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Table 342.Educational and general expenditures of public 4-yearcolleges,\1\ by purpose: 1976-77 to 1994-95

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                 |                                        Educational and general expenditures
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      Year       |           |           |            |           |           |          |          |Operation and|Scholarships|
                 |   Total   |Instruction|  Admini-   |  Student  | Research  |Libraries |  Public  | maintenance |    and     |Mandatory
                 |           |           |stration\2\ | 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
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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 .....    |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
1994-95\3\ ..... |36,659,833 |15,321,392 |  6,909,606 | 2,236,127 | 3,717,964 |1,084,945 |1,647,855 |   3,175,330 |  1,884,283 | 682,332
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                 |                                              Percentage distribution
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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 .....    |     100.0 |      42.1 |       18.8 |       6.2 |      10.1 |      3.0 |      4.4 |         8.9 |        4.9 |     1.6
1994-95\3\ ..... |     100.0 |      41.8 |       18.8 |       6.1 |      10.1 |      3.0 |      4.5 |         8.7 |        5.1 |     1.9
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                 |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1994-95 dollars
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1976-77 ......   |   $10,696 |    $4,961 |     $1,781 |      $617 |      $748 |     $419 |     $308 |      $1,234 |       $417 |    $211
1977-78 .......  |    10,787 |     4,987 |      1,802 |       645 |       764 |      416 |      309 |       1,261 |        375 |     229
1978-79 ......   |    11,133 |     5,080 |      1,905 |       694 |       837 |      421 |      321 |       1,294 |        359 |     222
1979-80 ......   |    11,257 |     5,050 |      1,944 |       703 |       898 |      429 |      344 |       1,318 |        367 |     203
1980-81 ......   |    11,144 |     4,996 |      1,916 |       685 |       885 |      434 |      346 |       1,326 |        350 |     206
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1981-82 ......   |    11,088 |     5,062 |      1,950 |       646 |       841 |      415 |      341 |       1,346 |        312 |     176
1982-83 ......   |    10,820 |     4,941 |      1,883 |       640 |       814 |      396 |      333 |       1,315 |        319 |     180
1983-84 .......  |    10,933 |     4,934 |      1,992 |       689 |       824 |      412 |      340 |       1,239 |        313 |     191
1984-85 ......   |    11,542 |     5,169 |      2,122 |       718 |       894 |      421 |      380 |       1,345 |        308 |     184
1985-86 ......   |    11,921 |     5,369 |      2,196 |       742 |       972 |      427 |      389 |       1,272 |        342 |     213
                 |           |           |            |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1986-87 ......   |    11,917 |     5,328 |      2,229 |       731 |     1,024 |      386 |      425 |       1,235 |        367 |     192
1987-88 ....     |    12,159 |     5,421 |      2,241 |       754 |     1,080 |      407 |      454 |       1,231 |        374 |     196
1988-89 .........|    11,972 |     5,340 |      2,185 |       731 |     1,120 |      395 |      457 |       1,180 |        367 |     196
1989-90 .........|    12,080 |     5,363 |      2,254 |       732 |     1,121 |      394 |      483 |       1,158 |        387 |     189
1990-91 .....    |    11,746 |     5,209 |      2,184 |       732 |     1,116 |      361 |      466 |       1,109 |        392 |     178
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1991-92 .....    |    11,901 |     5,141 |      2,249 |       724 |     1,157 |      366 |      508 |       1,078 |        484 |     195
1992-93 .....    |    12,339 |     5,181 |      2,391 |       806 |     1,210 |      365 |      539 |       1,103 |        543 |     201
1993-94 .....    |    12,483 |     5,257 |      2,345 |       773 |     1,258 |      369 |      552 |       1,117 |        610 |     202
1994-95\3\ ..... |    12,925 |     5,402 |      2,436 |       788 |     1,311 |      383 |      581 |       1,120 |        664 |     241
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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, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "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 July 1997.)



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