Current-fund expenditures of private institutions of higher education, by purpose: 1980-81 to 1995-96

Table 347

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               Purpose                |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1989-90   |  1990-91   |  1991-92   |   1992-93   |  1993-94   |   1994-95   |1995-96 \1\
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                  1                   |     2      |     3      |     4      |     5      |     6      |      7      |     8      |      9      |     10
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                                      |                                                      In thousands
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     Total current-fund expenditures .|$21,773,132 |$34,341,889 |$48,885,041 |$53,126,743 |$57,341,982 | $60,670,938 |$64,041,076 | $67,503,635 |$70,951,662
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Educational and general expenditures .| 15,900,792 | 25,255,003 | 36,421,118 | 39,744,472 | 43,012,623 |  45,766,989 | 48,885,124 |  51,984,234 | 55,359,982
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  Instruction ........................|  5,883,343 |  9,151,318 | 12,888,779 | 14,124,723 | 15,168,776 |  16,080,736 | 17,087,102 |  18,120,513 | 19,156,788
  Research ...........................|  1,844,369 |  2,732,222 |  3,963,726 |  4,079,827 |  4,312,973 |   4,686,336 |  4,937,247 |   5,279,876 |  5,441,530
  Public service .....................|    338,845 |    603,799 |  1,001,094 |  1,085,945 |  1,203,797 |   1,371,697 |  1,500,695 |   1,657,040 |  1,686,399
  Academic support ...................|  1,244,002 |  1,973,849 |  2,902,568 |  3,116,927 |  3,302,859 |   3,459,726 |  3,642,355 |   3,815,455 |  4,292,950
    Libraries ........................|    572,667 |    866,279 |  1,151,567 |  1,176,731 |  1,311,314 |   1,355,227 |  1,459,304 |   1,551,152 |  1,602,816
  Student services ...................|    958,432 |  1,641,180 |  2,366,819 |  2,627,117 |  2,818,174 |   2,991,840 |  3,247,414 |   3,445,983 |  3,820,174
  Institutional support ..............|  2,209,321 |  3,683,642 |  5,183,893 |  5,695,842 |  6,051,868 |   6,200,308 |  6,598,004 |   6,915,821 |  7,545,490
  Operation and maintenance of plant .|  1,668,389 |  2,427,972 |  3,124,680 |  3,406,975 |  3,556,365 |   3,706,923 |  3,935,311 |   4,076,986 |  4,325,784
  Scholarships and fellowships  ......|  1,439,661 |  2,584,266 |  4,269,051 |  4,862,651 |  5,804,340 |   6,420,536 |  7,015,087 |   7,623,304 |  8,110,450
    From unrestricted funds ..........|    713,138 |  1,588,143 |  2,754,479 |  3,174,947 |  3,682,076 |   4,203,697 |  4,710,100 |   5,180,348 |  5,755,910
    From restricted funds\2\ .........|    726,523 |    996,123 |  1,514,572 |  1,687,704 |  2,122,264 |   2,216,838 |  2,304,987 |   2,442,957 |  2,354,540
  Mandatory transfers ................|    314,429 |    456,754 |    720,508 |    744,465 |    793,471 |     848,886 |    921,908 |   1,049,256 |    980,417
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Auxiliary enterprises ................|  2,629,948 |  3,698,067 |  4,921,653 |  5,222,312 |  5,331,969 |   5,537,156 |  5,791,558 |   5,969,773 |  6,290,030
  Mandatory transfers ................|    164,335 |    206,394 |    285,521 |    313,730 |    347,999 |     350,905 |    374,733 |     392,285 |    352,241
Hospitals ............................|  2,055,139 |  3,333,414 |  4,565,297 |  5,009,963 |  5,671,540 |   5,949,070 |  6,191,929 |   6,269,769 |  6,062,047
  Mandatory transfers ................|     31,349 |     53,264 |     66,164 |     78,491 |    109,619 |      84,818 |    102,449 |      83,729 |     55,052
Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ....|  1,187,253 |  2,055,405 |  2,976,973 |  3,149,996 |  3,325,850 |   3,417,723 |  3,172,465 |   3,279,859 |  3,239,604
  Mandatory transfers ................|        321 |      2,586 |      3,535 |      4,444 |      2,886 |       1,808 |      1,880 |       1,908 |        780
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                                      |                                               Percentage distribution
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     Total current-fund expenditures .|      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |       100.0 |      100.0 |       100.0 |      100.0
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Educational and general expenditures .|       73.0 |       73.5 |       74.5 |       74.8 |       75.0 |        75.4 |       76.3 |        77.0 |       78.0
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  Instruction ........................|       27.0 |       26.6 |       26.4 |       26.6 |       26.5 |        26.5 |       26.7 |        26.8 |       27.0
  Research ...........................|        8.5 |        8.0 |        8.1 |        7.7 |        7.5 |         7.7 |        7.7 |         7.8 |        7.7
  Public service .....................|        1.6 |        1.8 |        2.0 |        2.0 |        2.1 |         2.3 |        2.3 |         2.5 |        2.4
  Academic support ...................|        5.7 |        5.7 |        5.9 |        5.9 |        5.8 |         5.7 |        5.7 |         5.7 |        6.1
    Libraries ........................|        2.6 |        2.5 |        2.4 |        2.2 |        2.3 |         2.2 |        2.3 |         2.3 |        2.3
  Student services ...................|        4.4 |        4.8 |        4.8 |        4.9 |        4.9 |         4.9 |        5.1 |         5.1 |        5.4
  Institutional support ..............|       10.1 |       10.7 |       10.6 |       10.7 |       10.6 |        10.2 |       10.3 |        10.2 |       10.6
  Operation and maintenance of plant .|        7.7 |        7.1 |        6.4 |        6.4 |        6.2 |         6.1 |        6.1 |         6.0 |        6.1
  Scholarships and fellowships .......|        6.6 |        7.5 |        8.7 |        9.2 |       10.1 |        10.6 |       11.0 |        11.3 |       11.4
    From unrestricted funds ..........|        3.3 |        4.6 |        5.6 |        6.0 |        6.4 |         6.9 |        7.4 |         7.7 |        8.1
    From restricted funds\2\ .........|        3.3 |        2.9 |        3.1 |        3.2 |        3.7 |         3.7 |        3.6 |         3.6 |        3.3
  Mandatory transfers ................|        1.4 |        1.3 |        1.5 |        1.4 |        1.4 |         1.4 |        1.4 |         1.6 |        1.4
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Auxiliary enterprises ................|       12.1 |       10.8 |       10.1 |        9.8 |        9.3 |         9.1 |        9.0 |         8.8 |        8.9
  Mandatory transfers ................|        0.8 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |         0.6 |        0.6 |         0.6 |        0.5
Hospitals  ...........................|        9.4 |        9.7 |        9.3 |        9.4 |        9.9 |         9.8 |        9.7 |         9.3 |        8.5
  Mandatory transfers ................|        0.1 |        0.2 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.2 |         0.1 |        0.2 |         0.1 |        0.1
Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ....|        5.5 |        6.0 |        6.1 |        5.9 |        5.8 |         5.6 |        5.0 |         4.9 |        4.6
  Mandatory transfers ................|      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |       (\4\) |      (\4\) |       (\4\) |      (\4\)
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\1\Preliminary data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\2\Excludes Pell Grants.
\3\Generally includes only those expenditures 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 October 1998.)

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