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Table 346. -  Educational and general expenditures of private (nonprofit) 4-year colleges,\1\ by purpose: 1976-77 to 1995-96
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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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             |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
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 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 ....|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
 1995-96\3\ .|28,875,543 | 9,402,691 | 5,851,682 | 2,541,516 | 1,198,549 | 798,027 |1,100,983 |   2,345,694 |  5,097,295 | 539,106
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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
 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 ....|     100.0 |      32.3 |      20.1 |       8.7 |       4.3 |     2.8 |      3.9 |         8.1 |       17.6 |     2.2
 1995-96\3\ .|     100.0 |      32.6 |      20.3 |       8.8 |       4.2 |     2.8 |      3.8 |         8.1 |       17.7 |     1.9
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             |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1995-96 dollars
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 1976-77 ....|   $11,533 |    $4,307 |    $2,351 |      $856 |      $582 |    $451 |     $278 |      $1,290 |     $1,149 |    $269
 1977-78 ....|    11,481 |     4,305 |     2,363 |       872 |       553 |     452 |      251 |       1,300 |      1,121 |     265
 1978-79 ....|    11,623 |     4,321 |     2,411 |       896 |       609 |     446 |      254 |       1,307 |      1,111 |     270
 1979-80 ....|    11,821 |     4,334 |     2,454 |       920 |       627 |     435 |      256 |       1,352 |      1,163 |     280
 1980-81 ....|    11,876 |     4,283 |     2,509 |       943 |       600 |     427 |      275 |       1,370 |      1,196 |     274
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 1981-82 ....|    12,028 |     4,342 |     2,573 |       965 |       557 |     428 |      303 |       1,375 |      1,213 |     271
 1982-83 ....|    12,279 |     4,449 |     2,660 |     1,008 |       548 |     447 |      296 |       1,369 |      1,232 |     271
 1983-84 ....|    12,693 |     4,564 |     2,748 |     1,042 |       562 |     454 |      304 |       1,387 |      1,346 |     285
 1984-85 ....|    13,152 |     4,682 |     2,850 |     1,090 |       599 |     463 |      321 |       1,391 |      1,459 |     297
 1985-86 ....|    13,605 |     4,770 |     2,953 |     1,130 |       659 |     473 |      348 |       1,394 |      1,568 |     309
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 1986-87 ....|    14,409 |     4,947 |     3,290 |     1,199 |       702 |     415 |      389 |       1,404 |      1,739 |     322
 1987-88 ....|    14,768 |     5,032 |     3,263 |     1,240 |       744 |     465 |      437 |       1,402 |      1,885 |     301
 1988-89 ....|    14,916 |     5,041 |     3,308 |     1,263 |       745 |     466 |      435 |       1,403 |      1,931 |     324
 1989-90 ....|    15,167 |     5,085 |     3,320 |     1,296 |       737 |     469 |      471 |       1,387 |      2,064 |     336
 1990-91 ....|    15,417 |     5,153 |     3,430 |     1,339 |       682 |     446 |      473 |       1,370 |      2,193 |     332
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 1991-92 ....|    15,802 |     5,229 |     3,374 |     1,371 |       673 |     471 |      511 |       1,355 |      2,485 |     333
 1992-93 ....|    15,954 |     5,233 |     3,303 |     1,382 |       701 |     460 |      555 |       1,348 |      2,636 |     337
 1993-94 ....|    16,340 |     5,284 |     3,363 |     1,427 |       714 |     475 |      578 |       1,366 |      2,792 |     341
 1994-95 ....|    16,789 |     5,419 |     3,382 |     1,462 |       720 |     476 |      647 |       1,365 |      2,947 |     371
 1995-96\3\ .|    17,177 |     5,593 |     3,481 |     1,512 |       713 |     475 |      655 |       1,395 |      3,032 |     321
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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 October 1998.)


1998 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest