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Table 334.40. Total expenditures of private nonprofit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and classification of institution: 2013-14
Classification of institution Total Instruction Research Public service Academic support Student services Institutional support Auxiliary enterprises1 Net grant aid to students2 Hospitals Independent operations Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  In thousands of current dollars
Total $172,547,895 $56,706,803 $17,734,816 $2,459,838 $15,449,364 $14,550,938 $22,621,924 $15,975,048 $867,482 $17,377,766 $5,693,990 $3,109,927
4-year 171,992,210 56,508,677 17,734,396 2,458,106 15,400,899 14,460,267 22,499,119 15,944,610 863,119 17,377,766 5,693,990 3,051,263
Research university, very high3 81,674,629 25,076,817 14,209,367 841,371 5,876,903 3,163,824 6,998,927 5,206,552 566,931 13,423,613 4,512,389 1,797,933
Research university, high4 12,449,099 4,523,567 1,020,637 179,572 1,835,801 958,259 1,658,653 1,524,309 22,379 495,685 55,457 174,779
Doctoral/research5 8,064,790 3,251,029 232,506 121,960 921,489 1,005,620 1,423,866 1,027,763 6,756 0 17,933 55,870
Master's6 28,648,501 11,016,240 281,531 296,349 2,914,859 4,616,036 5,329,868 3,708,088 87,939 31,986 128,585 237,021
Baccalaureate7 22,964,541 8,163,501 247,539 211,106 1,996,206 3,713,390 4,405,133 3,724,056 125,877 6,621 64,161 306,950
Special-focus institutions8  18,190,650 4,477,522 1,742,817 807,748 1,855,640 1,003,137 2,682,673 753,842 53,236 3,419,861 915,464 478,710
Art, music, or design 2,189,912 892,914 858 24,312 254,527 222,468 483,109 222,536 7,385 0 26,690 55,113
Business and management 714,741 237,701 7,296 740 93,625 109,924 171,783 70,215 619 0 2,409 20,427
Engineering or technology 295,415 133,085 2,935 0 20,879 47,834 65,883 18,734 2,942 0 49 3,073
Law 586,418 259,813 5,514 15,278 85,803 71,732 127,858 16,684 1,220 0 454 2,061
Medical or other health 12,155,664 2,221,126 1,714,569 681,191 1,176,313 336,052 1,245,936 198,779 10,177 3,419,861 875,117 276,544
Theological 1,854,769 588,040 7,972 58,154 188,833 173,112 492,656 203,407 29,565 0 10,744 102,285
Tribal9 106,488 28,695 1,087 11,048 6,193 15,956 23,677 2,088 1,154 0 0 16,590
Other special focus 287,244 116,149 2,586 17,024 29,467 26,059 71,771 21,399 173 0 0 2,617
2-year 555,685 198,126 420 1,732 48,465 90,671 122,804 30,438 4,364 0 0 58,664
Associate's of arts 536,040 193,764 107 1,571 44,044 88,847 118,432 30,144 1,223 0 0 57,908
Tribal9  19,646 4,362 313 161 4,421 1,825 4,373 295 3,140 0 0 756
  Percentage distribution
Total 100.00 32.86 10.28 1.43 8.95 8.43 13.11 9.26 0.50 10.07 3.30 1.80
4-year 100.00 32.86 10.31 1.43 8.95 8.41 13.08 9.27 0.50 10.10 3.31 1.77
Research university, very high3 100.00 30.70 17.40 1.03 7.20 3.87 8.57 6.37 0.69 16.44 5.52 2.20
Research university, high4 100.00 36.34 8.20 1.44 14.75 7.70 13.32 12.24 0.18 3.98 0.45 1.40
Doctoral/research5 100.00 40.31 2.88 1.51 11.43 12.47 17.66 12.74 0.08 0.00 0.22 0.69
Master's6 100.00 38.45 0.98 1.03 10.17 16.11 18.60 12.94 0.31 0.11 0.45 0.83
Baccalaureate7 100.00 35.55 1.08 0.92 8.69 16.17 19.18 16.22 0.55 0.03 0.28 1.34
Special-focus institutions8  100.00 24.61 9.58 4.44 10.20 5.51 14.75 4.14 0.29 18.80 5.03 2.63
Art, music, or design 100.00 40.77 0.04 1.11 11.62 10.16 22.06 10.16 0.34 0.00 1.22 2.52
Business and management 100.00 33.26 1.02 0.10 13.10 15.38 24.03 9.82 0.09 0.00 0.34 2.86
Engineering or technology 100.00 45.05 0.99 0.00 7.07 16.19 22.30 6.34 1.00 0.00 0.02 1.04
Law 100.00 44.31 0.94 2.61 14.63 12.23 21.80 2.85 0.21 0.00 0.08 0.35
Medical or other health 100.00 18.27 14.11 5.60 9.68 2.76 10.25 1.64 0.08 28.13 7.20 2.28
Theological 100.00 31.70 0.43 3.14 10.18 9.33 26.56 10.97 1.59 0.00 0.58 5.51
