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Table 347. -  Current-fund expenditures of public institutions of higher education and degree-granting institutions, by state: 1980-81 to 1995-96 [In thousands of dollars]
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                       |                     Institutions of higher education                                                                 |
                       |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|   Degree-
                       |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             | Percent  |  granting
         State         |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             | change,  |institutions,
                       |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1990-91   |  1991-92   |  1992-93    |  1993-94    |   1994-95   | 1995-96 \1\ |1990-91 to| 1995-96 \2\
                       |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             | 1995-96  |
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           1           |     2      |     3      |     4      |     5      |      6      |      7      |      8      |      9      |    10    |     11
_______________________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|_____________
   United States ......|$42,279,806 |$63,193,853 |$92,961,093 |$98,847,180 |$104,570,101 |$109,309,541 |$115,464,975 |$119,400,868 |     28.4 |$119,524,500
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Alabama ...............|    839,366 |  1,324,774 |  2,054,798 |  2,189,029 |   2,428,620 |   2,510,081 |   2,648,077 |   2,715,643 |     32.2 |   2,715,643
Alaska ................|    158,700 |    224,042 |    289,606 |    306,218 |     322,620 |     336,405 |     336,584 |     352,811 |     21.8 |     352,811
Arizona ...............|    691,481 |  1,017,203 |  1,586,891 |  1,620,019 |   1,621,716 |   1,754,682 |   1,854,180 |   1,963,390 |     23.7 |   1,976,169
Arkansas ..............|    340,621 |    528,831 |    797,291 |    878,783 |     976,735 |   1,002,908 |   1,070,668 |   1,153,714 |     44.7 |   1,181,083
California ............|  5,775,482 |  8,515,440 | 12,023,304 | 12,910,152 |  13,537,367 |  13,244,130 |  13,899,338 |  14,274,642 |     18.7 |  14,284,348
                       |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |          |
Colorado ..............|    738,363 |  1,057,558 |  1,452,137 |  1,546,642 |   1,670,921 |   1,760,679 |   1,862,438 |   1,974,306 |     36.0 |   1,974,306
Connecticut ...........|    367,850 |    562,696 |    886,846 |    957,627 |     981,286 |   1,026,593 |   1,134,014 |   1,169,349 |     31.9 |   1,168,038
Delaware ..............|    158,332 |    229,377 |    367,012 |    396,947 |     416,699 |     442,488 |     469,085 |     491,597 |     33.9 |     491,597
District of Columbia ..|     71,791 |     80,764 |     97,556 |     99,535 |      98,826 |      97,072 |      99,351 |      98,632 |      1.1 |     103,072
Florida ...............|  1,170,305 |  1,782,180 |  2,896,046 |  2,988,794 |   3,179,353 |   3,408,957 |   3,549,470 |   3,727,585 |     28.7 |   3,714,984
                       |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |          |
Georgia ...............|    754,060 |  1,255,964 |  1,929,993 |  2,015,816 |   2,227,608 |   2,453,100 |   2,728,682 |   2,953,792 |     53.0 |   2,835,505
Hawaii ................|    222,718 |    312,248 |    498,307 |    575,337 |     602,346 |     613,356 |     653,303 |     634,970 |     27.4 |     634,970
Idaho .................|    166,844 |    238,438 |    353,561 |    391,441 |     409,167 |     445,463 |     473,733 |     503,014 |     42.3 |     510,601
Illinois ..............|  1,780,403 |  2,571,409 |  3,528,967 |  3,644,740 |   3,877,243 |   4,053,858 |   4,293,437 |   4,498,142 |     27.5 |   4,498,142
Indiana ...............|  1,064,395 |  1,602,203 |  2,391,173 |  2,643,997 |   2,671,055 |   2,858,990 |   2,967,184 |   2,783,027 |     16.4 |   2,783,027
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Iowa ..................|    767,590 |  1,092,542 |  1,734,476 |  1,776,217 |   1,899,159 |   1,981,068 |   2,051,631 |   2,163,536 |     24.7 |   2,163,536
