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Table 340. Expenditures of public degree-granting institutions, by purpose and type of institution: 1996-97 
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                             |             |                                                   Educational and general expenditures                                                 |            |            |
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           Type of           |             |             |            |            |           |   Academic support    |           |            | Operation | Scholar-  |           | Auxiliary  | Hospitals  | pendent
         institution         |Current-fund |    Total    |Instruction |  Research  |  Public   |_______________________|  Student  |  Institu-  |and mainte-| ships and |Mandatory  |enterprises |            | opera-
                             |expenditures |             |            |            |  service  |   Total   | Libraries | services  |   tional   | nance of  |  fellow-  | transfers |            |            |tions\1\
                             |             |             |            |            |           |           |   only    |           |  support   |   plant   |   ships   |           |            |            |
_____________________________|_____________|_____________|____________|____________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|___________|____________|____________|_________
              1              |      2      |      3      |     4      |     5      |     6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |     10     |    11     |    12     |    13     |     14     |     15     |   16
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                             |                                                                      In thousands
                             |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total\2\ ..................|$125,978,073 |$101,554,184 |$40,467,048 |$12,767,351 |$5,737,393 |$9,635,380 |$2,841,667 |$6,243,190 |$11,276,456 |$8,300,512 |$5,573,209 |$1,553,644 |$12,051,424 |$12,113,610 |$258,854
Research I universities\3\ ..|  46,673,565 |  34,483,578 | 11,606,555 |  8,436,279 | 2,720,080 | 3,347,440 |   961,084 | 1,173,147 |  2,309,356 | 2,225,720 | 2,000,785 |   664,217 |  4,613,241 |  7,487,853 |  88,893
Research II universities\3\ .|   7,672,748 |   6,623,101 |  2,426,740 |  1,141,835 |   528,100 |   706,966 |   222,774 |   311,678 |    542,774 |   474,517 |   397,192 |    93,299 |  1,048,122 |          0 |   1,524
Doctoral universities  ......|  13,289,015 |  11,570,383 |  4,362,669 |  1,314,047 |   700,645 | 1,222,376 |   388,815 |   643,197 |  1,562,184 |   848,359 |   741,423 |   175,484 |  1,696,796 |     21,835 |       0
Master's  ...................|  20,405,039 |  17,545,557 |  7,799,482 |    583,858 |   646,036 | 1,707,709 |   618,977 | 1,412,525 |  2,173,377 | 1,653,782 | 1,253,328 |   315,460 |  2,622,401 |    224,080 |  13,000
Baccalaureate  ..............|   2,299,127 |   2,009,105 |    809,424 |     31,568 |    75,201 |   210,857 |    73,358 |   198,127 |    285,992 |   208,967 |   151,684 |    37,286 |    290,022 |          0 |       0
Associate of arts ...........|  23,146,890 |  21,682,533 | 10,275,506 |     25,143 |   527,044 | 1,867,844 |   473,332 | 2,277,839 |  3,451,463 | 2,189,815 |   875,998 |   191,880 |  1,408,655 |          0 |  55,702
Specialized institutions\4\ .|  12,388,680 |   7,539,310 |  3,154,285 |  1,233,905 |   537,894 |   561,411 |   101,662 |   214,057 |    930,078 |   687,565 |   145,069 |    75,046 |    369,793 |  4,379,842 |  99,735
  Health and medicine .......|  10,429,545 |   5,782,993 |  2,579,583 |  1,134,438 |   516,658 |   359,023 |    68,985 |    54,153 |    641,701 |   370,551 |    63,734 |    63,153 |    240,732 |  4,309,644 |  96,176
  Engineering  ..............|     220,970 |     200,085 |     80,226 |     21,519 |     4,126 |    16,103 |     5,882 |    11,569 |     24,389 |    22,122 |    12,264 |     7,766 |     17,331 |          0 |   3,554
  Business  .................|      32,325 |      29,863 |     12,775 |          0 |     1,885 |     3,338 |       730 |     1,621 |      5,319 |     2,563 |     2,363 |         0 |      2,462 |          0 |       0
  Fine arts  ................|     131,435 |     118,917 |     52,175 |          0 |       825 |    14,160 |     4,074 |     8,811 |     22,613 |    12,871 |     7,353 |       110 |     12,518 |          0 |       0
  Other specialized .........|   1,574,406 |   1,407,453 |    429,526 |     77,948 |    14,401 |   168,788 |    21,992 |   137,903 |    236,056 |   279,458 |    59,354 |     4,017 |     96,750 |     70,198 |       5
Tribal colleges\5\ ..........|     103,010 |     100,616 |     32,387 |        717 |     2,393 |    10,775 |     1,666 |    12,621 |     21,233 |    11,787 |     7,731 |       972 |      2,394 |          0 |       0
  4-year ....................|      24,348 |      23,995 |      6,762 |         73 |       354 |     2,142 |       378 |     5,717 |      5,033 |     3,003 |       911 |         0 |        353 |          0 |       0
  2-year ....................|      78,662 |      76,620 |     25,625 |        644 |     2,039 |     8,633 |     1,287 |     6,903 |     16,199 |     8,785 |     6,820 |       972 |      2,041 |          0 |       0
                             |==========================================================================================================================================================================================
                             |                                  Percentage distribution of current-fund expenditures
                             |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total\2\ ..................|      100.00 |       80.61 |      32.12 |      10.13 |      4.55 |      7.65 |      2.26 |      4.96 |       8.95 |      6.59 |      4.42 |      1.23 |       9.57 |       9.62 |    0.21
Research I universities\3\ ..|      100.00 |       73.88 |      24.87 |      18.08 |      5.83 |      7.17 |      2.06 |      2.51 |       4.95 |      4.77 |      4.29 |      1.42 |       9.88 |      16.04 |    0.19
Research II universities\3\ .|      100.00 |       86.32 |      31.63 |      14.88 |      6.88 |      9.21 |      2.90 |      4.06 |       7.07 |      6.18 |      5.18 |      1.22 |      13.66 |       0.00 |    0.02
Doctoral universities  ......|      100.00 |       87.07 |      32.83 |       9.89 |      5.27 |      9.20 |      2.93 |      4.84 |      11.76 |      6.38 |      5.58 |      1.32 |      12.77 |       0.16 |    0.00
Master's  ...................|      100.00 |       85.99 |      38.22 |       2.86 |      3.17 |      8.37 |      3.03 |      6.92 |      10.65 |      8.10 |      6.14 |      1.55 |      12.85 |       1.10 |    0.06
Baccalaureate  ..............|      100.00 |       87.39 |      35.21 |       1.37 |      3.27 |      9.17 |      3.19 |      8.62 |      12.44 |      9.09 |      6.60 |      1.62 |      12.61 |       0.00 |    0.00
Associate of arts ...........|      100.00 |       93.67 |      44.39 |       0.11 |      2.28 |      8.07 |      2.04 |      9.84 |      14.91 |      9.46 |      3.78 |      0.83 |       6.09 |       0.00 |    0.24
Specialized institutions\4\ .|      100.00 |       60.86 |      25.46 |       9.96 |      4.34 |      4.53 |      0.82 |      1.73 |       7.51 |      5.55 |      1.17 |      0.61 |       2.98 |      35.35 |    0.81
  Health and medicine .......|      100.00 |       55.45 |      24.73 |      10.88 |      4.95 |      3.44 |      0.66 |      0.52 |       6.15 |      3.55 |      0.61 |      0.61 |       2.31 |      41.32 |    0.92
  Engineering  ..............|      100.00 |       90.55 |      36.31 |       9.74 |      1.87 |      7.29 |      2.66 |      5.24 |      11.04 |     10.01 |      5.55 |      3.51 |       7.84 |       0.00 |    1.61
  Business  .................|      100.00 |       92.38 |      39.52 |       0.00 |      5.83 |     10.33 |      2.26 |      5.01 |      16.45 |      7.93 |      7.31 |      0.00 |       7.62 |       0.00 |    0.00
  Fine arts  ................|      100.00 |       90.48 |      39.70 |       0.00 |      0.63 |     10.77 |      3.10 |      6.70 |      17.20 |      9.79 |      5.59 |      0.08 |       9.52 |       0.00 |    0.00
  Other specialized .........|      100.00 |       89.40 |      27.28 |       4.95 |      0.91 |     10.72 |      1.40 |      8.76 |      14.99 |     17.75 |      3.77 |      0.26 |       6.15 |       4.46 |    0.00
Tribal colleges\5\ ..........|      100.00 |       97.68 |      31.44 |       0.70 |      2.32 |     10.46 |      1.62 |     12.25 |      20.61 |     11.44 |      7.50 |      0.94 |       2.32 |       0.00 |    0.00
  4-year ....................|      100.00 |       98.55 |      27.77 |       0.30 |      1.45 |      8.80 |      1.55 |     23.48 |      20.67 |     12.33 |      3.74 |      0.00 |       1.45 |       0.00 |    0.00
  2-year ....................|      100.00 |       97.41 |      32.58 |       0.82 |      2.59 |     10.98 |      1.64 |      8.78 |      20.59 |     11.17 |      8.67 |      1.24 |       2.59 |       0.00 |    0.00
