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Table 339.Educational and general expenditures of public 4-year colleges,\1\ by purpose: 1976-77 to 1993-94

    
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            |                                        Educational and general expenditures
            |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Year    |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |Operation and|Scholarships|
            |   Total   |Instruction|  Admini-  |  Student  | Research  |Libraries |  Public  | maintenance |    and     |Mandatory
            |           |           |stration\2\| services  |           |          | service  |  of plant   |fellowships |transfers
------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|-------------|------------|---------
     1      |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |    7     |    8     |      9      |     10     |   11
------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|-------------|------------|---------
            |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
            |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1976-77 ....|$8,682,538 |$4,027,051 |$1,445,651 |  $500,832 |  $607,235 | $340,002 | $250,152 |  $1,001,848 |   $338,432 |$171,335
1977-78 ....| 9,568,977 | 4,423,487 | 1,598,092 |   572,193 |   677,414 |  369,408 |  274,314 |   1,118,393 |    332,899 | 202,777
1978-79 ....|10,455,134 | 4,770,598 | 1,789,534 |   651,541 |   786,072 |  395,299 |  301,387 |   1,214,996 |    337,588 | 208,119
1979-80 ....|11,750,398 | 5,271,621 | 2,029,327 |   733,557 |   937,874 |  448,190 |  359,467 |   1,375,308 |    383,036 | 212,019
1980-81 ....|13,139,618 | 5,890,759 | 2,258,987 |   807,249 | 1,043,614 |  511,817 |  407,816 |   1,563,514 |    412,972 | 242,890
            |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|14,321,586 | 6,537,888 | 2,518,182 |   834,225 | 1,086,146 |  536,080 |  440,736 |   1,738,210 |    403,069 | 227,050
1982-83 ....|15,286,145 | 6,980,269 | 2,660,360 |   904,745 | 1,150,011 |  559,353 |  469,841 |   1,857,151 |    450,067 | 254,349
1983-84 ....|16,538,128 | 7,464,035 | 3,013,666 | 1,041,488 | 1,246,289 |  622,879 |  513,732 |   1,873,628 |    473,503 | 288,908
1984-85 ....|18,333,578 | 8,211,171 | 3,370,676 | 1,140,312 | 1,420,844 |  669,518 |  603,018 |   2,137,225 |    489,188 | 291,626
1985-86 ....|19,860,947 | 8,945,373 | 3,658,627 | 1,235,418 | 1,618,737 |  712,112 |  648,178 |   2,118,522 |    569,841 | 354,139
            |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|21,490,078 | 9,608,239 | 4,019,850 | 1,318,666 | 1,846,712 |  695,692 |  766,865 |   2,226,599 |    660,940 | 346,515
1987-88 ....|23,124,455 |10,310,532 | 4,261,440 | 1,434,726 | 2,053,638 |  774,274 |  864,347 |   2,340,495 |    711,704 | 373,299
1988-89 ....|24,639,653 |10,991,086 | 4,496,286 | 1,504,869 | 2,305,152 |  813,801 |  941,434 |   2,429,103 |    754,412 | 403,508
1989-90 ....|27,210,634 |12,079,093 | 5,076,792 | 1,648,526 | 2,525,080 |  888,526 |1,088,113 |   2,607,385 |    871,944 | 425,175
1990-91 ....|28,903,790 |12,818,677 | 5,374,417 | 1,800,723 | 2,745,613 |  888,162 |1,145,892 |   2,728,949 |    963,436 | 437,921
            |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|30,720,827 |13,270,992 | 5,805,724 | 1,868,329 | 2,986,474 |  945,097 |1,310,700 |   2,782,200 |  1,248,220 | 503,091
1992-93 ....|33,119,294 |13,906,211 | 6,416,859 | 2,164,309 | 3,246,542 |  979,635 |1,447,684 |   2,960,373 |  1,457,901 | 539,779
1993-94\3\ .|34,477,869 |14,519,321 | 6,477,847 | 2,135,560 | 3,473,971 |1,018,304 |1,525,406 |   3,084,509 |  1,685,785 | 557,166
            |======================================================================================================================
            |                                              Percentage distribution
            |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      46.4 |      16.7 |       5.8 |       7.0 |      3.9 |      2.9 |        11.5 |        3.9 |     2.0
1977-78 ....|     100.0 |      46.2 |      16.7 |       6.0 |       7.1 |      3.9 |      2.9 |        11.7 |        3.5 |     2.1
1978-79 ....|     100.0 |      45.6 |      17.1 |       6.2 |       7.5 |      3.8 |      2.9 |        11.6 |        3.2 |     2.0
1979-80 ....|     100.0 |      44.9 |      17.3 |       6.2 |       8.0 |      3.8 |      3.1 |        11.7 |        3.3 |     1.8
1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      44.8 |      17.2 |       6.1 |       7.9 |      3.9 |      3.1 |        11.9 |        3.1 |     1.8
            |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|     100.0 |      45.7 |      17.6 |       5.8 |       7.6 |      3.7 |      3.1 |        12.1 |        2.8 |     1.6
1982-83 ....|     100.0 |      45.7 |      17.4 |       5.9 |       7.5 |      3.7 |      3.1 |        12.1 |        2.9 |     1.7
1983-84 ....|     100.0 |      45.1 |      18.2 |       6.3 |       7.5 |      3.8 |      3.1 |        11.3 |        2.9 |     1.7
1984-85 ....|     100.0 |      44.8 |      18.4 |       6.2 |       7.7 |      3.7 |      3.3 |        11.7 |        2.7 |     1.6
1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      45.0 |      18.4 |       6.2 |       8.2 |      3.6 |      3.3 |        10.7 |        2.9 |     1.8
            |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      44.7 |      18.7 |       6.1 |       8.6 |      3.2 |      3.6 |        10.4 |        3.1 |     1.6
1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      44.6 |      18.4 |       6.2 |       8.9 |      3.3 |      3.7 |        10.1 |        3.1 |     1.6
1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      44.6 |      18.2 |       6.1 |       9.4 |      3.3 |      3.8 |         9.9 |        3.1 |     1.6
1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      44.4 |      18.7 |       6.1 |       9.3 |      3.3 |      4.0 |         9.6 |        3.2 |     1.6
1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      44.3 |      18.6 |       6.2 |       9.5 |      3.1 |      4.0 |         9.4 |        3.3 |     1.5
            |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      43.2 |      18.9 |       6.1 |       9.7 |      3.1 |      4.3 |         9.1 |        4.1 |     1.6
1992-93 ....|     100.0 |      42.0 |      19.4 |       6.5 |       9.8 |      3.0 |      4.4 |         8.9 |        4.4 |     1.6
1993-94\3\ .|     100.0 |      42.1 |      18.8 |       6.2 |      10.1 |      3.0 |      4.4 |         8.9 |        4.9 |     1.6
            |======================================================================================================================
            |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1993-94 dollars
            |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1976-77 ....|   $10,378 |    $4,813 |    $1,728 |      $599 |      $726 |     $406 |     $299 |      $1,197 |       $405 |    $205
1977-78 ....|    10,467 |     4,839 |     1,748 |       626 |       741 |      404 |      300 |       1,223 |        364 |     222
1978-79 ....|    10,802 |     4,929 |     1,849 |       673 |       812 |      408 |      311 |       1,255 |        349 |     215
1979-80 ....|    10,922 |     4,900 |     1,886 |       682 |       872 |      417 |      334 |       1,278 |        356 |     197
1980-81 ....|    10,813 |     4,848 |     1,859 |       664 |       859 |      421 |      336 |       1,287 |        340 |     200
            |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|    10,759 |     4,911 |     1,892 |       627 |       816 |      403 |      331 |       1,306 |        303 |     171
1982-83 ....|    10,499 |     4,794 |     1,827 |       621 |       790 |      384 |      323 |       1,275 |        309 |     175
1983-84 ....|    10,608 |     4,788 |     1,933 |       668 |       799 |      400 |      330 |       1,202 |        304 |     185
1984-85 ....|    11,209 |     5,020 |     2,061 |       697 |       869 |      409 |      369 |       1,307 |        299 |     178
1985-86 ....|    11,577 |     5,214 |     2,133 |       720 |       944 |      415 |      378 |       1,235 |        332 |     206
            |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|    11,581 |     5,178 |     2,166 |       711 |       995 |      375 |      413 |       1,200 |        356 |     187
1987-88 ....|    11,807 |     5,264 |     2,176 |       733 |     1,049 |      395 |      441 |       1,195 |        363 |     191
1988-89 ....|    11,634 |     5,190 |     2,123 |       711 |     1,088 |      384 |      445 |       1,147 |        356 |     191
1989-90 ....|    11,730 |     5,207 |     2,188 |       711 |     1,088 |      383 |      469 |       1,124 |        376 |     183
1990-91 ....|    11,404 |     5,058 |     2,121 |       710 |     1,083 |      350 |      452 |       1,077 |        380 |     173
            |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|    11,562 |     4,995 |     2,185 |       703 |     1,124 |      356 |      493 |       1,047 |        470 |     189
1992-93 ....|    11,973 |     5,027 |     2,320 |       782 |     1,174 |      354 |      523 |       1,070 |        527 |     195
1993-94\3\ .|    12,120 |     5,104 |     2,277 |       751 |     1,221 |      358 |      536 |       1,084 |        593 |     196
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1 Excludes universities. See preceding table.

2 Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.

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 May 1996.)


1996 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest