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  • Table 32. -  Total expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: 1899-1900 to 1997-98 [In millions of current dollars]
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                |          |Elementary and secondary schools|    Colleges and universities
       School   |  Total   |________________________________|________________________________________
        year    |          |  Total   |  Public  |Private\1\|    Total  |   Public  |         Private
    ____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|________________
         1      |    2     |     3    |    4     |    5     |      6    |      7    |            8
    ____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|________________
    1899-1900 ..|      --- |      --- |     $215 |      --- |       --- |       --- |            ---
    1909-10 ....|      --- |      --- |      426 |      --- |       --- |       --- |            ---
    1919-20 ....|      --- |      --- |    1,036 |      --- |       --- |       --- |            ---
    1929-30 ....|      --- |      --- |    2,317 |      --- |      $632 |      $292 |           $341
    1939-40 ....|      --- |      --- |    2,344 |      --- |       758 |       392 |            367
                |          |          |          |          |           |           |
    1949-50 ....|   $8,911 |   $6,249 |    5,838 |     $411 |     2,662 |     1,430 |          1,233
    1951-52 ....|   10,735 |    7,861 |    7,344 |      517 |     2,874 |     1,565 |          1,309
    1953-54 ....|   13,147 |    9,733 |    9,092 |      641 |     3,414 |     1,912 |          1,502
    1955-56 ....|   15,907 |   11,727 |   10,955 |      772 |     4,180 |     2,348 |          1,832
    1957-58 ....|   20,055 |   14,525 |   13,569 |      956 |     5,530 |     3,237 |          2,293
                |          |          |          |          |           |           |
    1959-60 ....|   23,860 |   16,713 |   15,613 |    1,100 |     7,147 |     3,904 |          3,244
    1961-62 ....|   28,503 |   19,673 |   18,373 |    1,300 |     8,830 |     4,919 |          3,911
    1963-64 ....|   34,440 |   22,825 |   21,325 |    1,500 |    11,615 |     6,558 |          5,057
    1965-66 ....|   43,682 |   28,048 |   26,248 |    1,800 |    15,634 |     9,047 |          6,588
    1967-68 ....|   55,652 |   35,077 |   32,977 |    2,100 |    20,575 |    12,750 |          7,824
                |          |          |          |          |           |           |
    1969-70 ....|   68,459 |   43,183 |   40,683 |    2,500 |    25,276 |    16,234 |          9,041
    1970-71 ....|   75,741 |   48,200 |   45,500 |    2,700 |    27,541 |    18,028 |          9,513
    1971-72 ....|   80,672 |   50,950 |   48,050 |    2,900 |    29,722 |    19,538 |         10,184
    1972-73 ....|   86,875 |   54,952 |   51,852 |    3,100 |    31,923 |    21,144 |         10,779
    1973-74 ....|   95,396 |   60,370 |   56,970 |    3,400 |    35,026 |    23,542 |         11,484
                |          |          |          |          |           |           |
    1974-75 ....|  108,664 |   68,846 |   64,846 |    4,000 |    39,818 |    26,966 |         12,852
    1975-76 ....|  118,706 |   75,101 |   70,601 |    4,500 |    43,605 |    29,736 |         13,869
    1976-77 ....|  126,417 |   79,194 |   74,194 |    5,000 |    47,223 |    31,997 |         15,226
    1977-78 ....|  137,042 |   86,544 |   80,844 |    5,700 |    50,498 |    34,031 |         16,467
    1978-79 ....|  148,308 |   93,012 |   86,712 |    6,300 |    55,296 |    37,110 |         18,187
                |          |          |          |          |           |           |
    1979-80 ....|  165,627 |  103,162 |   95,962 |    7,200 |    62,465 |    41,434 |         21,031
    1980-81 ....|  182,849 |  112,325 |  104,125 |    8,200 |    70,524 |    46,559 |         23,965
    1981-82 ....|  197,801 |  120,486 |  111,186 |    9,300 |    77,315 |    50,813 |         26,502
    1982-83 ....|  212,081 |  128,725 |  118,425 |   10,300 |    83,356 |    54,338 |         29,018
    1983-84 ....|  228,597 |  139,000 |  127,500 |   11,500 |    89,597 |    58,124 |         31,473
                |          |          |          |          |           |           |
    1984-85 ....|  247,657 |  149,400 |  137,000 |   12,400 |    98,257 |    63,705 |         34,553
    1985-86 ....|  269,485 |  161,800 |  148,600 |   13,200 |   107,685 |    70,069 |         37,616
    1986-87 ....|  291,974 |  175,200 |  160,900 |   14,300 |   116,774 |    74,552 |         42,222
    1987-88 ....|  313,375 |  187,999 |  172,699 |   15,300 |   125,376 |    79,859 |         45,516
    1988-89 ....|  346,883 |  209,377 |  192,977 |   16,400 |   137,506 |    87,107 |         50,398
                |          |          |          |          |           |           |
    1989-90 ....|  381,525 |  230,970 |  212,770 |   18,200 |   150,555 |    96,387 |         54,169
    1990-91 ....|  412,652 |  248,930 |  229,430 |   19,500 |   163,722 |   104,433 |         59,288
    1991-92 ....|  432,987 |  261,255 |  241,055 |   20,200 |   171,732 |   108,667 |         63,065
    1992-93 ....|  456,070 |  274,335 |  252,935 |   21,400 |   181,735 |   115,169 |         66,566
    1993-94 ....|  477,237 |  287,507 |  265,307 |   22,200 |   189,730 |   119,573 |         70,157
    1994-95 ....|  503,925 |  302,400 |  279,000 |   23,400 |   201,525 |   127,594 |         73,930
                |          |          |          |          |           |           |
    1995-96\2\..|  529,561 |  318,211 |  293,611 |   24,600 |   211,350 |   132,752 |         78,597
    1996-97\1\..|  559,500 |  336,000 |  310,200 |   25,800 |   223,500 |   140,000 |         83,500
    1997-98\1\..|  583,800 |  351,300 |  324,300 |   27,000 |   232,500 |   145,500 |         87,000
    ____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|________________

    \1\Estimated.
    \2\Preliminary.
    ---Data not available.

    NOTE.--Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools include current expenditures, interest on school debt, and capital outlay. Data for private elementary and secondary schools are estimated. Total expenditures for colleges and universities include current-fund expenditures and additions to plant value. Excludes expenditures of noncollegiate postsecondary institutions. Higher education data for 1995-96 through 1997-98 are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from published figures. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" survey; Common Core of Data survey; "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" survey; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) "Finance" survey; and National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, various years. (This table was prepared November 1998.)

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