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Table 345.Educational and general expenditures of private (nonprofit) 4-year colleges,\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
               |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1976-77 ...... |$5,139,939 |$1,919,574 |$1,047,932 |  $381,428 |  $259,530 |$200,844 | $123,717 |    $574,910 |   $511,907 |$120,097
1977-78 .......| 5,637,836 | 2,114,043 | 1,160,141 |   428,265 |   271,637 | 221,807 |  123,214 |     638,330 |    550,372 | 130,026
1978-79 ...... | 6,263,692 | 2,328,418 | 1,299,063 |   483,031 |   328,042 | 240,098 |  136,861 |     704,180 |    598,487 | 145,513
1979-80 ...... | 7,063,953 | 2,589,908 | 1,466,556 |   549,639 |   374,520 | 259,969 |  153,056 |     807,943 |    694,791 | 167,570
1980-81 ...... | 8,061,774 | 2,907,255 | 1,703,307 |   639,795 |   407,622 | 289,944 |  186,399 |     930,075 |    811,636 | 185,741
               |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ...... | 9,061,667 | 3,271,255 | 1,938,727 |   727,382 |   419,283 | 322,702 |  228,368 |   1,036,118 |    913,999 | 203,834
1982-83 ...... | 9,805,459 | 3,552,387 | 2,124,446 |   804,943 |   437,286 | 356,768 |  236,142 |   1,092,836 |    983,887 | 216,764
1983-84 .......|10,845,622 | 3,900,082 | 2,347,962 |   890,707 |   480,459 | 388,153 |  259,932 |   1,184,788 |  1,149,813 | 243,726
1984-85 ...... |11,835,351 | 4,213,485 | 2,564,844 |   980,416 |   539,322 | 416,539 |  289,124 |   1,251,490 |  1,312,673 | 267,459
1985-86 .....  |12,855,040 | 4,507,505 | 2,790,504 | 1,067,717 |   623,050 | 446,766 |  328,827 |   1,317,062 |  1,481,954 | 291,654
               |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 .....  |14,232,003 | 4,886,585 | 3,249,910 | 1,184,395 |   693,450 | 410,013 |  384,594 |   1,386,729 |  1,717,948 | 318,379
1987-88 .....  |15,405,503 | 5,248,764 | 3,403,379 | 1,293,302 |   776,022 | 485,517 |  456,111 |   1,462,345 |  1,966,124 | 313,939
1988-89 .....  |16,980,645 | 5,738,789 | 3,766,237 | 1,437,829 |   848,094 | 530,032 |  495,683 |   1,596,786 |  2,198,328 | 368,866
1989-90 .....  |18,717,398 | 6,276,102 | 4,097,242 | 1,599,951 |   909,822 | 578,520 |  581,730 |   1,712,000 |  2,547,600 | 414,432
1990-91 .....  |20,374,743 | 6,809,318 | 4,533,043 | 1,770,071 |   901,357 | 589,052 |  624,663 |   1,809,977 |  2,898,547 | 438,715
               |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 .....  |22,121,380 | 7,320,211 | 4,723,853 | 1,919,662 |   942,407 | 659,416 |  714,728 |   1,896,424 |  3,478,153 | 466,528
1992-93 .....  |23,609,625 | 7,743,656 | 4,887,700 | 2,044,830 | 1,036,676 | 680,457 |  821,381 |   1,995,164 |  3,900,807 | 498,954
1993-94 .....  |25,262,199 | 8,169,221 | 5,199,838 | 2,205,411 | 1,104,561 | 733,711 |  893,500 |   2,112,367 |  4,316,138 | 527,451
1994-95\3\ ....|26,999,085 | 8,714,437 | 5,438,969 | 2,350,717 | 1,157,255 | 764,903 |1,040,959 |   2,195,045 |  4,739,447 | 597,354
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               |                                              Percentage distribution
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1976-77 ...... |     100.0 |      37.3 |      20.4 |       7.4 |       5.0 |     3.9 |      2.4 |        11.2 |       10.0 |     2.3
1977-78 .......|     100.0 |      37.5 |      20.6 |       7.6 |       4.8 |     3.9 |      2.2 |        11.3 |        9.8 |     2.3
1978-79 ...... |     100.0 |      37.2 |      20.7 |       7.7 |       5.2 |     3.8 |      2.2 |        11.2 |        9.6 |     2.3
1979-80 ...... |     100.0 |      36.7 |      20.8 |       7.8 |       5.3 |     3.7 |      2.2 |        11.4 |        9.8 |     2.4
1980-81 ...... |     100.0 |      36.1 |      21.1 |       7.9 |       5.1 |     3.6 |      2.3 |        11.5 |       10.1 |     2.3
               |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ...... |     100.0 |      36.1 |      21.4 |       8.0 |       4.6 |     3.6 |      2.5 |        11.4 |       10.1 |     2.2
1982-83 ...... |     100.0 |      36.2 |      21.7 |       8.2 |       4.5 |     3.6 |      2.4 |        11.1 |       10.0 |     2.2
1983-84 .......|     100.0 |      36.0 |      21.6 |       8.2 |       4.4 |     3.6 |      2.4 |        10.9 |       10.6 |     2.2
1984-85 ...... |     100.0 |      35.6 |      21.7 |       8.3 |       4.6 |     3.5 |      2.4 |        10.6 |       11.1 |     2.3
