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Table 33. -  Estimated total expenditures of educational institutions, by level, control of institution, and source of funds: 1979-80 to 1995-96 [In billions of current dollars]
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    Level and control     |     1979-80   |     1984-85   |       1989-90       |       1990-91       |     1994-95\1\     |     1995-96\2\
      of institution      |_______________|_______________|_____________________|_____________________|____________________|____________________
   and source of funds    | Amount|Percent|Amount |Percent|   Amount |   Percent|   Amount |   Percent|   Amount | Percent |   Amount | Percent
__________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________
            1             |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |      6   |      7   |      8   |      9   |   10     |   11    |   12     |   13
__________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________
        All levels        |       |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
                          |       |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
Total public and private .|$165.6 | 100.0 |$247.7 | 100.0 |   $381.5 |    100.0 |   $412.7 |    100.0 |   $503.9 |   100.0 |   $529.6 |   100.0
                          |_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________
  Federal ................|  18.9 |  11.4 |  21.3 |   8.6 |     31.6 |      8.3 |     34.1 |      8.3 |     43.7 |     8.7 |     45.0 |     8.5
  State ..................|  64.3 |  38.8 |  96.1 |  38.8 |    142.2 |     37.3 |    151.6 |     36.7 |    177.9 |    35.3 |    188.6 |    35.6
  Local ..................|  43.3 |  26.1 |  63.3 |  25.6 |     97.9 |     25.7 |    105.5 |     25.6 |    127.6 |    25.3 |    132.9 |    25.1
  All other ..............|  39.1 |  23.6 |  66.9 |  27.0 |    109.8 |     28.8 |    121.5 |     29.4 |    154.7 |    30.7 |    163.1 |    30.8
                          |=======|=======|=======|=======|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|=========|==========|=========
  Total public ...........| 137.4 | 100.0 | 200.7 | 100.0 |    309.2 |    100.0 |    333.9 |    100.0 |    406.6 |   100.0 |    426.4 |   100.0
                          |_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________
    Federal ..............|  14.8 |  10.8 |  15.8 |   7.9 |     23.0 |      7.4 |     24.9 |      7.5 |     33.1 |     8.1 |     34.2 |     8.0
    State ................|  63.9 |  46.5 |  95.5 |  47.6 |    140.8 |     45.5 |    150.3 |     45.0 |    176.3 |    43.4 |    187.0 |    43.9
    Local ................|  43.1 |  31.4 |  63.1 |  31.4 |     97.5 |     31.6 |    105.0 |     31.5 |    127.2 |    31.3 |    132.3 |    31.0
    All other ............|  15.6 |  11.3 |  26.3 |  13.1 |     47.9 |     15.5 |     53.7 |     16.1 |     70.0 |    17.2 |     72.8 |    17.1
                          |=======|=======|=======|=======|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|=========|==========|=========
  Total private ..........|  28.2 | 100.0 |  47.0 | 100.0 |     72.4 |    100.0 |     78.8 |    100.0 |     97.3 |   100.0 |    103.2 |   100.0
                          |_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________
    Federal ..............|   4.1 |  14.5 |   5.5 |  11.7 |      8.6 |     11.9 |      9.2 |     11.6 |     10.6 |    10.9 |     10.8 |    10.5
    State ................|   0.4 |   1.6 |   0.7 |   1.4 |      1.4 |      1.9 |      1.3 |      1.7 |      1.6 |     1.6 |      1.5 |     1.5
    Local ................|   0.2 |   0.6 |   0.2 |   0.5 |      0.4 |      0.6 |      0.4 |      0.5 |      0.4 |     0.4 |      0.6 |     0.5
    All other ............|  23.5 |  83.4 |  40.6 |  86.4 |     62.0 |     85.6 |     67.9 |     86.1 |     84.7 |    87.0 |     90.3 |    87.5
                          |=======|=======|=======|=======|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|=========|==========|=========
     Elementary and       |       |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
    secondary schools     |       |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
                          |       |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
Total public and private .| 103.2 | 100.0 | 149.4 | 100.0 |    231.0 |    100.0 |    248.9 |    100.0 |    302.4 |   100.0 |    318.2 |   100.0
                          |_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________
  Federal ................|   9.4 |   9.1 |   9.1 |   6.1 |     13.0 |      5.6 |     14.2 |      5.7 |     19.0 |     6.3 |     19.5 |     6.1
  State ..................|  44.7 |  43.3 |  66.8 |  44.7 |    100.6 |     43.6 |    108.2 |     43.5 |    130.5 |    43.1 |    139.5 |    43.8
  Local ..................|  41.6 |  40.3 |  60.8 |  40.7 |     94.0 |     40.7 |    101.2 |     40.6 |    122.1 |    40.4 |    126.9 |    39.9
  All other ..............|   7.5 |   7.3 |  12.8 |   8.6 |     23.3 |     10.1 |     25.4 |     10.2 |     30.9 |    10.2 |     32.4 |    10.2
                          |=======|=======|=======|=======|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|=========|==========|=========
  Total public ...........|  96.0 | 100.0 | 137.0 | 100.0 |    212.8 |    100.0 |    229.4 |    100.0 |    279.0 |   100.0 |    293.6 |   100.0
                          |_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________
    Federal ..............|   9.4 |   9.8 |   9.1 |   6.6 |     13.0 |      6.1 |     14.2 |      6.2 |     19.0 |     6.8 |     19.5 |     6.6
