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Table 337.Educational and general expenditures of public 2-year colleges, by purpose: 1976-77 to 1992-93

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            |                                        Educational and general expenditures
            |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    Year    |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |Operation and|Scholarships|
            |   Total   |Instruction|  Admini-  |  Student  | Research  |Libraries|  Public  | maintenance |    and     |Mandatory
            |           |           |stration\1\| services  |           |         | service  |  of plant   |fellowships |transfers
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     1      |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |    7    |    8     |      9      |     10     |   11
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            |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
            |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1976-77 ....|$4,875,998 |$2,490,274 |  $882,813 |  $409,217 |   $15,698 |$171,409 |  $97,635 |    $547,515 |   $142,827 |$118,610
1977-78 ....| 5,336,153 | 2,700,489 | 1,035,206 |   437,060 |     9,333 | 188,201 |  112,944 |     605,464 |    117,996 | 129,458
1978-79 ....| 5,734,611 | 2,877,651 | 1,119,840 |   482,323 |    21,289 | 193,703 |  110,918 |     650,447 |    127,633 | 150,807
1979-80 ....| 6,334,777 | 3,185,815 | 1,204,082 |   547,457 |    26,288 | 202,583 |  141,000 |     743,014 |    147,865 | 136,672
1980-81 ....| 7,063,474 | 3,575,743 | 1,347,020 |   615,869 |    26,591 | 222,391 |  152,597 |     844,781 |    159,474 | 119,008
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....| 7,757,435 | 3,947,065 | 1,473,733 |   684,650 |    15,632 | 262,697 |  147,385 |     952,691 |    160,109 | 113,473
1982-83 ....| 8,292,446 | 4,218,388 | 1,620,644 |   741,179 |    18,090 | 248,682 |  123,722 |   1,016,267 |    175,069 | 130,403
1983-84 ....| 8,820,575 | 4,481,854 | 1,748,535 |   775,084 |    18,189 | 263,485 |  150,109 |   1,076,371 |    178,500 | 128,448
1984-85 ....| 9,560,507 | 4,806,050 | 1,929,968 |   841,101 |    15,591 | 278,363 |  193,903 |   1,156,074 |    207,975 | 131,482
1985-86 ....|10,252,955 | 5,116,884 | 2,122,060 |   920,299 |    10,136 | 295,691 |  202,440 |   1,220,646 |    225,979 | 138,820
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|10,845,969 | 5,382,631 | 2,363,275 | 1,020,496 |    12,508 | 246,131 |  235,115 |   1,252,152 |    243,402 |  90,258
1987-88 ....|11,666,586 | 5,741,049 | 2,479,661 | 1,157,858 |    11,358 | 316,278 |  264,809 |   1,326,748 |    280,247 |  88,578
1988-89 ....|12,666,590 | 6,278,809 | 2,727,058 | 1,197,748 |    14,864 | 328,809 |  314,250 |   1,414,420 |    299,491 |  91,142
1989-90 ....|13,875,566 | 6,909,109 | 2,977,932 | 1,344,339 |    19,213 | 353,165 |  336,927 |   1,526,086 |    314,906 |  93,889
1990-91 ....|15,124,313 | 7,540,344 | 3,265,233 | 1,494,583 |    19,390 | 372,492 |  364,384 |   1,621,542 |    357,343 |  89,001
1991-92\2\ .|16,267,915 | 8,183,678 | 3,408,080 | 1,660,958 |    24,747 | 393,325 |  365,281 |   1,684,796 |    450,572 |  96,477
1992-93\3\ .|17,255,624 | 8,645,466 | 3,598,745 | 1,797,787 |    27,510 | 390,684 |  400,927 |   1,750,489 |    535,406 | 108,610
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            |                                              Percentage distribution
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1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      51.1 |      18.1 |       8.4 |       0.3 |     3.5 |      2.0 |        11.2 |        2.9 |     2.4
1977-78 ....|     100.0 |      50.6 |      19.4 |       8.2 |       0.2 |     3.5 |      2.1 |        11.3 |        2.2 |     2.4
1978-79 ....|     100.0 |      50.2 |      19.5 |       8.4 |       0.4 |     3.4 |      1.9 |        11.3 |        2.2 |     2.6
1979-80 ....|     100.0 |      50.3 |      19.0 |       8.6 |       0.4 |     3.2 |      2.2 |        11.7 |        2.3 |     2.2
1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      50.6 |      19.1 |       8.7 |       0.4 |     3.1 |      2.2 |        12.0 |        2.3 |     1.7
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|     100.0 |      50.9 |      19.0 |       8.8 |       0.2 |     3.4 |      1.9 |        12.3 |        2.1 |     1.5
1982-83 ....|     100.0 |      50.9 |      19.5 |       8.9 |       0.2 |     3.0 |      1.5 |        12.3 |        2.1 |     1.6
1983-84 ....|     100.0 |      50.8 |      19.8 |       8.8 |       0.2 |     3.0 |      1.7 |        12.2 |        2.0 |     1.5
1984-85 ....|     100.0 |      50.3 |      20.2 |       8.8 |       0.2 |     2.9 |      2.0 |        12.1 |        2.2 |     1.4
1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      49.9 |      20.7 |       9.0 |       0.1 |     2.9 |      2.0 |        11.9 |        2.2 |     1.4
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      49.6 |      21.8 |       9.4 |       0.1 |     2.3 |      2.2 |        11.5 |        2.2 |     0.8
1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      49.2 |      21.3 |       9.9 |       0.1 |     2.7 |      2.3 |        11.4 |        2.4 |     0.8
1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      49.6 |      21.5 |       9.5 |       0.1 |     2.6 |      2.5 |        11.2 |        2.4 |     0.7
1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      49.8 |      21.5 |       9.7 |       0.1 |     2.5 |      2.4 |        11.0 |        2.3 |     0.7
1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      49.9 |      21.6 |       9.9 |       0.1 |     2.5 |      2.4 |        10.7 |        2.4 |     0.6
1991-92\2\ .|     100.0 |      50.3 |      20.9 |      10.2 |       0.2 |     2.4 |      2.2 |        10.4 |        2.8 |     0.6
1992-93\3\ .|     100.0 |      50.1 |      20.9 |      10.4 |       0.2 |     2.3 |      2.3 |        10.1 |        3.1 |     0.6
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            |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1992-93 dollars
            |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1976-77 ....|    $5,404 |    $2,760 |      $978 |      $454 |       $17 |    $190 |     $108 |        $607 |       $158 |    $131
1977-78 ....|     5,442 |     2,754 |     1,056 |       446 |        10 |     192 |      115 |         617 |        120 |     132
1978-79 ....|     5,628 |     2,824 |     1,099 |       473 |        21 |     190 |      109 |         638 |        125 |     148
1979-80 ....|     5,542 |     2,787 |     1,053 |       479 |        23 |     177 |      123 |         650 |        129 |     120
1980-81 ....|     5,305 |     2,685 |     1,012 |       463 |        20 |     167 |      115 |         634 |        120 |      89
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|     5,300 |     2,697 |     1,007 |       468 |        11 |     179 |      101 |         651 |        109 |      78
1982-83 ....|     5,019 |     2,553 |       981 |       449 |        11 |     151 |       75 |         615 |        106 |      79
1983-84 ....|     5,095 |     2,589 |     1,010 |       448 |        11 |     152 |       87 |         622 |        103 |      74
1984-85 ....|     5,594 |     2,812 |     1,129 |       492 |         9 |     163 |      113 |         676 |        122 |      77
1985-86 ....|     5,779 |     2,884 |     1,196 |       519 |         6 |     167 |      114 |         688 |        127 |      78
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     5,861 |     2,909 |     1,277 |       551 |         7 |     133 |      127 |         677 |        132 |      49
1987-88 ....|     5,773 |     2,841 |     1,227 |       573 |         6 |     156 |      131 |         656 |        139 |      44
1988-89 ....|     5,810 |     2,880 |     1,251 |       549 |         7 |     151 |      144 |         649 |        137 |      42
1989-90 ....|     5,666 |     2,821 |     1,216 |       549 |         8 |     144 |      138 |         623 |        129 |      38
1990-91 ....|     5,725 |     2,854 |     1,236 |       566 |         7 |     141 |      138 |         614 |        135 |      34
1991-92\2\ .|     5,481 |     2,757 |     1,148 |       560 |         8 |     133 |      123 |         568 |        152 |      33
1992-93\3\ .|     5,542 |     2,776 |     1,156 |       577 |         9 |     125 |      129 |         562 |        172 |      35
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\1\Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.
\2\Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
\3\Preliminary data.

NOTE.--Data in this table may differ slightly from data appearing in other tables. Data for 1976-77 through 1985-86 include only institutions which provided both enrollment and finance data. The Higher Education Price Index was used to convert the per student figures to constant dollars. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys; and Research Associates of Washington, unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 1995.)


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