Tribal9 100.00 26.95 1.02 10.37 5.82 14.98 22.23 1.96 1.08 0.00 0.00 15.58
Other special focus 100.00 40.44 0.90 5.93 10.26 9.07 24.99 7.45 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.91
2-year 100.00 35.65 0.08 0.31 8.72 16.32 22.10 5.48 0.79 0.00 0.00 10.56
Associate's of arts 100.00 36.15 0.02 0.29 8.22 16.57 22.09 5.62 0.23 0.00 0.00 10.80
Tribal9  100.00 22.21 1.59 0.82 22.50 9.29 22.26 1.50 15.98 0.00 0.00 3.85
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total $51,362 $16,880 $5,279 $732 $4,599 $4,331 $6,734 $4,755 $258 $5,173 $1,695 $926
4-year 51,610 16,956 5,322 738 4,621 4,339 6,751 4,784 259 5,215 1,709 916
Research university, very high3 161,246 49,508 28,053 1,661 11,602 6,246 13,818 10,279 1,119 26,501 8,909 3,550
Research university, high4 46,333 16,836 3,799 668 6,832 3,566 6,173 5,673 83 1,845 206 650
Doctoral/research5 30,256 12,196 872 458 3,457 3,773 5,342 3,856 25 0 67 210
Master's6 22,862 8,791 225 236 2,326 3,684 4,253 2,959 70 26 103 189
Baccalaureate7 31,494 11,195 339 290 2,738 5,093 6,041 5,107 173 9 88 421
Special-focus institutions8  58,963 14,513 5,649 2,618 6,015 3,252 8,696 2,443 173 11,085 2,967 1,552
Art, music, or design 38,366 15,643 15 426 4,459 3,897 8,464 3,899 129 0 468 966
Business and management 23,555 7,834 240 24 3,086 3,623 5,661 2,314 20 0 79 673
Engineering or technology 19,853 8,944 197 0 1,403 3,215 4,428 1,259 198 0 3 207
Law 42,213 18,702 397 1,100 6,176 5,164 9,204 1,201 88 0 33 148
Medical or other health 111,616 20,395 15,744 6,255 10,801 3,086 11,440 1,825 93 31,402 8,036 2,539
Theological 25,151 7,974 108 789 2,561 2,347 6,681 2,758 401 0 146 1,387
Tribal9 41,403 11,157 423 4,295 2,408 6,204 9,206 812 449 0 0 6,450
Other special focus 40,491 16,373 364 2,400 4,154 3,673 10,117 3,016 24 0 0 369
2-year 20,664 7,367 16 64 1,802 3,372 4,567 1,132 162 0 0 2,181
Associate's of arts 20,354 7,357 4 60 1,672 3,374 4,497 1,145 46 0 0 2,199
Tribal9  35,334 7,846 563 290 7,952 3,282 7,864 530 5,648 0 0 1,359
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, fee, and auxiliary enterprise allowances and agency transactions, such as student awards made from contributed funds or grant funds. These exclusions account for the majority of total student grants.
3 Research universities with a very high level of research activity.
4 Research universities with a high level of research activity.
5 Institutions that award at least 20 doctor's degrees per year, but did not have high levels of research activity.
6 Institutions that award at least 50 master's degrees per year.
7 Institutions that primarily emphasize undergraduate education. Also includes institutions classified as 4-year under the IPEDS system, which had been classified as 2-year in the Carnegie classification system because they primarily award associate's degrees.
8 Four-year institutions that award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.
9 Tribally controlled colleges, which are located on reservations and are members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
NOTE: Relative levels of research activity for research universities were determined by an analysis of research and development expenditures, science and engineering research staffing, and doctoral degrees conferred, by field. Further information on the Carnegie 2005 classification system used in this table may be obtained from http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/. 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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2014, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2015, Finance component. (This table was prepared November 2015.)

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