                             |==========================================================================================================================================================================================
                             |                                  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student
                             |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total\2\ ..................|     $16,162 |     $13,029 |     $5,192 |     $1,638 |      $736 |    $1,236 |      $365 |      $801 |     $1,447 |    $1,065 |      $715 |      $199 |     $1,546 |     $1,554 |     $33
Research I universities\3\ ..|      32,512 |      24,020 |      8,085 |      5,876 |     1,895 |     2,332 |       669 |       817 |      1,609 |     1,550 |     1,394 |       463 |      3,213 |      5,216 |      62
Research II universities\3\ .|      18,798 |      16,226 |      5,945 |      2,797 |     1,294 |     1,732 |       546 |       764 |      1,330 |     1,163 |       973 |       229 |      2,568 |          0 |       4
Doctoral universities  ......|      17,780 |      15,481 |      5,837 |      1,758 |       937 |     1,636 |       520 |       861 |      2,090 |     1,135 |       992 |       235 |      2,270 |         29 |       0
Master's  ...................|      11,345 |       9,755 |      4,337 |        325 |       359 |       950 |       344 |       785 |      1,208 |       920 |       697 |       175 |      1,458 |        125 |       7
Baccalaureate  ..............|       8,632 |       7,543 |      3,039 |        119 |       282 |       792 |       275 |       744 |      1,074 |       785 |       570 |       140 |      1,089 |          0 |       0
Associate of arts ...........|       7,665 |       7,180 |      3,403 |          8 |       175 |       619 |       157 |       754 |      1,143 |       725 |       290 |        64 |        466 |          0 |      18
Specialized institutions\4\ .|     113,002 |      68,769 |     28,772 |     11,255 |     4,906 |     5,121 |       927 |     1,953 |      8,484 |     6,272 |     1,323 |       685 |      3,373 |     39,950 |     910
  Health and medicine .......|     209,324 |     116,066 |     51,773 |     22,768 |    10,369 |     7,206 |     1,385 |     1,087 |     12,879 |     7,437 |     1,279 |     1,267 |      4,832 |     86,496 |   1,930
  Engineering  ..............|      16,326 |      14,783 |      5,927 |      1,590 |       305 |     1,190 |       435 |       855 |      1,802 |     1,634 |       906 |       574 |      1,280 |          0 |     263
  Business  .................|      10,661 |       9,849 |      4,213 |          0 |       622 |     1,101 |       241 |       535 |      1,754 |       845 |       779 |         0 |        812 |          0 |       0
  Fine arts  ................|      12,804 |      11,585 |      5,083 |          0 |        80 |     1,379 |       397 |       858 |      2,203 |     1,254 |       716 |        11 |      1,219 |          0 |       0
  Other specialized .........|      47,745 |      42,682 |     13,026 |      2,364 |       437 |     5,119 |       667 |     4,182 |      7,159 |     8,475 |     1,800 |       122 |      2,934 |      2,129 |       0
Tribal colleges\5\ ..........|      11,106 |      10,848 |      3,492 |         77 |       258 |     1,162 |       180 |     1,361 |      2,289 |     1,271 |       833 |       105 |        258 |          0 |       0
  4-year ....................|      12,972 |      12,784 |      3,603 |         39 |       189 |     1,141 |       202 |     3,046 |      2,682 |     1,600 |       485 |         0 |        188 |          0 |       0
  2-year ....................|      10,633 |      10,357 |      3,464 |         87 |       276 |     1,167 |       174 |       933 |      2,190 |     1,187 |       922 |       131 |        276 |          0 |       0
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\1\Generally includes only those expenditures associated with major federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC).
\2\Preliminary data.
\3\Research institutions are committed to graduate education through the doctorate, and give high priority to research. Research I institutions receive $40 million or more annually in federal support. Research II institutions receive between $15.5 million and $40 million annually.
\4\Specialized institutions award baccalaureate or higher level degrees in specific fields of study.
\5\Tribally controlled colleges are located on reservations. They are members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance, 1996-97" survey. (This table was prepared June 2000.)


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