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Table 377. | U.S. Department of Education outlays, by type of recipient and level of education: Selected fiscal years, 1980 to 2008 |
[In millions of current dollars] |
Year and level of education | Total | Local education agencies | State education agencies | Postsecondary students | Postsecondary institutions | Federal institutions | Other education organizations1 | Other recipients2 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
1980 total | $13,137.8 | $5,313.7 | $1,103.2 | $2,137.4 | $2,267.2 | $249.8 | $693.8 | $1,372.7 |
Elementary/secondary | 6,629.1 | 5,309.4 | 662.2 | 34.2 | 22.0 | 62.5 | 513.4 | 25.5 |
Postsecondary | 5,682.2 | † | 99.5 | 2,103.2 | 2,166.5 | † | † | 1,313.0 |
Other programs | 747.7 | 4.3 | 341.5 | † | † | 187.3 | 180.4 | 34.2 |
Education research and statistics | 78.7 | † | † | † | 78.7 | † | † | † |
1985 total | 16,701.1 | 6,225.0 | 1,502.9 | 2,434.7 | 2,362.3 | 287.3 | 503.9 | 3,385.0 |
Elementary/secondary | 7,296.7 | 6,220.8 | 636.0 | 58.0 | 25.2 | 2.4 | 322.4 | 31.9 |
Postsecondary | 8,202.5 | † | 228.3 | 2,376.7 | 2,308.3 | † | † | 3,289.2 |
Other programs | 1,173.1 | 4.2 | 638.6 | † | † | 284.9 | 181.5 | 63.9 |
Education research and statistics | 28.8 | † | † | † | 28.8 | † | † | † |
1990 total | 23,198.6 | 8,000.7 | 2,490.3 | 3,859.6 | 3,649.8 | 441.4 | 912.2 | 3,844.4 |
Elementary/secondary | 9,681.3 | 7,995.0 | 700.3 | 80.5 | 85.4 | 113.1 | 650.7 | 56.3 |
Postsecondary | 11,176.0 | † | 261.6 | 3,779.1 | 3,475.0 | † | † | 3,660.4 |
Other programs | 2,251.8 | 5.7 | 1,528.5 | † | † | 328.3 | 261.5 | 127.8 |
Education research and statistics | 89.5 | † | † | † | 89.5 | † | † | † |
1995 total | 31,403.0 | 11,210.7 | 3,584.0 | 4,964.7 | 5,016.1 | 485.4 | 1,349.2 | 4,792.9 |
Elementary/secondary | 14,029.0 | 11,203.3 | 1,410.0 | 190.5 | 170.1 | 70.3 | 946.9 | 37.9 |
Postsecondary | 14,234.0 | † | 250.8 | 4,774.2 | 4,567.0 | † | † | 4,642.0 |
Other programs | 2,861.0 | 7.4 | 1,923.2 | † | † | 415.1 | 402.3 | 113.0 |
Education research and statistics | 279.0 | † | † | † | 279.0 | † | † | † |
2000 total | 34,106.7 | 16,016.0 | 4,316.5 | 4,711.7 | 5,005.7 | 506.6 | 1,820.2 | 1,730.1 |
Elementary/secondary | 20,039.6 | 16,003.5 | 1,989.6 | 260.5 | 198.9 | 48.5 | 1,461.8 | 76.8 |
Postsecondary | 10,727.3 | † | 55.2 | 4,451.2 | 4,690.3 | † | † | 1,530.6 |
Other programs | 3,223.4 | 12.5 | 2,271.7 | † | † | 458.1 | 358.4 | 122.7 |
Education research and statistics | 116.5 | † | † | † | 116.5 | † | † | † |
2001 total | 36,562.0 | 18,027.4 | 4,336.7 | 4,525.6 | 5,793.3 | 600.4 | 2,149.1 | 1,129.7 |
Elementary/secondary | 22,862.4 | 18,014.5 | 1,999.8 | 392.5 | 405.9 | 69.8 | 1,780.6 | 199.4 |