Kansas ................|    579,857 |    848,602 |  1,190,573 |  1,262,215 |   1,329,587 |   1,429,200 |   1,495,926 |   1,536,701 |     29.1 |   1,547,154
Kentucky ..............|    673,775 |    898,718 |  1,400,529 |  1,514,985 |   1,516,017 |   1,577,584 |   1,663,738 |   1,779,945 |     27.1 |   1,779,945
Louisiana .............|    716,702 |  1,039,177 |  1,439,415 |  1,541,126 |   1,800,188 |   1,835,151 |   1,909,675 |   1,911,633 |     32.8 |   1,970,177
Maine .................|    153,658 |    216,737 |    355,074 |    362,905 |     375,090 |     387,991 |     391,269 |     404,171 |     13.8 |     407,819
                       |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |          |
Maryland ..............|    795,100 |  1,064,430 |  1,684,341 |  1,674,918 |   1,829,812 |   1,940,403 |   1,997,636 |   2,136,898 |     26.9 |   2,136,898
Massachusetts .........|    553,019 |    980,585 |  1,435,063 |  1,474,589 |   1,605,121 |   1,496,856 |   1,557,225 |   1,641,256 |     14.4 |   1,647,254
Michigan ..............|  2,053,795 |  2,946,336 |  4,416,914 |  4,741,682 |   4,925,759 |   5,095,422 |   5,395,757 |   5,653,791 |     28.0 |   5,653,791
Minnesota .............|    876,632 |  1,324,691 |  2,012,225 |  2,219,016 |   2,286,336 |   2,459,437 |   2,624,464 |   2,689,857 |     33.7 |   2,694,395
Mississippi ...........|    539,222 |    706,380 |    978,366 |  1,012,544 |   1,102,806 |   1,200,196 |   1,358,795 |   1,429,107 |     46.1 |   1,440,692
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Missouri ..............|    687,643 |    999,869 |  1,453,608 |  1,501,166 |   1,582,746 |   1,694,484 |   1,836,878 |   1,988,392 |     36.8 |   1,994,150
Montana ...............|    121,894 |    182,102 |    254,175 |    320,876 |     337,189 |     350,943 |     376,618 |     402,792 |     58.5 |     402,792
Nebraska ..............|    378,928 |    537,858 |    848,778 |    916,814 |     968,407 |   1,004,263 |   1,076,670 |   1,143,547 |     34.7 |   1,143,547
Nevada ................|    111,347 |    180,107 |    330,592 |    363,306 |     377,786 |     415,785 |     447,901 |     505,518 |     52.9 |     505,518
New Hampshire .........|    134,391 |    183,959 |    281,542 |    307,217 |     335,575 |     360,833 |     371,554 |     390,816 |     38.8 |     390,816
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New Jersey ............|    903,169 |  1,406,490 |  2,309,968 |  2,489,088 |   2,630,533 |   2,809,931 |   2,982,535 |   3,064,901 |     32.7 |   3,064,901
New Mexico ............|    325,960 |    456,600 |    896,299 |  1,010,859 |   1,069,497 |   1,142,903 |   1,278,741 |   1,315,168 |     46.7 |   1,329,422
New York ..............|  2,519,104 |  3,802,602 |  5,605,621 |  5,681,964 |   6,096,863 |   6,481,594 |   6,922,118 |   6,728,593 |     20.0 |   6,728,593
North Carolina ........|  1,128,383 |  1,799,173 |  2,581,156 |  2,770,977 |   3,002,915 |   3,192,215 |   3,406,215 |   3,538,606 |     37.1 |   3,538,606
North Dakota ..........|    192,046 |    288,214 |    367,959 |    408,219 |     419,268 |     432,190 |     456,730 |     440,332 |     19.7 |     440,332
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Ohio ..................|  1,784,754 |  2,718,408 |  4,084,840 |  4,359,943 |   4,389,408 |   4,640,316 |   4,907,686 |   4,812,773 |     17.8 |   4,818,930
Oklahoma ..............|    583,174 |    844,829 |  1,057,248 |  1,158,696 |   1,177,061 |   1,214,084 |   1,263,002 |   1,329,938 |     25.8 |   1,329,938
Oregon ................|    642,411 |    880,696 |  1,329,794 |  1,484,621 |   1,560,699 |   1,623,771 |   1,756,424 |   1,815,638 |     36.5 |   1,815,638
Pennsylvania ..........|  1,544,586 |  2,392,145 |  3,602,685 |  3,904,332 |   4,004,062 |   4,240,094 |   4,506,833 |   4,781,347 |     32.7 |   4,781,347
Rhode Island ..........|    158,365 |    213,253 |    292,199 |    303,606 |     330,038 |     331,359 |     344,457 |     353,270 |     20.9 |     353,270
