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Table 335.Educational and general expenditures of public universities, by purpose: 1976-77 to 1992-93

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            |                                        Educational and general expenditures
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    Year    |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |Operation and|Scholarships|
            |   Total   |Instruction|  Admini-  |  Student  | Research  |Libraries|  Public  | maintenance |    and     |Mandatory
            |           |           |stration\1\| services  |           |         | service  |  of plant   |fellowships |transfers
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     1      |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |    7    |    8     |      9      |     10     |   11
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            |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
            |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1976-77 ....|$9,413,626 |$3,670,554 |$1,222,410 |  $346,906 |$1,727,807 |$331,614 | $763,809 |    $857,677 |   $377,749 |$115,099
1977-78 ....|10,220,191 | 4,009,870 | 1,344,538 |   388,262 | 1,896,578 | 343,198 |  803,309 |     938,952 |    389,682 | 105,803
1978-79 ....|11,284,191 | 4,408,025 | 1,478,568 |   419,231 | 2,136,135 | 363,875 |  920,726 |   1,046,740 |    396,356 | 114,533
1979-80 ....|12,540,072 | 4,860,411 | 1,572,523 |   473,460 | 2,444,471 | 463,642 |1,012,376 |   1,148,942 |    439,461 | 124,786
1980-81 ....|13,951,029 | 5,374,271 | 1,795,504 |   525,891 | 2,743,145 | 451,978 |1,158,512 |   1,270,339 |    492,225 | 139,164
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|15,077,263 | 5,852,958 | 1,974,219 |   566,366 | 2,903,178 | 488,939 |1,223,417 |   1,412,557 |    525,498 | 130,131
1982-83 ....|16,089,168 | 6,247,358 | 2,107,933 |   604,657 | 3,086,846 | 528,470 |1,300,353 |   1,512,947 |    562,903 | 137,702
1983-84 ....|17,234,711 | 6,646,501 | 2,263,565 |   643,614 | 3,295,053 | 577,136 |1,385,191 |   1,627,702 |    624,642 | 171,306
1984-85 ....|18,960,810 | 7,257,618 | 2,598,784 |   701,451 | 3,682,755 | 609,365 |1,519,324 |   1,745,825 |    677,533 | 168,155
1985-86 ....|20,716,657 | 7,807,522 | 2,882,006 |   762,324 | 4,076,258 | 669,253 |1,664,917 |   1,831,618 |    780,080 | 242,679
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|22,023,387 | 8,368,187 | 3,088,348 |   819,829 | 4,399,405 | 677,531 |1,725,613 |   1,829,880 |    847,328 | 267,266
1987-88 ....|23,848,427 | 8,902,624 | 3,311,806 |   889,528 | 4,911,929 | 762,858 |1,857,008 |   1,934,489 |    949,438 | 328,746
1988-89 ....|26,138,665 | 9,623,797 | 3,638,424 |   975,801 | 5,476,936 | 813,888 |2,096,267 |   2,069,744 |  1,096,447 | 347,362
1989-90 ....|28,077,757 |10,269,007 | 3,867,818 | 1,028,463 | 5,997,942 | 860,981 |2,263,623 |   2,200,111 |  1,199,643 | 390,170
1990-91 ....|30,367,325 |11,012,373 | 4,157,677 | 1,103,058 | 6,599,209 | 906,506 |2,479,956 |   2,305,115 |  1,367,754 | 435,676
1991-92 ....|31,565,791 |11,373,749 | 4,198,990 | 1,161,633 | 6,937,360 | 946,098 |2,609,520 |   2,323,220 |  1,556,868 | 458,354
1992-93\2\ .|32,836,061 |11,708,500 | 4,317,605 | 1,211,143 | 7,330,922 | 959,306 |2,714,785 |   2,365,942 |  1,734,530 | 493,328
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            |                                              Percentage distribution
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1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      39.0 |      13.0 |       3.7 |      18.4 |     3.5 |      8.1 |         9.1 |        4.0 |     1.2
1977-78 ....|     100.0 |      39.2 |      13.2 |       3.8 |      18.6 |     3.4 |      7.9 |         9.2 |        3.8 |     1.0
1978-79 ....|     100.0 |      39.1 |      13.1 |       3.7 |      18.9 |     3.2 |      8.2 |         9.3 |        3.5 |     1.0
1979-80 ....|     100.0 |      38.8 |      12.5 |       3.8 |      19.5 |     3.7 |      8.1 |         9.2 |        3.5 |     1.0
1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      38.5 |      12.9 |       3.8 |      19.7 |     3.2 |      8.3 |         9.1 |        3.5 |     1.0
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|     100.0 |      38.8 |      13.1 |       3.8 |      19.3 |     3.2 |      8.1 |         9.4 |        3.5 |     0.9
1982-83 ....|     100.0 |      38.8 |      13.1 |       3.8 |      19.2 |     3.3 |      8.1 |         9.4 |        3.5 |     0.9
