Total expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1899-1900 to 2003-04

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Table 30.

Total expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1899-1900 to 2003-04
[In millions of dollars]

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            |                           In current dollars                      |     In constant 2003-04 dollars\1\
            |___________________________________________________________________|___________________________________
School      |       |       Elementary and     |     Colleges and universities  |       | Elementary and |   Colleges
year        |       |     secondary schools    |                                | Total |secondary school|   and uni-
            |  Total|__________________________|________________________________|_______|________________|   versities
            |       | Total |Public |Private\2\|    Total |   Public |   Private|       | Total | Public |
____________|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|_______|_______|________|__________
1           |     2 |     3 |     4 |        5 |        6 |        7 |        8 |     9 |    10 |     11 |       12
____________|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|__________|__________|_______|_______|________|__________
1899-1900 ..|    ---|    ---|   $215|      --- |       ---|       ---|       ---|    ---|    ---|    --- |       ---
1909-10 ....|    ---|    ---|    426|      --- |       ---|       ---|       ---|    ---|    ---|    --- |       ---
1919-20 ....|    ---|    ---|  1,036|      --- |       ---|       ---|       ---|    ---|    ---| $10,118|       ---
1929-30 ....|    ---|    ---|  2,317|      --- |      $632|      $292|      $341|    ---|    ---|  25,188|    $6,874
1939-40 ....|    ---|    ---|  2,344|      --- |       758|       392|       367|    ---|    ---|  31,214|    10,100
            |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |        |
1949-50 ....| $8,911| $6,249|  5,838|      $411|     2,662|     1,430|     1,233|$70,020|$49,099|  45,870|    20,921
1951-52 ....| 10,735|  7,861|  7,344|       517|     2,874|     1,565|     1,309| 76,004| 55,660|  52,000|    20,351
1953-54 ....| 13,147|  9,733|  9,092|       641|     3,414|     1,912|     1,502| 90,978| 67,355|  62,920|    23,623
1955-56 ....| 15,907| 11,727| 10,955|       772|     4,180|     2,348|     1,832|110,113| 81,178|  75,834|    28,935
1957-58 ....| 20,055| 14,525| 13,569|       956|     5,530|     3,237|     2,293|130,685| 94,650|  88,421|    36,035
            |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |        |
1959-60 ....| 23,860| 16,713| 15,613|     1,100|     7,147|     3,904|     3,244|151,116|105,850|  98,884|    45,265
1961-62 ....| 28,503| 19,673| 18,373|     1,300|     8,830|     4,919|     3,911|176,465|121,800| 113,751|    54,665
1963-64 ....| 34,440| 22,825| 21,325|     1,500|    11,615|     6,558|     5,057|207,803|137,720| 128,669|    70,083
1965-66 ....| 43,682| 28,048| 26,248|     1,800|    15,634|     9,047|     6,588|254,760|163,580| 153,082|    91,180
1967-68 ....| 55,652| 35,077| 32,977|     2,100|    20,575|    12,750|     7,824|304,528|191,943| 180,451|   112,585
            |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |        |
1969-70 ....| 68,459| 43,183| 40,683|     2,500|    25,276|    16,234|     9,041|337,252|212,736| 200,420|   124,516
1970-71 ....| 75,741| 48,200| 45,500|     2,700|    27,541|    18,028|     9,513|354,807|225,793| 213,144|   129,014
1971-72 ....| 80,672| 50,950| 48,050|     2,900|    29,722|    19,538|    10,184|364,824|230,412| 217,297|   134,412
1972-73 ....| 86,875| 54,952| 51,852|     3,100|    31,923|    21,144|    10,779|377,658|238,885| 225,409|   138,773
1973-74 ....| 95,396| 60,370| 56,970|     3,400|    35,026|    23,542|    11,484|380,750|240,953| 227,383|   139,796
            |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |        |
1974-75 ....|108,664| 68,846| 64,846|     4,000|    39,818|    26,966|    12,852|390,437|247,368| 232,995|   143,069
1975-76 ....|118,706| 75,101| 70,601|     4,500|    43,605|    29,736|    13,869|398,323|252,004| 236,904|   146,319
1976-77 ....|126,417| 79,194| 74,194|     5,000|    47,223|    31,997|    15,226|400,824|251,096| 235,242|   149,728
1977-78 ....|137,042| 86,544| 80,844|     5,700|    50,498|    34,031|    16,467|407,173|257,136| 240,201|   150,036
1978-79 ....|148,308| 93,012| 86,712|     6,300|    55,296|    37,110|    18,187|402,904|252,682| 235,567|   150,222
            |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |        |
