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Table 341. Total expenditures of private not-for-profit degree-granting institutions, by purpose and type of institution: 1996-97
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                             |   Total    |Instruction | Research  |  Public   |Academic   |  Student  | Institu-  |    and    |Auxiliary  |Scholarships|services and
           Type of           |expenditures|            |           |  service  |  support  | services  |  tional   |maintenance|enterprises|    and     | independent
         institution         |            |            |           |           |           |           |  support  | of plant  |           |fellowships | operations
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                             |                                                       In thousands
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  Total\1\ ..................|$67,157,890 |$21,137,218 |$6,702,532 |$1,621,847 |$4,939,524 |$4,436,381 |$8,238,473 |$1,742,515 |$7,088,448 | $1,531,986 |  $9,718,964
Research I universities\2\ ..| 27,350,976 |  7,347,840 | 5,100,325 |   627,769 | 1,683,659 |   782,646 | 1,928,807 |   193,892 | 1,981,045 |    181,935 |   7,523,059
Research II universities\2\ .|  3,879,894 |  1,266,166 |   370,746 |    38,262 |   225,104 |   174,271 |   436,740 |    83,448 |   549,560 |     70,863 |     664,734
Doctoral universities .......|  6,284,301 |  2,302,478 |   384,003 |   290,591 |   749,644 |   416,815 |   973,711 |   144,731 |   710,409 |    147,499 |     164,420
Master's ....................|  9,486,813 |  3,568,647 |   161,352 |   148,351 |   841,807 | 1,074,099 | 1,605,075 |   348,481 | 1,315,871 |    302,384 |     120,746
Baccalaureate ...............| 11,806,034 |  3,959,191 |   100,649 |    86,150 |   922,507 | 1,414,064 | 2,065,075 |   569,420 | 1,997,591 |    606,241 |      85,146
Associate of arts ...........|    861,853 |    284,605 |     5,708 |     3,936 |    45,588 |   140,060 |   154,495 |    59,240 |    73,727 |     30,806 |      63,688
Specialized institutions\3\ .|  7,450,978 |  2,399,409 |   579,676 |   421,789 |   468,233 |   429,654 | 1,069,005 |   340,715 |   457,893 |    187,434 |   1,097,171
  Religion and philosophy ...|  1,083,557 |    315,769 |     4,353 |    11,500 |   100,560 |    81,997 |   265,582 |    93,364 |   133,744 |     69,970 |       6,717
  Health and medicine .......|  4,059,967 |  1,236,881 |   546,206 |   380,627 |   154,170 |    92,497 |   335,491 |   140,505 |    98,655 |     25,771 |   1,049,164
  Engineering ...............|    268,428 |     95,853 |    22,485 |     1,441 |    22,353 |    21,471 |    53,543 |    19,994 |    27,560 |      3,728 |           0
  Business ..................|    860,056 |    280,901 |       192 |     4,656 |    73,880 |   135,575 |   184,759 |    30,906 |   113,605 |     11,714 |      23,866
  Fine arts .................|    718,965 |    278,212 |       239 |     9,965 |    54,653 |    59,347 |   138,036 |    36,669 |    61,779 |     64,540 |      15,525
  Other specialized .........|    460,006 |    191,792 |     6,200 |    13,600 |    62,617 |    38,767 |    91,593 |    19,276 |    22,549 |     11,711 |       1,900
Tribal colleges\4\ ..........|     37,040 |      8,883 |        73 |     5,000 |     2,982 |     4,773 |     5,566 |     2,588 |     2,351 |      4,824 |           0
  4-year ....................|     13,974 |      4,130 |         0 |     3,166 |       760 |       613 |     1,987 |       446 |       448 |      2,425 |           0
  2-year ....................|     23,066 |      4,753 |        73 |     1,834 |     2,222 |     4,160 |     3,579 |     2,142 |     1,903 |      2,399 |           0
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                             |                                                     Percentage distribution
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  Total\1\ ..................|      100.0 |       31.5 |      10.0 |       2.4 |       7.4 |       6.6 |      12.3 |       2.6 |      10.6 |        2.3 |        14.5
Research I universities\2\ ..|      100.0 |       26.9 |      18.6 |       2.3 |       6.2 |       2.9 |       7.1 |       0.7 |       7.2 |        0.7 |        27.5
Research II universities\2\ .|      100.0 |       32.6 |       9.6 |       1.0 |       5.8 |       4.5 |      11.3 |       2.2 |      14.2 |        1.8 |        17.1
Doctoral universities .......|      100.0 |       36.6 |       6.1 |       4.6 |      11.9 |       6.6 |      15.5 |       2.3 |      11.3 |        2.3 |         2.6
Master's ....................|      100.0 |       37.6 |       1.7 |       1.6 |       8.9 |      11.3 |      16.9 |       3.7 |      13.9 |        3.2 |         1.3
Baccalaureate ...............|      100.0 |       33.5 |       0.9 |       0.7 |       7.8 |      12.0 |      17.5 |       4.8 |      16.9 |        5.1 |         0.7
Associate of arts ...........|      100.0 |       33.0 |       0.7 |       0.5 |       5.3 |      16.3 |      17.9 |       6.9 |       8.6 |        3.6 |         7.4
Specialized institutions\3\ .|      100.0 |       32.2 |       7.8 |       5.7 |       6.3 |       5.8 |      14.3 |       4.6 |       6.1 |        2.5 |        14.7
  Religion and philosophy ...|      100.0 |       29.1 |       0.4 |       1.1 |       9.3 |       7.6 |      24.5 |       8.6 |      12.3 |        6.5 |         0.6
  Health and medicine .......|      100.0 |       30.5 |      13.5 |       9.4 |       3.8 |       2.3 |       8.3 |       3.5 |       2.4 |        0.6 |        25.8
  Engineering ...............|      100.0 |       35.7 |       8.4 |       0.5 |       8.3 |       8.0 |      19.9 |       7.4 |      10.3 |        1.4 |         0.0
  Business ..................|      100.0 |       32.7 |       0.0 |       0.5 |       8.6 |      15.8 |      21.5 |       3.6 |      13.2 |        1.4 |         2.8
  Fine arts .................|      100.0 |       38.7 |       0.0 |       1.4 |       7.6 |       8.3 |      19.2 |       5.1 |       8.6 |        9.0 |         2.2
  Other specialized .........|      100.0 |       41.7 |       1.3 |       3.0 |      13.6 |       8.4 |      19.9 |       4.2 |       4.9 |        2.5 |         0.4
Tribal colleges\4\ ..........|      100.0 |       24.0 |       0.2 |      13.5 |       8.1 |      12.9 |      15.0 |       7.0 |       6.3 |       13.0 |         0.0
  4-year ....................|      100.0 |       29.6 |       0.0 |      22.7 |       5.4 |       4.4 |      14.2 |       3.2 |       3.2 |       17.4 |         0.0
  2-year ....................|      100.0 |       20.6 |       0.3 |       8.0 |       9.6 |      18.0 |      15.5 |       9.3 |       8.3 |       10.4 |         0.0
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                             |                                                 Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student
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  Total\1\ ..................|    $28,113 |     $8,848 |    $2,806 |      $679 |    $2,068 |    $1,857 |    $3,449 |      $729 |    $2,967 |       $641 |      $4,068
Research I universities\2\ ..|     79,240 |     21,288 |    14,776 |     1,819 |     4,878 |     2,267 |     5,588 |       562 |     5,739 |        527 |      21,796
Research II universities\2\ .|     30,938 |     10,096 |     2,956 |       305 |     1,795 |     1,390 |     3,483 |       665 |     4,382 |        565 |       5,301
Doctoral universities .......|     23,803 |      8,721 |     1,454 |     1,101 |     2,839 |     1,579 |     3,688 |       548 |     2,691 |        559 |         623
Master's ....................|     14,494 |      5,452 |       247 |       227 |     1,286 |     1,641 |     2,452 |       532 |     2,010 |        462 |         184
Baccalaureate ...............|     17,141 |      5,748 |       146 |       125 |     1,339 |     2,053 |     2,998 |       827 |     2,900 |        880 |         124
Associate of arts ...........|     15,490 |      5,115 |       103 |        71 |       819 |     2,517 |     2,777 |     1,065 |     1,325 |        554 |       1,145
Specialized institutions\3\ .|     29,415 |      9,472 |     2,288 |     1,665 |     1,849 |     1,696 |     4,220 |     1,345 |     1,808 |        740 |       4,331
  Religion and philosophy ...|     15,970 |      4,654 |        64 |       169 |     1,482 |     1,208 |     3,914 |     1,376 |     1,971 |      1,031 |          99
  Health and medicine .......|     78,601 |     23,946 |    10,575 |     7,369 |     2,985 |     1,791 |     6,495 |     2,720 |     1,910 |        499 |      20,312
  Engineering ...............|     20,925 |      7,472 |     1,753 |       112 |     1,742 |     1,674 |     4,174 |     1,559 |     2,148 |        291 |           0
  Business ..................|     14,470 |      4,726 |         3 |        78 |     1,243 |     2,281 |     3,108 |       520 |     1,911 |        197 |         402
  Fine arts .................|     19,703 |      7,624 |         7 |       273 |     1,498 |     1,626 |     3,783 |     1,005 |     1,693 |      1,769 |         425
  Other specialized .........|     18,368 |      7,658 |       248 |       543 |     2,500 |     1,548 |     3,657 |       770 |       900 |        468 |          76
Tribal colleges\4\ ..........|     18,310 |      4,391 |        36 |     2,471 |     1,474 |     2,359 |     2,751 |     1,279 |     1,162 |      2,384 |           0
  4-year ....................|     18,833 |      5,566 |         0 |     4,266 |     1,024 |       826 |     2,678 |       601 |       604 |      3,268 |           0
  2-year ....................|     18,006 |      3,710 |        57 |     1,432 |     1,735 |     3,247 |     2,794 |     1,672 |     1,486 |      1,873 |           0
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\1\Preliminary data.
\2\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.
\3\Specialized institutions award baccalaureate or higher level degrees in specific fields of study.
\4\Tribally controlled colleges are located on reservations. They are members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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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