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South Carolina ........|    617,963 |    951,848 |  1,475,074 |  1,595,552 |   1,702,419 |   1,766,671 |   1,817,631 |   1,903,952 |     29.1 |   1,903,952
South Dakota ..........|    124,103 |    149,092 |    197,853 |    217,756 |     240,061 |     259,120 |     252,443 |     262,682 |     32.8 |     290,868
Tennessee .............|    665,885 |  1,081,052 |  1,585,614 |  1,621,202 |   1,776,066 |   1,911,953 |   2,042,171 |   2,061,946 |     30.0 |   2,062,547
Texas .................|  2,736,276 |  4,375,082 |  5,959,584 |  6,370,847 |   6,982,016 |   7,414,174 |   7,817,433 |   8,296,878 |     39.2 |   8,300,915
Utah ..................|    405,314 |    669,714 |    993,625 |  1,116,845 |   1,174,239 |   1,260,797 |   1,354,017 |   1,442,592 |     45.2 |   1,442,592
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Vermont ...............|    122,708 |    188,112 |    274,746 |    294,045 |     298,626 |     306,100 |     316,455 |     329,457 |     19.9 |     329,457
Virginia ..............|  1,143,755 |  1,825,156 |  2,812,109 |  2,939,683 |   3,072,851 |   3,301,020 |   3,414,167 |   3,515,201 |     25.0 |   3,515,201
Washington ............|    993,171 |  1,399,780 |  2,157,074 |  2,278,549 |   2,486,455 |   2,639,504 |   2,807,168 |   2,909,056 |     34.9 |   2,945,074
West Virginia .........|    317,482 |    376,293 |    548,802 |    582,453 |     609,447 |     650,642 |     674,664 |     717,095 |     30.7 |     718,596
Wisconsin .............|  1,208,396 |  1,754,395 |  2,469,260 |  2,596,853 |   2,726,350 |   2,872,001 |   2,941,034 |   3,022,205 |     22.4 |   3,024,877
Wyoming ...............|    126,082 |    203,307 |    240,216 |    265,048 |     260,592 |     271,396 |     294,334 |     291,864 |     21.5 |     291,864
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U.S. Service Schools ..|    592,454 |    912,393 |  1,150,209 |  1,241,392 |   1,267,497 |   1,309,330 |   1,313,438 |   1,394,800 |     21.3 |   1,394,800
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   Outlying areas .....|    268,310 |    451,370 |    516,958 |    574,988 |     654,292 |     662,130 |     727,524 |     813,290 |     57.3 |     809,779
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American Samoa ........|      1,609 |      1,092 |      3,187 |      3,228 |       3,356 |       3,416 |       3,483 |      15,486 |    386.0 |      15,486
Federated States of    |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |          |
  Micronesia ..........|        --- |        --- |      3,777 |      3,765 |       3,294 |       3,520 |       5,056 |       8,442 |    123.5 |       8,442
Guam ..................|     16,100 |     31,310 |     57,645 |     67,220 |      71,917 |      66,913 |      81,148 |      68,230 |     18.4 |      68,230
Marshall Islands ......|        --- |        --- |        --- |      3,588 |       1,298 |       1,527 |       1,237 |       1,282 |      --- |       1,282
Northern Marianas .....|        --- |      1,350 |      2,798 |      3,194 |       2,505 |       3,214 |      12,366 |      15,029 |    437.2 |      15,029
Palau .................|        --- |        --- |      3,837 |      3,687 |       4,485 |       3,476 |       3,667 |       5,942 |     54.9 |       5,942
Puerto Rico ...........|    237,319 |    394,046 |    385,511 |    434,032 |     536,917 |     546,575 |     586,910 |     663,128 |     72.0 |     659,617
Trust Territory of     |            |            |            |            |             |             |             |             |          |
  the Pacific .........|      1,447 |      5,992 |        --- |        --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |      --- |         ---
Virgin Islands ........|     11,835 |     17,580 |     60,202 |     56,274 |      30,520 |      33,489 |      33,656 |      35,750 |    -40.6 |      35,750
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\1\Preliminary data.
\2\Preliminary data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
---Data not reported or not applicable.

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 November 1998.)


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