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Table 325.Current-fund revenue of public institutions of higher education, by source: 1980-81 to 1994-95

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               Source                |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1988-89   |  1989-90   |   1990-91   |   1991-92   |   1992-93   |  1993-94    | 1994-95 \1\
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     Total current-fund revenue .....|$43,195,617 |$65,004,632 |$81,927,371 |$88,911,433 | $94,904,506 |$102,202,890 |$108,186,484 |$112,968,097 |$119,312,493
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Tuition and fees ....................|  5,570,404 |  9,439,177 | 12,435,763 | 13,820,240 |  15,258,024 |  17,460,263 |  19,490,221 |  20,825,388 |  21,908,104
Federal government ..................|  5,540,101 |  6,852,370 |  8,412,582 |  9,171,488 |   9,763,427 |  10,783,842 |  11,655,011 |  12,465,038 |  13,191,843
  Appropriations ....................|  1,128,101 |  1,401,367 |  1,443,539 |  1,636,047 |   1,604,548 |   1,662,229 |   1,658,052 |   1,781,837 |   1,766,412
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|    529,424 |    816,364 |  1,083,575 |  1,214,836 |   1,319,035 |   1,462,372 |   1,601,201 |   1,694,596 |   1,802,822
  Restricted grants and contracts\2\ |  3,812,197 |  4,481,723 |  5,656,468 |  6,106,112 |   6,629,484 |   7,426,627 |   8,155,317 |   8,776,458 |   9,368,072
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ .|     70,379 |    152,916 |    228,999 |    214,493 |     210,360 |     232,613 |     240,441 |     212,148 |     254,537
State governments ...................| 19,675,968 | 29,220,586 | 34,835,716 | 37,052,307 |  38,239,978 |  39,107,560 |  39,789,641 |  40,536,393 |  42,854,681
  Appropriations ....................| 19,006,716 | 28,071,070 | 32,929,719 | 34,858,904 |  35,898,653 |  36,612,540 |  37,073,932 |  37,565,065 |  39,405,865
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|     45,390 |     88,779 |    240,028 |    297,338 |     250,168 |     253,184 |     259,046 |     271,298 |     381,165
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|    623,863 |  1,060,737 |  1,665,969 |  1,896,065 |   2,091,157 |   2,241,836 |   2,456,663 |   2,700,030 |   3,067,650
Local governments ...................|  1,622,938 |  2,325,844 |  3,025,703 |  3,264,303 |   3,531,714 |   3,778,615 |   4,040,897 |   4,508,604 |   4,756,884
  Appropriations ....................|  1,478,001 |  2,150,459 |  2,751,704 |  2,910,444 |   3,159,789 |   3,319,119 |   3,594,207 |   4,021,421 |   4,243,984
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|      9,915 |     27,852 |     64,455 |     82,405 |      73,281 |      90,257 |      84,974 |      71,098 |      60,123
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|    135,022 |    147,533 |    209,544 |    271,453 |     298,644 |     369,239 |     361,717 |     416,084 |     452,777
Private gifts, grants, and contracts |  1,100,084 |  2,109,782 |  2,948,827 |  3,368,635 |   3,651,107 |   4,039,212 |   4,330,112 |   4,521,452 |   4,737,529
  Unrestricted ......................|    110,462 |    279,381 |    362,011 |    436,028 |     529,496 |     650,468 |     686,214 |     698,497 |     684,264
  Restricted ........................|    989,622 |  1,830,401 |  2,586,815 |  2,932,607 |   3,121,611 |   3,388,743 |   3,643,898 |   3,822,955 |   4,053,266
Endowment income ....................|    214,561 |    398,603 |    422,252 |    461,701 |     431,235 |     593,998 |     667,711 |     639,343 |     693,313
  Unrestricted ......................|    102,888 |    181,624 |    149,650 |    164,242 |     147,368 |     248,770 |     257,113 |     259,172 |     266,960
  Restricted ........................|    111,673 |    216,979 |    272,602 |    297,459 |     283,867 |     345,228 |     410,598 |     380,172 |     426,354
Sales and services ..................|  8,455,449 | 12,990,670 | 17,586,819 | 19,330,429 |  21,546,202 |  23,738,382 |  25,282,113 |  26,404,241 |  27,517,662
  Educational activities ............|    943,737 |  1,596,946 |  2,186,448 |  2,423,779 |   2,700,185 |   2,960,980 |   3,236,037 |   3,329,681 |   3,616,034
  Auxiliary enterprises .............|  4,614,561 |  6,684,794 |  7,809,284 |  8,473,282 |   9,058,745 |   9,655,373 |  10,255,044 |  10,814,804 |  11,373,646
  Hospitals .........................|  2,897,151 |  4,708,930 |  7,591,087 |  8,433,369 |   9,787,271 |  11,122,029 |  11,791,033 |  12,259,757 |  12,527,982
Other sources .......................|  1,016,110 |  1,667,600 |  2,259,709 |  2,442,330 |   2,482,819 |   2,701,019 |   2,930,778 |   3,067,638 |   3,652,477
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                                     |             Percentage distribution
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     Total current-fund revenue .....|      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0
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Tuition and fees ....................|       12.9 |       14.5 |       15.2 |       15.5 |        16.1 |        17.1 |        18.0 |        18.4 |        18.4
Federal government ..................|       12.8 |       10.5 |       10.3 |       10.3 |        10.3 |        10.6 |        10.8 |        11.0 |        11.1
  Appropriations ....................|        2.6 |        2.2 |        1.8 |        1.8 |         1.7 |         1.6 |         1.5 |         1.6 |         1.5
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|        1.2 |        1.3 |        1.3 |        1.4 |         1.4 |         1.4 |         1.5 |         1.5 |         1.5
  Restricted grants and contracts\2\ |        8.8 |        6.9 |        6.9 |        6.9 |         7.0 |         7.3 |         7.5 |         7.8 |         7.9
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ .|        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2
State governments ...................|       45.6 |       45.0 |       42.5 |       41.7 |        40.3 |        38.3 |        36.8 |        35.9 |        35.9
  Appropriations ....................|       44.0 |       43.2 |       40.2 |       39.2 |        37.8 |        35.8 |        34.3 |        33.3 |        33.0
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.3 |        0.3 |         0.3 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.3
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|        1.4 |        1.6 |        2.0 |        2.1 |         2.2 |         2.2 |         2.3 |         2.4 |         2.6
Local governments ...................|        3.8 |        3.6 |        3.7 |        3.7 |         3.7 |         3.7 |         3.7 |         4.0 |         4.0
  Appropriations ....................|        3.4 |        3.3 |        3.4 |        3.3 |         3.3 |         3.2 |         3.3 |         3.6 |         3.6
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|        0.1 |        0.1 |         0.1 |         0.1 |         0.1 |         0.1 |         0.1
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|        0.3 |        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.3 |         0.3 |         0.4 |         0.3 |         0.4 |         0.4
Private gifts, grants, and contracts |        2.5 |        3.2 |        3.6 |        3.8 |         3.8 |         4.0 |         4.0 |         4.0 |         4.0
  Unrestricted ......................|        0.3 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.5 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.6
  Restricted ........................|        2.3 |        2.8 |        3.2 |        3.3 |         3.3 |         3.3 |         3.4 |         3.4 |         3.4
Endowment income ....................|        0.5 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.5 |         0.5 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.6
  Unrestricted ......................|        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.2 |        0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2
  Restricted ........................|        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.3 |         0.3 |         0.3 |         0.4 |         0.3 |         0.4
Sales and services ..................|       19.6 |       20.0 |       21.5 |       21.7 |        22.7 |        23.2 |        23.4 |        23.4 |        23.1
  Educational activities ............|        2.2 |        2.5 |        2.7 |        2.7 |         2.8 |         2.9 |         3.0 |         2.9 |         3.0
  Auxiliary enterprises .............|       10.7 |       10.3 |        9.5 |        9.5 |         9.5 |         9.4 |         9.5 |         9.6 |         9.5
  Hospitals .........................|        6.7 |        7.2 |        9.3 |        9.5 |        10.3 |        10.9 |        10.9 |        10.9 |        10.5
Other sources .......................|        2.4 |        2.6 |        2.8 |        2.7 |         2.6 |         2.6 |         2.7 |         2.7 |         3.1
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\1\Preliminary data.

\2\Excludes Pell Grants. Federally supported student aid that is received through students is included under tuition and auxiliary enterprises.

\3\Generally includes only those revenues associated with major federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC).

\4\Less than 0.05 percent.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared July 1997.)



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