1985-86 .....  |     100.0 |      35.1 |      21.7 |       8.3 |       4.8 |     3.5 |      2.6 |        10.2 |       11.5 |     2.3
               |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 .....  |     100.0 |      34.3 |      22.8 |       8.3 |       4.9 |     2.9 |      2.7 |         9.7 |       12.1 |     2.2
1987-88 ...... |     100.0 |      34.1 |      22.1 |       8.4 |       5.0 |     3.2 |      3.0 |         9.5 |       12.8 |     2.0
1988-89 .....  |     100.0 |      33.8 |      22.2 |       8.5 |       5.0 |     3.1 |      2.9 |         9.4 |       12.9 |     2.2
1989-90 .....  |     100.0 |      33.5 |      21.9 |       8.5 |       4.9 |     3.1 |      3.1 |         9.1 |       13.6 |     2.2
1990-91 .....  |     100.0 |      33.4 |      22.2 |       8.7 |       4.4 |     2.9 |      3.1 |         8.9 |       14.2 |     2.2
               |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 .....  |     100.0 |      33.1 |      21.4 |       8.7 |       4.3 |     3.0 |      3.2 |         8.6 |       15.7 |     2.1
1992-93 .....  |     100.0 |      32.8 |      20.7 |       8.7 |       4.4 |     2.9 |      3.5 |         8.5 |       16.5 |     2.1
1993-94 .....  |     100.0 |      32.3 |      20.6 |       8.7 |       4.4 |     2.9 |      3.5 |         8.4 |       17.1 |     2.1
1994-95\3\ ....|     100.0 |      32.3 |      20.1 |       8.7 |       4.3 |     2.8 |      3.9 |         8.1 |       17.6 |     2.2
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               |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1994-95 dollars
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1976-77 ...... |   $11,194 |    $4,181 |    $2,282 |      $831 |      $565 |    $437 |     $269 |      $1,252 |     $1,115 |    $262
1977-78 .......|    11,144 |     4,179 |     2,293 |       846 |       537 |     438 |      244 |       1,262 |      1,088 |     257
1978-79 ...... |    11,281 |     4,193 |     2,340 |       870 |       591 |     432 |      246 |       1,268 |      1,078 |     262
1979-80 ...... |    11,473 |     4,206 |     2,382 |       893 |       608 |     422 |      249 |       1,312 |      1,128 |     272
1980-81 ...... |    11,527 |     4,157 |     2,435 |       915 |       583 |     415 |      267 |       1,330 |      1,160 |     266
               |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ...... |    11,674 |     4,214 |     2,498 |       937 |       540 |     416 |      294 |       1,335 |      1,177 |     263
1982-83 ...... |    11,918 |     4,318 |     2,582 |       978 |       532 |     434 |      287 |       1,328 |      1,196 |     263
1983-84 .......|    12,320 |     4,430 |     2,667 |     1,012 |       546 |     441 |      295 |       1,346 |      1,306 |     277
1984-85 ...... |    12,765 |     4,545 |     2,766 |     1,057 |       582 |     449 |      312 |       1,350 |      1,416 |     288
1985-86 .....  |    13,205 |     4,630 |     2,866 |     1,097 |       640 |     459 |      338 |       1,353 |      1,522 |     300
               |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 .....  |    13,985 |     4,802 |     3,194 |     1,164 |       681 |     403 |      378 |       1,363 |      1,688 |     313
1987-88 .......|    14,334 |     4,884 |     3,167 |     1,203 |       722 |     452 |      424 |       1,361 |      1,829 |     292
1988-89 .....  |    14,477 |     4,893 |     3,211 |     1,226 |       723 |     452 |      423 |       1,361 |      1,874 |     314
1989-90 .....  |    14,720 |     4,936 |     3,222 |     1,258 |       716 |     455 |      458 |       1,346 |      2,004 |     326
1990-91 .....  |    14,964 |     5,001 |     3,329 |     1,300 |       662 |     433 |      459 |       1,329 |      2,129 |     322
               |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 .....  |    15,347 |     5,078 |     3,277 |     1,332 |       654 |     457 |      496 |       1,316 |      2,413 |     324
1992-93 .....  |    15,494 |     5,082 |     3,208 |     1,342 |       680 |     447 |      539 |       1,309 |      2,560 |     327
1993-94 .....  |    15,859 |     5,129 |     3,264 |     1,385 |       693 |     461 |      561 |       1,326 |      2,710 |     331
1994-95\3\ ....|    16,304 |     5,262 |     3,284 |     1,420 |       699 |     462 |      629 |       1,326 |      2,862 |     361
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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 June 1997.)



1997 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest