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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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             |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
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 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 ....|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
 1993-94\2\ .|34,318,548 |12,115,695 | 4,578,770 | 1,273,008 | 7,676,832 |1,006,301 |2,784,869 |   2,459,895 |  1,909,173 | 514,006
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             |                                              Percentage distribution
             |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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
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 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
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 1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      36.0 |      13.3 |       3.7 |      22.0 |      3.0 |      8.3 |         7.4 |        4.9 |     1.5
 1992-93 ....|     100.0 |      35.7 |      13.1 |       3.7 |      22.3 |      2.9 |      8.3 |         7.2 |        5.3 |     1.5
 1993-94\2\ .|     100.0 |      35.3 |      13.3 |       3.7 |      22.4 |      2.9 |      8.1 |         7.2 |        5.6 |     1.5
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             |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1993-94 dollars
             |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1976-77 ....|   $14,232 |    $5,549 |    $1,848 |      $524 |    $2,612 |     $501 |   $1,155 |      $1,297 |       $571 |    $174
 1977-78 ....|    14,358 |     5,633 |     1,889 |       545 |     2,664 |      482 |    1,129 |       1,319 |        547 |     149
 1978-79 ....|    14,880 |     5,813 |     1,950 |       553 |     2,817 |      480 |    1,214 |       1,380 |        523 |     151
 1979-80 ....|    14,722 |     5,706 |     1,846 |       556 |     2,870 |      544 |    1,188 |       1,349 |        516 |     146
 1980-81 ....|    14,494 |     5,583 |     1,865 |       546 |     2,850 |      470 |    1,204 |       1,320 |        511 |     145
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 1981-82 ....|    14,288 |     5,547 |     1,871 |       537 |     2,751 |      463 |    1,159 |       1,339 |        498 |     123
 1982-83 ....|    14,257 |     5,536 |     1,868 |       536 |     2,735 |      468 |    1,152 |       1,341 |        499 |     122
 1983-84 ....|    14,602 |     5,631 |     1,918 |       545 |     2,792 |      489 |    1,174 |       1,379 |        529 |     145
 1984-85 ....|    15,303 |     5,858 |     2,098 |       566 |     2,972 |      492 |    1,226 |       1,409 |        547 |     136
 1985-86 ....|    15,898 |     5,992 |     2,212 |       585 |     3,128 |      514 |    1,278 |       1,406 |        599 |     186
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 1986-87 ....|    16,189 |     6,151 |     2,270 |       603 |     3,234 |      498 |    1,268 |       1,345 |        623 |     196
 1987-88 ....|    16,614 |     6,202 |     2,307 |       620 |     3,422 |      531 |    1,294 |       1,348 |        661 |     229
 1988-89 ....|    16,940 |     6,237 |     2,358 |       632 |     3,550 |      527 |    1,359 |       1,341 |        711 |     225
 1989-90 ....|    16,883 |     6,175 |     2,326 |       618 |     3,607 |      518 |    1,361 |       1,323 |        721 |     235
 1990-91 ....|    17,186 |     6,232 |     2,353 |       624 |     3,735 |      513 |    1,403 |       1,305 |        774 |     247
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 1991-92 ....|    17,110 |     6,165 |     2,276 |       630 |     3,760 |      513 |    1,414 |       1,259 |        844 |     248
 1992-93 ....|    17,505 |     6,242 |     2,302 |       646 |     3,908 |      511 |    1,447 |       1,261 |        925 |     263
 1993-94\2\ .|    17,863 |     6,306 |     2,383 |       663 |     3,996 |      524 |    1,450 |       1,280 |        994 |     268
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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 May 1996.)