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Table 368. Total revenue of private for-profit degree-granting institutions, by source of funds and type of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2008-09
Type of institution and year Total revenue and investment return, by source of funds
Total Student tuition and fees
(net of allowances)
Federal appropri- ations, grants, and contracts State and local appropriations,
grants, and contracts
Private gifts, grants, and contracts Invest- ment return Educa- tional activities Auxiliary enter- prises Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  In thousands of current dollars
All institu-
   tions
                 
1999-2000 $4,321,985 $3,721,032 $198,923 $71,904 $2,151 $18,537 $70,672 $156,613 $82,153
2002-03 7,496,714 6,712,019 282,521 50,265 5,545 15,112 92,380 250,712 88,160
2003-04 8,989,815 8,049,205 397,828 59,112 7,079 16,813 139,125 238,735 81,918
2004-05 10,979,154 9,566,692 673,950 63,227 7,138 24,526 231,957 252,199 159,465
2005-06 12,586,553 11,016,780 799,544 67,008 4,108 43,962 195,099 270,433 189,620
2006-07 13,978,218 12,329,854 726,002 69,944 3,715 48,802 245,526 312,301 242,073
2007-08 16,083,784 14,029,958 959,684 67,926 4,755 64,848 289,640 351,900 315,073
2008-09 19,373,779 16,740,041 1,407,615 130,378 80,345 38,707 368,034 395,728 212,930
                   
4-year                  
1999-2000 2,381,042 2,050,136 103,865 39,460 1,109 10,340 33,764 102,103 40,266
2002-03 4,753,546 4,353,233 108,806 9,757 3,064 5,952 58,281 173,027 41,427
2003-04 6,016,415 5,489,245 196,945 15,076 3,696 10,931 104,314 164,260 31,948
2004-05 7,692,472 6,864,048 345,810 21,146 4,035 17,332 173,830 201,512 64,760
2005-06 9,124,105 8,225,732 399,919 31,576 2,851 35,383 160,863 190,409 77,373
2006-07 10,307,793 9,227,102 446,632 35,145 2,426 37,052 211,132 217,725 130,579
2007-08 12,174,363 10,751,121 644,062 30,688 2,638 50,771 246,419 269,771 178,894
2008-09 14,766,008 12,954,629 897,503 80,021 71,601 35,461 327,474 297,764 101,555
                   
2-year                  
1999-2000 1,940,943 1,670,896 95,058 32,444 1,042 8,197 36,908 54,510 41,888
2002-03 2,743,168 2,358,786 173,715 40,508 2,482 9,160 34,099 77,685 46,733
2003-04 2,973,400 2,559,960 200,883 44,036 3,383 5,882 34,811 74,475 49,970
2004-05 3,286,682 2,702,644 328,141 42,081 3,103 7,194 58,127 50,687 94,705
2005-06 3,462,448 2,791,047 399,626 35,431 1,257 8,579 34,236 80,025 112,247
2006-07 3,670,424 3,102,752 279,370 34,799 1,289 11,750 34,394 94,576 111,494
2007-08 3,909,421 3,278,837 315,622 37,238 2,117 14,077 43,222 82,129 136,178
2008-09 4,607,770 3,785,412 510,112 50,358 8,745 3,246 40,560 97,964 111,374
  Percentage distribution
All institu-
   tions
                 
1999-2000 100.00 86.10 4.60 1.66 0.05 0.43 1.64 3.62 1.90
2002-03 100.00 89.53 3.77 0.67 0.07 0.20 1.23 3.34 1.18
2003-04 100.00 89.54 4.43 0.66 0.08 0.19 1.55 2.66 0.91
2004-05 100.00 87.14 6.14 0.58 0.07 0.22 2.11 2.30 1.45
2005-06 100.00 87.53 6.35 0.53 0.03 0.35 1.55 2.15 1.51
2006-07 100.00 88.21 5.19 0.50 0.03 0.35 1.76 2.23 1.73
2007-08 100.00 87.23 5.97 0.42 0.03 0.40 1.80 2.19 1.96
2008-09 100.00 86.41 7.27 0.67 0.41 0.20 1.90 2.04 1.10
                   
4-year                  
1999-2000 100.00 86.10 4.36 1.66 0.05 0.43 1.42 4.29 1.69
2002-03 100.00 91.58 2.29 0.21 0.06 0.13 1.23 3.64 0.87
2003-04 100.00 91.24 3.27 0.25 0.06 0.18 1.73 2.73 0.53
2004-05 100.00 89.23 4.50 0.27 0.05 0.23 2.26 2.62 0.84
2005-06 100.00 90.15 4.38 0.35 0.03 0.39 1.76 2.09 0.85
2006-07 100.00 89.52 4.33 0.34 0.02 0.36 2.05 2.11 1.27
2007-08 100.00 88.31 5.29 0.25 0.02 0.42 2.02 2.22 1.47
2008-09 100.00 87.73 6.08 0.54 0.48 0.24 2.22 2.02 0.69
                   
2-year                  
1999-2000 100.00 86.09 4.90 1.67 0.05 0.42 1.90 2.81 2.16
2002-03 100.00 85.99 6.33 1.48 0.09 0.33 1.24 2.83 1.70
2003-04 100.00 86.10 6.76 1.48 0.11 0.20 1.17 2.50 1.68
2004-05 100.00 82.23 9.98 1.28 0.09 0.22 1.77 1.54 2.88
2005-06 100.00 80.61 11.54 1.02 0.04 0.25 0.99 2.31 3.24
2006-07 100.00 84.53 7.61 0.95 0.04 0.32 0.94 2.58 3.04
2007-08 100.00 83.87 8.07 0.95 0.05 0.36 1.11 2.10 3.48
2008-09 100.00 82.15 11.07 1.09 0.19 0.07 0.88 2.13 2.42
  Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2008-09 dollars1 
All institu-
   tions
                 
1999-2000 $14,248 $12,267 $656 $237 $7 $61 $233 $516 $271
2002-03 16,344 14,633 616 110 12 33 201 547 192
2003-04 16,027 14,350 709 105 13 30 248 426 146
2004-05 15,600 13,593 958 90 10 35 330 358 227
2005-06 15,077 13,197 958 80 5 53 234 324 227
2006-07 15,579 13,742 809 78 4 54 274 348 270
2007-08 15,825 13,804 944 67 5 64 285 346 310
2008-09 15,211 13,143 1,105 102 63 30 289 311 167
                   
4-year                  
1999-2000 14,462 12,452 631 240 7 63 205 620 245
2002-03 16,209 14,844 371 33 10 20 199 590 141
2003-04 16,251 14,827 532 41 10 30 282 444 86
2004-05 15,557 13,882 699 43 8 35 352 408 131
2005-06 14,858 13,395 651 51 5 58 262 310 126
2006-07 15,394 13,780 667 52 4 55 315 325 195
2007-08 15,645 13,816 828 39 3 65 317 347 230
2008-09 15,069 13,220 916 82 73 36 334 304 104
                   
2-year                  
1999-2000 13,995 12,048 685 234 8 59 266 393 302
2002-03 16,583 14,259 1,050 245 15 55 206 470 283
2003-04 15,592 13,424 1,053 231 18 31 183 391 262
2004-05 15,701 12,911 1,568 201 15 34 278 242 452
2005-06 15,688 12,646 1,811 161 6 39 155 363 509
2006-07 16,124 13,630 1,227 153 6 52 151 415 490
2007-08 16,410 13,763 1,325 156 9 59 181 345 572
2008-09 15,685 12,886 1,736 171 30 11 138 333 379
1 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: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999-2000 through 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:99) and Spring 2002 through Spring 2010. (This table was prepared October 2010.)

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