Digest of Education Statistics: 2008
Digest of Education Statistics: 2008

NCES 2009-020
March 2009


Table 365. Total expenditures of private not-for-profit degree-granting institutions, by purpose and type of institution: 2005–06
Type of institution Total expenditures, by purpose
Total Instruction Research Public service Academic support Student services Institutional support Auxiliary enterprises1  Net grant aid to students2  Hospitals Independent operations Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  In thousands of current dollars
Total $116,817,913 $38,465,058 $13,242,343 $1,941,519 $10,217,274 $8,965,704 $15,667,101 $11,741,258 $708,158 $9,645,428 $4,203,523 $2,020,548
4-year 116,247,359 38,249,125 13,241,769 1,931,804 10,177,381 8,894,330 15,524,004 11,696,510 699,462 9,645,428 4,203,523 1,984,024
Doctoral, extensive3  59,293,690 18,144,858 10,890,895 834,289 4,398,975 2,356,818 5,301,075 4,641,262 314,828 7,886,714 3,781,031 742,946
Doctoral, intensive4  8,573,617 3,304,918 729,269 113,651 1,306,298 700,629 1,342,017 971,512 22,151 0 37,488 45,683
Master's5  18,908,356 7,352,819 255,935 190,586 1,845,921 2,498,159 3,492,948 2,586,685 130,190 96,980 149,239 308,894
Baccalaureate6  16,922,613 5,937,396 159,386 162,649 1,519,386 2,521,099 3,308,600 2,773,372 156,514 0 74,996 309,217
Specialized institutions7  12,549,082 3,509,133 1,206,285 630,629 1,106,801 817,625 2,079,364 723,680 75,779 1,661,734 160,768 577,285
Art, music, or design 1,494,861 578,865 978 23,612 149,060 129,450 298,394 144,665 6,351 0 24,750 138,737
Business and management 789,191 251,850 4,948 1,368 111,317 134,213 179,673 86,865 4,030 0 8,084 6,842
Engineering or technology 361,446 144,134 14,772 3,928 31,831 46,143 71,718 43,380 5,357 0 63 118
Medical or other health 6,568,112 1,360,783 1,162,459 558,079 488,191 165,073 640,875 144,306 11,834 1,661,043 109,772 265,697
Theological 1,644,577 504,006 6,857 19,006 152,818 149,030 461,381 182,946 35,160 0 12,609 120,765
Tribal8  48,580 13,429 1,906 4,000 2,277 3,917 13,283 1,765 1,145 0 0 6,857
Other specialized 1,642,316 656,066 14,364 20,636 171,306 189,799 414,039 119,754 11,902 692 5,489 38,268
2-year 570,554 215,934 574 9,715 39,893 71,374 143,096 44,748 8,696 0 0 36,524
Associate's of arts 522,350 207,263 86 4,147 36,697 62,677 130,601 42,104 5,572 0 0 33,202
Tribal8  48,204 8,671 488 5,568 3,195 8,696 12,496 2,644 3,124 0 0 3,322
  Percentage distribution
Total 100.00 32.93 11.34 1.66 8.75 7.67 13.41 10.05 0.61 8.26 3.60 1.73
4-year 100.00 32.90 11.39 1.66 8.75 7.65 13.35 10.06 0.60 8.30 3.62 1.71
Doctoral, extensive3  100.00 30.60 18.37 1.41 7.42 3.97 8.94 7.83 0.53 13.30 6.38 1.25
Doctoral, intensive4  100.00 38.55 8.51 1.33 15.24 8.17 15.65 11.33 0.26 0.00 0.44 0.53
Master's5  100.00 38.89 1.35 1.01 9.76 13.21 18.47 13.68 0.69 0.51 0.79 1.63
Baccalaureate6  100.00 35.09 0.94 0.96 8.98 14.90 19.55 16.39 0.92 0.00 0.44 1.83
Specialized institutions7  100.00 27.96 9.61 5.03 8.82 6.52 16.57 5.77 0.60 13.24 1.28 4.60
Art, music, or design 100.00 38.72 0.07 1.58 9.97 8.66 19.96 9.68 0.42 0.00 1.66 9.28
Business and management 100.00 31.91 0.63 0.17 14.11 17.01 22.77 11.01 0.51 0.00 1.02 0.87
Engineering or technology 100.00 39.88 4.09 1.09 8.81 12.77 19.84 12.00 1.48 0.00 0.02 0.03
Medical or other health 100.00 20.72 17.70 8.50 7.43 2.51 9.76 2.20 0.18 25.29 1.67 4.05
Theological 100.00 30.65 0.42 1.16 9.29 9.06 28.05 11.12 2.14 0.00 0.77 7.34
Tribal8  100.00 27.64 3.92 8.23 4.69 8.06 27.34 3.63 2.36 0.00 0.00 14.11
Other specialized 100.00 39.95 0.87 1.26 10.43 11.56 25.21 7.29 0.72 0.04 0.33 2.33
2-year 100.00 37.85 0.10 1.70 6.99 12.51 25.08 7.84 1.52 0.00 0.00 6.40
Associate's of arts 100.00 39.68 0.02 0.79 7.03 12.00 25.00 8.06 1.07 0.00 0.00 6.36
Tribal8  100.00 17.99 1.01 11.55 6.63 18.04 25.92 5.49 6.48 0.00 0.00 6.89
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total $40,156 $13,222 $4,552 $667 $3,512 $3,082 $5,386 $4,036 $243 $3,316 $1,445 $695
4-year 40,394 13,291 4,601 671 3,536 3,091 5,394 4,064 243 3,352 1,461 689
Doctoral, extensive3  96,359 29,488 17,699 1,356 7,149 3,830 8,615 7,543 512 12,817 6,145 1,207
Doctoral, intensive4  31,205 12,029 2,654 414 4,754 2,550 4,884 3,536 81 0 136 166
Master's5  19,910 7,742 269 201 1,944 2,630 3,678 2,724 137 102 157 325
Baccalaureate6  24,880 8,729 234 239 2,234 3,707 4,864 4,078 230 0 110 455
Specialized institutions7  35,066 9,805 3,371 1,762 3,093 2,285 5,810 2,022 212 4,643 449 1,613
Art, music, or design 30,973 11,994 20 489 3,088 2,682 6,183 2,997 132 0 513 2,875
Business and management 14,542 4,641 91 25 2,051 2,473 3,311 1,601 74 0 149 126
Engineering or technology 17,275 6,889 706 188 1,521 2,205 3,428 2,073 256 0 3 6
Medical or other health 97,909 20,285 17,328 8,319 7,277 2,461 9,553 2,151 176 24,761 1,636 3,961
Theological 21,435 6,569 89 248 1,992 1,942 6,014 2,385 458 0 164 1,574
Tribal8  22,797 6,302 895 1,877 1,069 1,838 6,233 828 537 0 0 3,218
Other specialized 18,562 7,415 162 233 1,936 2,145 4,680 1,353 135 8 62 433
2-year 18,240 6,903 18 311 1,275 2,282 4,575 1,431 278 0 0 1,168
Associate's of arts 17,622 6,992 3 140 1,238 2,114 4,406 1,420 188 0 0 1,120
Tribal8  29,410 5,290 298 3,397 1,950 5,306 7,624 1,613 1,906 0 0 2,027
1 Essentially self-supporting operations of institutions that furnish a service to students, fac­ulty, or staff, such as residence halls and food services.
2 Excludes tuition and fee allowances and agency transactions, such as student awards made from contributed funds or grant funds.
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, 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2006 and Spring 2007. (This table was prepared May 2008.)