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Table 336.Educational and general expenditures of public 4-year colleges,\1\ 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\2\| 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 ....|$8,682,538 |$4,027,051 |$1,445,651 |  $500,832 |  $607,235 |$340,002 | $250,152 |  $1,001,848 |   $338,432 |$171,335
1977-78 ....| 9,568,977 | 4,423,487 | 1,598,092 |   572,193 |   677,414 | 369,408 |  274,314 |   1,118,393 |    332,899 | 202,777
1978-79 ....|10,455,134 | 4,770,598 | 1,789,534 |   651,541 |   786,072 | 395,299 |  301,387 |   1,214,996 |    337,588 | 208,119
1979-80 ....|11,750,398 | 5,271,621 | 2,029,327 |   733,557 |   937,874 | 448,190 |  359,467 |   1,375,308 |    383,036 | 212,019
1980-81 ....|13,139,618 | 5,890,759 | 2,258,987 |   807,249 | 1,043,614 | 511,817 |  407,816 |   1,563,514 |    412,972 | 242,890
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|14,321,586 | 6,537,888 | 2,518,182 |   834,225 | 1,086,146 | 536,080 |  440,736 |   1,738,210 |    403,069 | 227,050
1982-83 ....|15,286,145 | 6,980,269 | 2,660,360 |   904,745 | 1,150,011 | 559,353 |  469,841 |   1,857,151 |    450,067 | 254,349
1983-84 ....|16,538,128 | 7,464,035 | 3,013,666 | 1,041,488 | 1,246,289 | 622,879 |  513,732 |   1,873,628 |    473,503 | 288,908
1984-85 ....|18,333,578 | 8,211,171 | 3,370,676 | 1,140,312 | 1,420,844 | 669,518 |  603,018 |   2,137,225 |    489,188 | 291,626
1985-86 ....|19,860,947 | 8,945,373 | 3,658,627 | 1,235,418 | 1,618,737 | 712,112 |  648,178 |   2,118,522 |    569,841 | 354,139
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|21,490,078 | 9,608,239 | 4,019,850 | 1,318,666 | 1,846,712 | 695,692 |  766,865 |   2,226,599 |    660,940 | 346,515
1987-88 ....|23,124,455 |10,310,532 | 4,261,440 | 1,434,726 | 2,053,638 | 774,274 |  864,347 |   2,340,495 |    711,704 | 373,299
1988-89 ....|24,639,653 |10,991,086 | 4,496,286 | 1,504,869 | 2,305,152 | 813,801 |  941,434 |   2,429,103 |    754,412 | 403,508
1989-90 ....|27,210,634 |12,079,093 | 5,076,792 | 1,648,526 | 2,525,080 | 888,526 |1,088,113 |   2,607,385 |    871,944 | 425,175
1990-91 ....|28,903,790 |12,818,677 | 5,374,417 | 1,800,723 | 2,745,613 | 888,162 |1,145,892 |   2,728,949 |    963,436 | 437,921
1991-92 ....|30,720,827 |13,270,992 | 5,805,724 | 1,868,329 | 2,986,474 | 945,097 |1,310,700 |   2,782,200 |  1,248,220 | 503,091
1992-93\3\ .|33,119,294 |13,906,211 | 6,416,859 | 2,164,309 | 3,246,542 | 979,635 |1,447,684 |   2,960,373 |  1,457,901 | 539,779
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            |                                              Percentage distribution
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1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      46.4 |      16.7 |       5.8 |       7.0 |     3.9 |      2.9 |        11.5 |        3.9 |     2.0
1977-78 ....|     100.0 |      46.2 |      16.7 |       6.0 |       7.1 |     3.9 |      2.9 |        11.7 |        3.5 |     2.1
1978-79 ....|     100.0 |      45.6 |      17.1 |       6.2 |       7.5 |     3.8 |      2.9 |        11.6 |        3.2 |     2.0
1979-80 ....|     100.0 |      44.9 |      17.3 |       6.2 |       8.0 |     3.8 |      3.1 |        11.7 |        3.3 |     1.8
1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      44.8 |      17.2 |       6.1 |       7.9 |     3.9 |      3.1 |        11.9 |        3.1 |     1.8
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|     100.0 |      45.7 |      17.6 |       5.8 |       7.6 |     3.7 |      3.1 |        12.1 |        2.8 |     1.6
1982-83 ....|     100.0 |      45.7 |      17.4 |       5.9 |       7.5 |     3.7 |      3.1 |        12.1 |        2.9 |     1.7
1983-84 ....|     100.0 |      45.1 |      18.2 |       6.3 |       7.5 |     3.8 |      3.1 |        11.3 |        2.9 |     1.7
1984-85 ....|     100.0 |      44.8 |      18.4 |       6.2 |       7.7 |     3.7 |      3.3 |        11.7 |        2.7 |     1.6
