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Digest of Education Statistics: 2006
Digest of Education Statistics: 2006

NCES 2007-017
July 2007


Table 341. Total revenue of private not-for-profit degree-granting institutions, by source of funds and type of institution: 2003–04
Type of institution Total
revenue and investment return
Student tuition and fees (net of allowances) Federal appropriations, grants, and contracts1  State appropriations, grants, and contracts Local appropriations, grants, and contracts Private gifts, grants, and contracts2  Investment return
(gain or loss)
Educational activities Auxiliary enterprises Hospitals Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
  In thousands
Total $134,230,762 $38,505,631 $18,335,784 $1,455,556 $485,717 $15,847,571 $30,896,917 $3,290,420 $10,325,606 $9,657,753 $5,429,805
4-year 133,594,668 38,181,648 18,236,313 1,423,269 480,104 15,789,672 30,854,091 3,277,767 10,287,215 9,657,753 5,406,836
Doctoral, extensive3  70,197,335 11,011,516 14,274,307 632,536 273,673 7,642,266 20,363,566 2,060,449 3,637,107 8,024,425 2,277,491
Doctoral, intensive4  9,239,196 4,270,343 687,482 144,260 22,975 860,965 1,564,946 582,573 851,717 0 253,935
Master's5  19,245,022 11,158,416 943,571 255,737 7,152 1,871,599 1,891,001 115,898 2,393,863 122,876 484,908
Baccalaureate6  20,641,752 7,650,903 630,104 176,147 5,586 3,103,045 5,580,709 112,925 2,743,878 0 638,454
Specialized institutions7  14,271,364 4,090,470 1,700,850 214,590 170,717 2,311,796 1,453,869 405,922 660,649 1,510,453 1,752,049
Art, music, or design 1,574,591 835,513 19,120 12,873 1,949 205,392 217,114 17,752 117,696 0 147,183
Business and management 797,275 588,572 10,688 11,673 684 37,343 51,317 4,595 82,432 0 9,971
Engineering or technology 362,955 168,588 32,265 18,006 0 40,846 64,799 324 35,788 0 2,341
Medical or other health 7,240,553 1,089,544 1,491,484 147,079 165,018 1,127,029 470,765 335,709 141,825 1,509,720 762,380
Theological 1,979,685 441,683 52,878 5,335 382 663,447 511,029 16,472 178,282 0 110,178
Tribal8  48,089 894 35,148 1,145 0 4,263 77 478 1,161 0 4,923
Other specialized 2,268,216 965,677 59,266 18,480 2,683 233,477 138,770 30,592 103,465 732 715,074
2-year 636,094 323,983 99,471 32,287 5,613 57,900 42,826 12,653 38,391 0 22,969
Associate's of arts 590,187 319,937 70,857 31,307 2,469 55,043 42,625 12,477 37,071 0 18,402
Tribal8  45,906 4,046 28,615 980 3,144 2,857 201 176 1,321 0 4,567
  Percentage distribution
Total 100.00 28.69 13.66 1.08 0.36 11.81 23.02 2.45 7.69 7.19 4.05
4-year 100.00 28.58 13.65 1.07 0.36 11.82 23.10 2.45 7.70 7.23 4.05
Doctoral, extensive3  100.00 15.69 20.33 0.90 0.39 10.89 29.01 2.94 5.18 11.43 3.24
Doctoral, intensive4  100.00 46.22 7.44 1.56 0.25 9.32 16.94 6.31 9.22 0.00 2.75
Master's5  100.00 57.98 4.90 1.33 0.04 9.73 9.83 0.60 12.44 0.64 2.52
Baccalaureate6  100.00 37.07 3.05 0.85 0.03 15.03 27.04 0.55 13.29 0.00 3.09
Specialized institutions7  100.00 28.66 11.92 1.50 1.20 16.20 10.19 2.84 4.63 10.58 12.28
Art, music, or design 100.00 53.06 1.21 0.82 0.12 13.04 13.79 1.13 7.47 0.00 9.35
Business and management 100.00 73.82 1.34 1.46 0.09 4.68 6.44 0.58 10.34 0.00 1.25
Engineering or technology 100.00 46.45 8.89 4.96 0.00 11.25 17.85 0.09 9.86 0.00 0.64
Medical or other health 100.00 15.05 20.60 2.03 2.28 15.57 6.50 4.64 1.96 20.85 10.53
Theological 100.00 22.31 2.67 0.27 0.02 33.51 25.81 0.83 9.01 0.00 5.57
Tribal8  100.00 1.86 73.09 2.38 0.00 8.87 0.16 0.99 2.41 0.00 10.24
Other specialized 100.00 42.57 2.61 0.81 0.12 10.29 6.12 1.35 4.56 0.03 31.53
2-year 100.00 50.93 15.64 5.08 0.88 9.10 6.73 1.99 6.04 0.00 3.61
Associate's of arts 100.00 54.21 12.01 5.30 0.42 9.33 7.22 2.11 6.28 0.00 3.12
Tribal8  100.00 8.81 62.33 2.13 6.85 6.22 0.44 0.38 2.88 0.00 9.95
  Revenue per full-time-equivalent student
Total $47,918 $13,746 $6,546 $520 $173 $5,657 $11,030 $1,175 $3,686 $3,448 $1,938
4-year 48,300 13,804 6,593 515 174 5,709 11,155 1,185 3,719 3,492 1,955
Doctoral, extensive3  115,943 18,187 23,577 1,045 452 12,623 33,634 3,403 6,007 13,254 3,762
Doctoral, intensive4  34,884 16,123 2,596 545 87 3,251 5,909 2,200 3,216 0 959
Master's5  21,189 12,286 1,039 282 8 2,061 2,082 128 2,636 135 534
Baccalaureate6  31,247 11,582 954 267 8 4,697 8,448 171 4,154 0 966
Specialized institutions7  43,671 12,517 5,205 657 522 7,074 4,449 1,242 2,022 4,622 5,361
Art, music, or design 33,734 17,900 410 276 42 4,400 4,652 380 2,522 0 3,153
Business and management 18,439 13,612 247 270 16 864 1,187 106 1,906 0 231
Engineering or technology 21,602 10,034 1,920 1,072 0 2,431 3,857 19 2,130 0 139
Medical or other health 120,145 18,079 24,749 2,441 2,738 18,701 7,812 5,571 2,353 25,051 12,650
Theological 26,791 5,977 716 72 5 8,978 6,916 223 2,413 0 1,491
Tribal8  22,419 417 16,386 534 0 1,988 36 223 541 0 2,295
Other specialized 27,075 11,527 707 221 32 2,787 1,656 365 1,235 9 8,536
2-year 18,019 9,178 2,818 915 159 1,640 1,213 358 1,088 0 651
Associate's of arts 17,496 9,485 2,101 928 73 1,632 1,264 370 1,099 0 546
Tribal8  29,258 2,579 18,237 625 2,004 1,821 128 112 842 0 2,911
1 Includes independent operations.
2 Includes contributions from affiliated entities.
3 Doctoral, extensive institutions are committed to graduate education through the doctorate, and award 50 or more doctor's degrees per year across at least 15 disciplines.
4 Doctoral, intensive institutions are committed to education through the doctorate and award at least 10 doctor's degrees per year across 3 or more disciplines or at least 20 doctor's degrees overall.
5 Master's institutions offer a full range of baccalaureate programs and are committed to education through the master's degree. They award at least 20 master's degrees per year. 6 Baccalaureate institutions primarily emphasize undergraduate education.
7 Specialized 4-year institutions award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering. Includes some institutions that have 4-year programs, but have not reported sufficient data to identify program category. Also includes institutions classified as 4-year under the IPEDS system, which had been classified as 2-year in the Carnegie system because they primarily award associate's degrees.
8 Tribally controlled colleges are located on reservations and are members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003–04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2004 and Spring 2005. (This table was prepared May 2006.)