    State ................|  44.7 |  46.6 |  66.8 |  48.7 |    100.6 |     47.3 |    108.2 |     47.2 |    130.5 |    46.8 |    139.5 |    47.5
    Local ................|  41.6 |  43.3 |  60.8 |  44.3 |     94.0 |     44.2 |    101.2 |     44.1 |    122.1 |    43.8 |    126.9 |    43.2
    All other ............|   0.3 |   0.3 |   0.4 |   0.3 |\3\   5.1 |\3\   2.4 |\3\   5.9 |\3\   2.6 |\3\   7.5 |\3\  2.7 |\3\   7.8 |\3\  2.6
                          |=======|=======|=======|=======|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|=========|==========|=========
  Total private\4\ .......|   7.2 | 100.0 |  12.4 | 100.0 |     18.2 |    100.0 |     19.5 |    100.0 |     23.4 |   100.0 |     24.6 |   100.0
                          |_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________
    All other ............|   7.2 | 100.0 |  12.4 | 100.0 |     18.2 |    100.0 |     19.5 |    100.0 |     23.4 |   100.0 |     24.6 |   100.0
                          |=======|=======|=======|=======|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|=========|==========|=========
     Institutions of      |       |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
     higher education     |       |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
                          |       |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |          |         |          |
Total public and private .|  62.5 | 100.0 |  98.3 | 100.0 |    150.6 |    100.0 |    163.7 |    100.0 |    201.5 |   100.0 |    211.3 |   100.0
                          |_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________
  Federal ................|   9.5 |  15.2 |  12.2 |  12.4 |     18.6 |     12.3 |     19.9 |     12.2 |     24.8 |    12.3 |     25.5 |    12.1
  State ..................|  19.6 |  31.4 |  29.4 |  29.9 |     41.6 |     27.6 |     43.4 |     26.5 |     47.4 |    23.5 |     49.1 |    23.2
  Local ..................|   1.7 |   2.7 |   2.5 |   2.6 |      3.9 |      2.6 |      4.3 |      2.6 |      5.5 |     2.7 |      6.0 |     2.8
  All other ..............|  31.6 |  50.6 |  54.1 |  55.1 |     86.5 |     57.4 |     96.1 |     58.7 |    123.8 |    61.5 |    130.7 |    61.8
                          |=======|=======|=======|=======|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|=========|==========|=========
  Total public ...........|  41.4 | 100.0 |  63.7 | 100.0 |     96.4 |    100.0 |    104.4 |    100.0 |    127.6 |   100.0 |    132.8 |   100.0
                          |_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________
    Federal ..............|   5.4 |  13.1 |   6.7 |  10.6 |      9.9 |     10.3 |     10.7 |     10.3 |     14.1 |    11.1 |     14.7 |    11.1
    State ................|  19.2 |  46.3 |  28.7 |  45.1 |     40.2 |     41.7 |     42.1 |     40.3 |     45.8 |    35.9 |     47.6 |    35.8
    Local ................|   1.5 |   3.7 |   2.3 |   3.6 |      3.5 |      3.7 |      3.9 |      3.7 |      5.1 |     4.0 |      5.5 |     4.1
    All other ............|  15.3 |  36.9 |  25.9 |  40.7 |     42.7 |     44.3 |     47.7 |     45.7 |     62.6 |    49.0 |     65.0 |    49.0
                          |=======|=======|=======|=======|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|=========|==========|=========
  Total private ..........|  21.0 | 100.0 |  34.6 | 100.0 |     54.2 |    100.0 |     59.3 |    100.0 |     73.9 |   100.0 |     78.6 |   100.0
                          |_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________
    Federal ..............|   4.1 |  19.4 |   5.5 |  15.9 |      8.6 |     15.9 |      9.2 |     15.4 |     10.6 |    14.4 |     10.8 |    13.8
    State ................|   0.4 |   2.1 |   0.7 |   1.9 |      1.4 |      2.6 |      1.3 |      2.3 |      1.6 |     2.1 |      1.5 |     1.9
    Local ................|   0.2 |   0.8 |   0.2 |   0.6 |      0.4 |      0.7 |      0.4 |      0.7 |      0.4 |     0.6 |      0.6 |     0.7
    All other ............|  16.3 |  77.7 |  28.2 |  81.6 |     43.8 |     80.8 |     48.4 |     81.6 |     61.3 |    82.9 |     65.7 |    83.6
__________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________

\1\Revised from previously published data.
\2\Preliminary data.
\3\Revenues from individuals including fees for transportation and books and food service receipts. This expenditure includes only the individual contributions for these categories and excludes contributions from public sources.
\4\Some private elementary and secondary school revenues come from federal, state, and local sources. However, comprehensive data are not available to delineate the sources of revenues for private schools.

NOTE.--Estimated distribution of expenditures by source of funds are obtained from distribution of revenue sources for current funds. Federally-supported student aid that goes to higher education institutions through students' tuition payments is shown under "All other" rather than "federal." Such payments would add substantial amounts and several percentage points to the federal share. Other federal programs, not included in this table because they do not support regular educational institutions, would increase the federal share even further. Typical examples of these payments would be federal support for libraries and museums. Additionally, the federal contribution to education through tax expenditures is not reflected in this table. Higher education data for 1995-96 are for 4-year and 2-year degree granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" survey; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) "Finance" survey, unpublished data. (This table was prepared November 1998.)


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