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  • Private, not-for-profit HBCUs in 1996-97 derived 22 percent of their revenue from student tuition and fees; by 2000-01, the proportion had increased to 25 percent (table A-61).
  • In 1976-77, current-fund revenue for public HBCUs from tuition and fees was 14 percent; in 2000-01, it had increased to 20 percent (table A-60).
  • Educational and general expenditures per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student for public HBCUs increased from $10,059 in 1976-77 to $15,085 in 2000-01 (in constant 2000-01 dollars); expenditures per FTE student for all public institutions increased from $10,804 in 1976-77 to $16,525 in 2000-01 (constant 2000-01 dollars) (figure 3 and table A-50).
  • Private, not-for-profit HBCUs spent less per FTE student in instructional expenditures than all private, not-for-profit colleges and universities. In 2000-01, HBCUs averaged $7,732 and all institutions averaged $10,662-a difference of $2,930 (table A-51).

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