100.00 29.14 0.19 58.38 3.20 0.94 8.15
2004–05 100.00 31.11 0.14 55.71 3.16 0.57 9.31
2005–06 100.00 30.31 0.15 52.97 3.26 0.41 12.90
  Total expenditures per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
All institutions              
1998–99 9,685 3,479 83 5,600 416 107
1999–2000 10,000 3,046 64 5,308 375 68 1,138
2000–01 10,781 3,334 58 5,949 461 111 867
2001–02 11,144 3,324 36 6,522 467 51 744
2002–03 11,301 3,232 33 6,788 445 67 736
2003–04 11,381 2,911 13 7,098 386 87 886
2004–05 11,205 2,936 10 7,224 342 70 624
2005–06 11,336 2,873 9 7,295 307 74 778
               
4–year              
1998–99 9,117 3,068 41 5,385 500 123
1999–2000 9,688 2,855 21 5,288 441 57 1,027
2000–01 10,588 3,185 21 6,074 497 81 730
2001–02 11,021 3,197 12 6,664 487 30 631
2002–03 10,862 2,981 15 6,762 444 43 617
2003–04 11,291 2,677 9 7,279 394 76 856
2004–05 10,818 2,583 6 7,424 325 70 410
2005–06 10,897 2,537 6 7,526 270 82 476
               
2–year              
1998–99 10,252 3,890 125 5,815 332 91
1999–2000 10,370 3,274 116 5,332 297 82 1,269
2000–01 11,048 3,541 109 5,776 412 153 1,057
2001–02 11,333 3,519 75 6,303 436 84 917
2002–03 12,081 3,678 65 6,835 445 109 948
2003–04 11,557 3,367 22 6,747 370 108 942
2004–05 12,120 3,770 17 6,752 383 69 1,128
2005–06 12,558 3,806 18 6,652 410 52 1,620
  Total expenditures per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2006-07 dollars3 
All institutions              
1998–99 12,016 4,316 103 6,948 516 133
1999–2000 12,059 3,674 78 6,401 452 82 1,372
2000–01 10,818 3,346 58 5,969 463 112 870
2001–02 12,766 3,808 42 7,471 535 58 852
2002–03 12,669 3,624 37 7,609 498 75 825
2003–04 12,485 3,194 15 7,787 423 96 971
2004–05 11,933 3,127 10 7,693 365 74 664
2005–06 11,630 2,947 10 7,484 315 76 799
               
4–year              
1998–99 11,311 3,806 51 6,681 620 153
1999–2000 11,683 3,442 25 6,377 532 68 1,238
2000–01 12,345 3,713 25 7,081 580 95 851
2001–02 12,625 3,663 13 7,634 558 34 723
2002–03 12,176 3,342 17 7,580 498 48 691
2003–04 12,386 2,936 10 7,985 432 84 939
2004–05 11,520 2,751 7 7,906 346 74 436
2005–06 11,179 2,603 6 7,721 277 84 488
               
2–year              
1998–99 12,720 4,826 155 7,214 411 113
1999–2000 12,505 3,948 140 6,429 358 99 1,531
2000–01 12,881 4,129 127 6,734 480 179 1,232
2001–02 12,983 4,031 86 7,221 499 96 1,050
2002–03 13,542 4,123 73 7,662 499 122 1,063
2003–04 12,678 3,694 24 7,401 406 119 1,034
2004–05 12,907 4,015 18 7,190 408 74 1,202
2005–06 12,883 3,905 19 6,824 420 53 1,662
— Not available.
1 Essentially self-supporting operations of institutions that furnish a service to students, fac­ulty, or staff, such as residence halls and food services.
2 Excludes tuition and fee allowances and agency transactions, such as student awards made from contributed funds or grant funds.
3 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.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1998–99 through 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enroll­ment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:98–99) and "Finance Survey" (IPEDS-F:FY99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2007. (This table was prepared May 2008.)