1979-80 ....|165,627|103,162| 95,962|     7,200|    62,465|    41,434|    21,031|397,019|247,286| 230,027|   149,733
1980-81 ....|182,849|112,325|104,125|     8,200|    70,524|    46,559|    23,965|392,806|241,302| 223,686|   151,504
1981-82 ....|197,801|120,486|111,186|     9,300|    77,315|    50,813|    26,502|391,137|238,253| 219,863|   152,885
1982-83 ....|212,081|128,725|118,425|    10,300|    83,356|    54,338|    29,018|402,105|244,062| 224,533|   158,043
1983-84 ....|228,597|139,000|127,500|    11,500|    89,597|    58,124|    31,473|417,950|254,137| 233,111|   163,813
            |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |        |
1984-85 ....|247,657|149,400|137,000|    12,400|    98,257|    63,705|    34,553|435,740|262,862| 241,045|   172,878
1985-86 ....|269,485|161,800|148,600|    13,200|   107,685|    70,069|    37,616|460,856|276,700| 254,126|   184,156
1986-87 ....|291,974|175,200|160,900|    14,300|   116,774|    74,552|    42,222|488,470|293,108| 269,185|   195,362
1987-88 ....|313,375|187,999|172,699|    15,300|   125,376|    79,859|    45,516|503,415|302,007| 277,429|   201,408
1988-89 ....|346,883|209,377|192,977|    16,400|   137,506|    87,107|    50,398|532,644|321,502| 296,320|   211,142
            |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |        |
1989-90 ....|381,525|230,970|212,770|    18,200|   150,555|    96,387|    54,169|559,155|338,504| 311,831|   220,650
1990-91 ....|412,652|248,930|229,430|    19,500|   163,722|   104,433|    59,288|573,424|345,914| 318,817|   227,509
1991-92 ....|432,987|261,255|241,055|    20,200|   171,732|   108,667|    63,065|583,001|351,770| 324,571|   231,231
1992-93 ....|456,070|274,335|252,935|    21,400|   181,735|   115,169|    66,566|595,481|358,193| 330,252|   237,288
1993-94 ....|477,237|287,507|265,307|    22,200|   189,730|   119,573|    70,157|607,384|365,913| 337,659|   241,471
            |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |        |
1994-95 ....|503,925|302,400|279,000|    23,400|   201,525|   127,594|    73,930|623,481|374,144| 345,193|   249,336
1995-96 ....|529,596|318,246|293,646|    24,600|   211,350|   132,752|    78,597|637,888|383,321| 353,691|   254,567
1996-97 ....|560,571|339,151|313,151|    26,000|   221,420|   139,620|\2\ 81,800|656,467|397,169| 366,721|   259,298
1997-98 ....|594,715|361,415|334,315|    27,100|   233,300|   147,500|\2\ 85,800|684,248|415,825| 384,646|   268,423
1998-99 ....|633,038|384,038|355,838|    28,200|   249,000|   155,900|\2\ 93,200|715,947|434,335| 402,442|   281,611
            |       |       |       |          |          |          |          |       |       |        |
1999-2000 ..|680,038|411,538|381,838|    29,700|\2\268,500|\3\168,300|\2\100,300|747,523|452,378| 419,731|\2\295,145
2000-01 ....|734,311|442,011|410,811|    31,200|\2\292,300|\3\186,900|\2\105,400|780,443|469,780| 436,620|\2\310,663
2001-02 ....|782,500|467,900|435,400|    32,400|\2\314,600|\2\201,800|\2\112,800|782,500|467,900| 435,400|\2\314,600
2002-03\2\ .|823,100|490,900|456,900|    34,000|   332,100|   211,800|   120,300|841,107|501,639| 466,896|   339,365
2003-04\2\ .|865,500|514,300|478,700|    35,600|   351,200|   223,200|   128,000|865,500|514,300| 478,700|   351,200
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\1\Based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school year basis.
\2\Estimated.
\3\Data for additions to physical plant value are estimated.

NOTE: Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools include current expenditures, interest on school debt, and capital outlay. Data for private elementary and secondary schools are estimated. Total expenditures for colleges and universities include current-fund expenditures and additions to plant value. Excludes expenditures of postsecondary institutions that did not confer associate's or higher degrees. College and university education data for 1995-96 and later years are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education, 1899-1900 and 1909-10; Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1949-50; Statistics of State School Systems, 1951-52 through 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditure for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1970-71 through 1986-87; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2001-02; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education, 1965-66 through 1985-86; 1986-87 through 2000-01 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Finance Survey," (IPEDS-F:FY87-99), and Spring 2002 and Spring 2003; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 2005.)

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