1983-84 ....|     100.0 |      38.6 |      13.1 |       3.7 |      19.1 |     3.3 |      8.0 |         9.4 |        3.6 |     1.0
1984-85 ....|     100.0 |      38.3 |      13.7 |       3.7 |      19.4 |     3.2 |      8.0 |         9.2 |        3.6 |     0.9
1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      37.7 |      13.9 |       3.7 |      19.7 |     3.2 |      8.0 |         8.8 |        3.8 |     1.2
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      38.0 |      14.0 |       3.7 |      20.0 |     3.1 |      7.8 |         8.3 |        3.8 |     1.2
1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      37.3 |      13.9 |       3.7 |      20.6 |     3.2 |      7.8 |         8.1 |        4.0 |     1.4
1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      36.8 |      13.9 |       3.7 |      21.0 |     3.1 |      8.0 |         7.9 |        4.2 |     1.3
1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      36.6 |      13.8 |       3.7 |      21.4 |     3.1 |      8.1 |         7.8 |        4.3 |     1.4
1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      36.3 |      13.7 |       3.6 |      21.7 |     3.0 |      8.2 |         7.6 |        4.5 |     1.4
1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      36.0 |      13.3 |       3.7 |      22.0 |     3.0 |      8.3 |         7.4 |        4.9 |     1.5
1992-93\2\ .|     100.0 |      35.7 |      13.1 |       3.7 |      22.3 |     2.9 |      8.3 |         7.2 |        5.3 |     1.5
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            |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1992-93 dollars
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1976-77 ....|   $13,751 |    $5,362 |    $1,786 |      $507 |    $2,524 |    $484 |   $1,116 |      $1,253 |       $552 |    $168
1977-78 ....|    13,897 |     5,453 |     1,828 |       528 |     2,579 |     467 |    1,092 |       1,277 |        530 |     144
1978-79 ....|    14,404 |     5,627 |     1,887 |       535 |     2,727 |     464 |    1,175 |       1,336 |        506 |     146
1979-80 ....|    14,271 |     5,531 |     1,790 |       539 |     2,782 |     528 |    1,152 |       1,307 |        500 |     142
1980-81 ....|    14,033 |     5,406 |     1,806 |       529 |     2,759 |     455 |    1,165 |       1,278 |        495 |     140
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|    13,836 |     5,371 |     1,812 |       520 |     2,664 |     449 |    1,123 |       1,296 |        482 |     119
1982-83 ....|    13,820 |     5,366 |     1,811 |       519 |     2,651 |     454 |    1,117 |       1,300 |        484 |     118
1983-84 ....|    14,168 |     5,464 |     1,861 |       529 |     2,709 |     474 |    1,139 |       1,338 |        513 |     141
1984-85 ....|    14,861 |     5,689 |     2,037 |       550 |     2,887 |     478 |    1,191 |       1,368 |        531 |     132
1985-86 ....|    15,491 |     5,838 |     2,155 |       570 |     3,048 |     500 |    1,245 |       1,370 |        583 |     181
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|    15,732 |     5,978 |     2,206 |       586 |     3,143 |     484 |    1,233 |       1,307 |        605 |     191
1987-88 ....|    16,131 |     6,022 |     2,240 |       602 |     3,322 |     516 |    1,256 |       1,308 |        642 |     222
1988-89 ....|    16,359 |     6,023 |     2,277 |       611 |     3,428 |     509 |    1,312 |       1,295 |        686 |     217
1989-90 ....|    16,354 |     5,981 |     2,253 |       599 |     3,494 |     501 |    1,318 |       1,281 |        699 |     227
1990-91 ....|    16,637 |     6,033 |     2,278 |       604 |     3,615 |     497 |    1,359 |       1,263 |        749 |     239
1991-92 ....|    16,596 |     5,980 |     2,208 |       611 |     3,647 |     497 |    1,372 |       1,221 |        819 |     241
1992-93\2\ .|    16,936 |     6,039 |     2,227 |       625 |     3,781 |     495 |    1,400 |       1,220 |        895 |     254
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\1\Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.
\2\Preliminary data.

NOTE.--Data in this table may differ slightly from data appearing in other tables. Data for 1976-77 through 1985-86 include only institutions which provided both enrollment and finance data. The Higher Education Price Index was used to convert the per student figures to constant dollars. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys; and Research Associates of Washington, unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 1995.)


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