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Table 327. -  Current-fund revenue of private nonprofit institutions of higher education, by source: 1980-81 to 1995-96
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                Source                |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1990-91   |  1991-92   |  1992-93   |  1993-94   |  1994-95   |1995-96 \1\
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                                      |                                       In thousands
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     Total current-fund revenue ......|$22,078,144 |$34,839,494 |$53,652,864 |$57,904,208 |$61,291,366 |$64,726,849 |$68,215,391 |$72,263,702
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Tuition and fees .....................|  7,930,156 | 13,152,750 | 21,150,439 | 22,990,730 | 24,663,506 | 26,504,664 | 28,223,908 | 29,988,621
Federal government ...................|  4,203,605 |  5,843,729 |  8,400,320 |  9,011,581 |  9,323,425 |  9,576,958 | 10,023,252 | 10,189,345
  Appropriations .....................|    217,866 |    215,398 |    233,826 |    242,458 |    214,788 |    212,443 |    218,038 |    210,210
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|    596,257 |    840,593 |  1,164,075 |  1,240,445 |  1,310,776 |  1,431,294 |  1,490,585 |  1,648,590
  Restricted grants and contracts\2\ .|  2,190,984 |  2,703,772 |  3,776,751 |  4,101,491 |  4,399,937 |  4,747,005 |  5,029,036 |  5,042,597
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ..|  1,198,498 |  2,083,966 |  3,225,668 |  3,427,187 |  3,397,924 |  3,186,216 |  3,285,592 |  3,287,947
State governments ....................|    430,007 |    688,502 |  1,221,746 |  1,419,019 |  1,384,288 |  1,297,296 |  1,412,609 |  1,336,890
  Appropriations .....................|    259,463 |    331,004 |    356,009 |    271,941 |    240,067 |    258,995 |    232,579 |    242,997
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|     39,349 |     65,330 |    114,495 |    121,179 |    121,755 |     88,814 |    142,522 |    160,535
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|    131,195 |    292,168 |    751,242 |  1,025,899 |  1,022,466 |    949,488 |  1,037,509 |    933,358
Local governments ....................|    167,266 |    218,599 |    398,367 |    379,364 |    401,468 |    487,629 |    406,862 |    524,751
  Appropriations .....................|      4,535 |      2,696 |     17,543 |     16,446 |      5,572 |      2,198 |      3,763 |      3,898
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|     19,536 |     29,067 |     43,647 |     49,431 |     54,549 |     63,311 |     74,301 |    188,680
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|    143,195 |    186,836 |    337,177 |    313,487 |    341,347 |    422,119 |    328,797 |    332,174
Private gifts, grants, and contracts .|  2,072,631 |  3,293,435 |  4,705,341 |  4,934,809 |  5,328,009 |  5,680,389 |  6,127,716 |  6,854,515
  Unrestricted .......................|  1,096,871 |  1,826,109 |  2,187,630 |  2,269,272 |  2,542,575 |  2,701,866 |  2,872,151 |  3,327,762
  Restricted .........................|    975,760 |  1,467,326 |  2,517,711 |  2,665,536 |  2,785,434 |  2,978,523 |  3,255,565 |  3,526,752
Endowment income .....................|  1,149,042 |  1,876,203 |  2,834,333 |  2,846,578 |  2,960,043 |  3,030,193 |  3,294,805 |  3,849,693
  Unrestricted .......................|    667,002 |  1,102,801 |  1,373,303 |  1,300,310 |  1,279,388 |  1,298,562 |  1,382,336 |  1,768,169
  Restricted .........................|    482,040 |    773,402 |  1,461,030 |  1,546,268 |  1,680,655 |  1,731,631 |  1,912,468 |  2,081,523
Sales and services ...................|  5,198,255 |  8,242,785 | 12,501,834 | 13,723,798 | 14,468,452 | 15,309,195 | 15,436,197 | 15,599,719
  Educational activities .............|    461,859 |    772,272 |  1,351,766 |  1,556,995 |  1,794,217 |  1,952,836 |  1,974,500 |  2,014,598
  Auxiliary enterprises ..............|  2,653,200 |  3,952,809 |  5,787,670 |  6,048,495 |  6,341,253 |  6,656,340 |  6,889,833 |  7,188,666
  Hospitals ..........................|  2,083,195 |  3,517,705 |  5,362,398 |  6,118,307 |  6,332,982 |  6,700,019 |  6,571,863 |  6,396,455
Other sources ........................|    927,183 |  1,523,490 |  2,440,485 |  2,598,329 |  2,762,175 |  2,840,526 |  3,290,042 |  3,920,169
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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
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Tuition and fees .....................|       35.9 |       37.8 |       39.4 |       39.7 |       40.2 |       40.9 |       41.4 |       41.5
Federal government ...................|       19.0 |       16.8 |       15.7 |       15.6 |       15.2 |       14.8 |       14.7 |       14.1
  Appropriations .....................|        1.0 |        0.6 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        2.7 |        2.4 |        2.2 |        2.1 |        2.1 |        2.2 |        2.2 |        2.3
  Restricted grants and contracts\2\ .|        9.9 |        7.8 |        7.0 |        7.1 |        7.2 |        7.3 |        7.4 |        7.0
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ..|        5.4 |        6.0 |        6.0 |        5.9 |        5.5 |        4.9 |        4.8 |        4.5
State governments ....................|        1.9 |        2.0 |        2.3 |        2.5 |        2.3 |        2.0 |        2.1 |        1.9
  Appropriations .....................|        1.2 |        1.0 |        0.7 |        0.5 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.3 |        0.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.1 |        0.2 |        0.2
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|        0.6 |        0.8 |        1.4 |        1.8 |        1.7 |        1.5 |        1.5 |        1.3
Local governments ....................|        0.8 |        0.6 |        0.7 |        0.7 |        0.7 |        0.8 |        0.6 |        0.7
  Appropriations .....................|      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\)
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.3
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.6 |        0.7 |        0.5 |        0.5
Private gifts, grants, and contracts .|        9.4 |        9.5 |        8.8 |        8.5 |        8.7 |        8.8 |        9.0 |        9.5
  Unrestricted .......................|        5.0 |        5.2 |        4.1 |        3.9 |        4.1 |        4.2 |        4.2 |        4.6
  Restricted .........................|        4.4 |        4.2 |        4.7 |        4.6 |        4.5 |        4.6 |        4.8 |        4.9
Endowment income .....................|        5.2 |        5.4 |        5.3 |        4.9 |        4.8 |        4.7 |        4.8 |        5.3
  Unrestricted .......................|        3.0 |        3.2 |        2.6 |        2.2 |        2.1 |        2.0 |        2.0 |        2.4
  Restricted .........................|        2.2 |        2.2 |        2.7 |        2.7 |        2.7 |        2.7 |        2.8 |        2.9
Sales and services ...................|       23.5 |       23.7 |       23.3 |       23.7 |       23.6 |       23.7 |       22.6 |       21.6
  Educational activities .............|        2.1 |        2.2 |        2.5 |        2.7 |        2.9 |        3.0 |        2.9 |        2.8
  Auxiliary enterprises ..............|       12.0 |       11.3 |       10.8 |       10.4 |       10.3 |       10.3 |       10.1 |        9.9
  Hospitals ..........................|        9.4 |       10.1 |       10.0 |       10.6 |       10.3 |       10.4 |        9.6 |        8.9
Other sources ........................|        4.2 |        4.4 |        4.5 |        4.5 |        4.5 |        4.4 |        4.8 |        5.4
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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 January 1999.)


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