1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      45.0 |      18.4 |       6.2 |       8.2 |     3.6 |      3.3 |        10.7 |        2.9 |     1.8
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      44.7 |      18.7 |       6.1 |       8.6 |     3.2 |      3.6 |        10.4 |        3.1 |     1.6
1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      44.6 |      18.4 |       6.2 |       8.9 |     3.3 |      3.7 |        10.1 |        3.1 |     1.6
1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      44.6 |      18.2 |       6.1 |       9.4 |     3.3 |      3.8 |         9.9 |        3.1 |     1.6
1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      44.4 |      18.7 |       6.1 |       9.3 |     3.3 |      4.0 |         9.6 |        3.2 |     1.6
1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      44.3 |      18.6 |       6.2 |       9.5 |     3.1 |      4.0 |         9.4 |        3.3 |     1.5
1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      43.2 |      18.9 |       6.1 |       9.7 |     3.1 |      4.3 |         9.1 |        4.1 |     1.6
1992-93\3\ .|     100.0 |      42.0 |      19.4 |       6.5 |       9.8 |     3.0 |      4.4 |         8.9 |        4.4 |     1.6
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            |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1992-93 dollars
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1976-77 ....|   $10,027 |    $4,651 |    $1,670 |      $578 |      $701 |    $393 |     $289 |      $1,157 |       $391 |    $198
1977-78 ....|    10,131 |     4,683 |     1,692 |       606 |       717 |     391 |      290 |       1,184 |        352 |     215
1978-79 ....|    10,456 |     4,771 |     1,790 |       652 |       786 |     395 |      301 |       1,215 |        338 |     208
1979-80 ....|    10,587 |     4,750 |     1,828 |       661 |       845 |     404 |      324 |       1,239 |        345 |     191
1980-81 ....|    10,469 |     4,694 |     1,800 |       643 |       832 |     408 |      325 |       1,246 |        329 |     194
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|    10,418 |     4,756 |     1,832 |       607 |       790 |     390 |      321 |       1,264 |        293 |     165
1982-83 ....|    10,177 |     4,647 |     1,771 |       602 |       766 |     372 |      313 |       1,236 |        300 |     169
1983-84 ....|    10,293 |     4,645 |     1,876 |       648 |       776 |     388 |      320 |       1,166 |        295 |     180
1984-85 ....|    10,885 |     4,875 |     2,001 |       677 |       844 |     398 |      358 |       1,269 |        290 |     173
1985-86 ....|    11,280 |     5,081 |     2,078 |       702 |       919 |     404 |      368 |       1,203 |        324 |     201
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|    11,255 |     5,032 |     2,105 |       691 |       967 |     364 |      402 |       1,166 |        346 |     181
1987-88 ....|    11,463 |     5,111 |     2,112 |       711 |     1,018 |     384 |      428 |       1,160 |        353 |     185
1988-89 ....|    11,235 |     5,012 |     2,050 |       686 |     1,051 |     371 |      429 |       1,108 |        344 |     184
1989-90 ....|    11,362 |     5,044 |     2,120 |       688 |     1,054 |     371 |      454 |       1,089 |        364 |     178
1990-91 ....|    11,040 |     4,896 |     2,053 |       688 |     1,049 |     339 |      438 |       1,042 |        368 |     167
1991-92 ....|    11,215 |     4,845 |     2,120 |       682 |     1,090 |     345 |      479 |       1,016 |        456 |     184
1992-93\3\ .|    11,584 |     4,864 |     2,244 |       757 |     1,136 |     343 |      506 |       1,035 |        510 |     189
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\1\Excludes universities. See preceding table.
\2\Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.
\3\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.)


1995 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest