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Table 49.-Educational and general expenditures and educational and general 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)
Education and general expenditures
Constant 1998-1999 dollars1 Current dollars
Total
(in billions)
Per student in FTE Total
(in billions)
Per student in FTE
1985 4,238 $58.0 $13,697 $37.3 $8,800
1986 4,240 61.4 14,489 40.6 9,580
1987 4,296 64.4 14,985 43.5 10,128
1988 4,396 66.7 15,178 47.0 10,685
1989 4,506 69.0 15,308 50.8 11,270
1990 4,620 71.7 15,514 55.3 11,968
1991 4,740 72.8 15,366 59.3 12,504
1992 4,796 74.2 15,467 62.3 12,988
1993 4,798 76.2 15,876 66.0 13,747
1994 4,766 77.4 16,244 68.8 14,435
1995 4,750 79.8 16,797 72.9 15,352
1996 4,757 80.7 16,971 75.8 15,936
  Middle ALTernative projections
1997 4,767 82.9 17,380 80.0 16,782
1998 4,813 85.1 17,678 83.6 17,377
1999 4,898 87.9 17,944 87.9 17,944
2000 4,943 90.9 18,382 93.1 18,835
2001 5,039 93.7 18,601 98.1 19,476
2002 5,122 96.4 18,812 103.3 20,158
2003 5,171 98.7 19,089 108.5 20,987
2004 5,239 101.2 19,321 114.3 21,809
2005 5,306 104.0 19,605 (2) (2)
2006 5,376 107.0 19,902 (2) (2)
2007 5,475 110.1 20,111 (2) (2)
2008 5,593 113.1 20,229 (2) (2)
2009 5,727 116.1 20,282 (2) (2)
2010 5,846 119.1 20,378 (2) (2)
  Low ALTernative projections
1997 4,767 82.9 17,380 80.0 16,782
1998 4,813 85.1 17,678 83.6 17,377
1999 4,898 87.9 17,944 87.9 17,944
2000 4,943 90.9 18,382 93.1 18,836
2001 5,039 93.7 18,600 98.2 19,495
2002 5,122 96.1 18,757 103.2 20,154
2003 5,171 97.9 18,937 108.0 20,888
2004 5,239 100.1 19,104 113.1 21,595
2005 5,306 102.6 19,330 (2) (2)
2006 5,376 105.1 19,556 (2) (2)
2007 5,475 107.9 19,701 (2) (2)
2008 5,593 110.5 19,764 (2) (2)
2009 5,727 113.2 19,760 (2) (2)
2010 5,846 115.8 19,817 (2) (2)
  High ALTernative projections
1997 4,767 82.9 17,380 80.0 16,782
1998 4,813 85.1 17,678 83.6 17,377
1999 4,898 87.9 17,944 87.9 17,944
2000 4,943 90.9 18,382 93.1 18,835
2001 5,039 93.7 18,604 98.1 19,459
2002 5,122 96.5 18,843 102.9 20,087
2003 5,171 99.1 19,174 107.5 20,800
2004 5,239 102.1 19,480 112.4 21,445
2005 5,306 105.3 19,852 (2) (2)
2006 5,376 108.8 20,242 (2) (2)
2007 5,475 112.5 20,544 (2) (2)
2008 5,593 116.1 20,750 (2) (2)
2009 5,727 119.6 20,881 (2) (2)
2010 5,846 123.0 21,043 (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 Educational and General Expenditure Model. (This table was prepared March 2000.)

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