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Table 48.-Current-fund expenditures and current-fund expenditures per full-time equivalent (FTE) student of public 4-year institutions, with alternative projections: 1984-85 to 2009-10
Year Ending Full-time equivalent enrollment
(in thousands)
Current expenditures
Constant 1998-1999 dollars1 Current dollars
Total
(in billions)
Per student in FTE Total
(in billions)
Per student in FTE
1985 4,238 $74.7 $17,635 $48.0 $11,330
1986 4,240 78.9 18,617 52.2 12,309
1987 4,296 82.9 19,285 56.0 13,036
1988 4,396 85.4 19,431 60.1 13,680
1989 4,506 88.8 19,700 65.3 14,503
1990 4,620 91.9 19,885 70.9 15,339
1991 4,740 94.3 19,890 76.7 16,186
1992 4,796 96.9 20,197 81.3 16,960
1993 4,798 99.4 20,716 86.1 17,938
1994 4,766 100.9 21,179 89.7 18,820
1995 4,750 103.8 21,860 94.9 19,980
1996 4,757 104.3 21,916 97.9 20,579
  Middle ALTernative projections
1997 4,767 106.8 22,409 103.2 21,639
1998 4,813 109.7 22,800 107.9 22,411
1999 4,898 113.5 23,180 113.5 23,180
2000 4,943 117.3 23,731 120.2 24,316
2001 5,039 121.3 24,065 127.0 25,197
2002 5,122 124.9 24,379 133.8 26,125
2003 5,171 128.0 24,747 140.7 27,208
2004 5,239 131.4 25,076 148.3 28,305
2005 5,306 135.1 25,464 (2) (2)
2006 5,376 139.1 25,870 (2) (2)
2007 5,475 143.4 26,195 (2) (2)
2008 5,593 147.8 26,426 (2) (2)
2009 5,727 152.3 26,593 (2) (2)
2010 5,846 156.7 26,800 (2) (2)
  Low ALTernative projections
1997 4,767 106.8 22,409 103.2 21,639
1998 4,813 109.7 22,800 107.9 22,411
1999 4,898 113.5 23,180 113.5 23,180
2000 4,943 117.3 23,731 120.2 24,317
2001 5,039 121.3 24,064 127.1 25,222
2002 5,122 124.5 24,316 133.8 26,127
2003 5,171 127.0 24,571 140.1 27,102
2004 5,239 130.1 24,824 147.0 28,060
2005 5,306 133.4 25,144 (2) (2)
2006 5,376 136.9 25,467 (2) (2)
2007 5,475 140.8 25,718 (2) (2)
2008 5,593 144.8 25,885 (2) (2)
2009 5,727 148.8 25,986 (2) (2)
2010 5,846 152.9 26,147 (2) (2)
  High ALTernative projections
1997 4,767 106.8 22,409 103.2 21,639
1998 4,813 109.7 22,800 107.9 22,411
1999 4,898 113.5 23,180 113.5 23,180
2000 4,943 117.3 23,731 120.2 24,316
2001 5,039 121.3 24,069 126.9 25,175
2002 5,122 125.1 24,416 133.3 26,027
2003 5,171 128.5 24,846 139.4 26,953
2004 5,239 132.3 25,262 145.7 27,810
2005 5,306 136.6 25,752 (2) (2)
2006 5,376 141.2 26,265 (2) (2)
2007 5,475 146.2 26,698 (2) (2)
2008 5,593 151.2 27,032 (2) (2)
2009 5,727 156.3 27,290 (2) (2)
2010 5,846 161.2 27,573 (2) (2)
1Based on the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
2Projections in current dollars are not shown after 2004 due to the uncertain behavior of inflation over the long term.
NOTE: Calculations were made using unrounded numbers. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE : U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education,'' and "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities'' surveys; Higher Education Enrollment Model; and Public 4-Year Institutions Current-Fund Expenditure Model. (This table was prepared March 2000.)

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