Postsecondary | 9,840.7 | † | 98.5 | 4,133.1 | 4,821.9 | † | † | 787.2 |
Other programs | 3,293.4 | 12.9 | 2,238.4 | † | † | 530.6 | 368.5 | 143.1 |
Education research and statistics | 565.5 | † | † | † | 565.5 | † | † | † |
2002 total | 46,324.4 | 19,742.1 | 4,967.8 | 8,306.0 | 8,668.2 | 608.9 | 2,200.3 | 1,831.3 |
Elementary/secondary | 25,246.2 | 19,729.2 | 2,429.8 | 490.0 | 454.9 | 77.6 | 1,829.5 | 235.3 |
Postsecondary | 17,056.2 | † | 199.2 | 7,816.0 | 7,588.1 | † | † | 1,452.9 |
Other programs | 3,396.8 | 12.9 | 2,338.8 | † | † | 531.3 | 370.8 | 143.1 |
Education research and statistics | 625.2 | † | † | † | 625.2 | † | † | † |
2003 total | 57,442.9 | 23,837.7 | 6,164.6 | 11,032.5 | 10,731.8 | 657.8 | 2,478.9 | 2,539.6 |
Elementary/secondary | 30,749.3 | 23,882.8 | 3,141.1 | 594.3 | 637.4 | 109.5 | 2,105.6 | 338.6 |
Postsecondary | 22,706.4 | † | 668.6 | 10,438.2 | 9,542.5 | † | † | 2,057.2 |
Other programs | 3,435.2 | 14.9 | 2,354.9 | † | † | 548.3 | 373.3 | 143.8 |
Education research and statistics | 551.9 | † | † | † | 551.9 | † | † | † |
2004 total | 62,903.4 | 26,012.4 | 6,334.5 | 12,005.0 | 10,977.0 | 648.9 | 2,730.1 | 4,195.4 |
Elementary/secondary | 33,689.4 | 25,990.0 | 3,611.7 | 606.2 | 642.5 | 126.4 | 2,300.0 | 412.6 |
Postsecondary | 25,341.0 | † | 420.9 | 11,398.8 | 9,899.3 | † | † | 3,621.9 |
Other programs | 3,437.8 | 22.4 | 2,301.9 | † | † | 522.5 | 430.1 | 160.9 |
Education research and statistics | 435.2 | † | † | † | 435.2 | † | † | † |
2005 total | 72,893.3 | 28,900.2 | 7,126.3 | 14,708.2 | 13,362.4 | 669.8 | 3,023.0 | 5,103.4 |
Elementary/secondary | 37,477.6 | 28,878.6 | 3,971.6 | 698.1 | 790.0 | 145.9 | 2,578.4 | 415.0 |
Postsecondary | 31,420.0 | † | 777.1 | 14,010.1 | 12,115.6 | † | † | 4,517.2 |
Other programs | 3,538.9 | 21.6 | 2,377.6 | † | † | 523.9 | 444.6 | 171.2 |
Education research and statistics | 456.8 | † | † | † | 456.8 | † | † | † |
2006 total | 93,571.5 | 30,236.6 | 8,331.3 | 22,955.1 | 21,376.1 | 693.2 | 2,902.3 | 7,076.8 |
Elementary/secondary | 38,863.4 | 30,214.8 | 4,098.7 | 741.5 | 775.1 | 168.6 | 2,455.5 | 409.2 |
Postsecondary | 50,624.6 | † | 1,702.4 | 22,213.6 | 20,210.5 | † | † | 6,498.1 |
Other programs | 3,692.9 | 21.8 | 2,530.2 | † | † | 524.6 | 446.8 | 169.5 |
Education research and statistics | 390.5 | † | † | † | 390.5 | † | † | † |
2007 total | 71,808.0 | 29,008.8 | 7,429.4 | 14,269.9 | 13,877.6 | 613.2 | 2,931.5 | 3,677.7 |
Elementary/secondary | 37,562.1 | 28,990.4 | 4,018.7 | 824.4 | 781.5 | 73.8 | 2,460.7 | 412.6 |
Postsecondary | 30,052.0 | † | 805.5 | 13,445.5 | 12,658.6 | † | 57.8 | 3,084.6 |
Other programs | 3,756.4 | 18.4 | 2,605.2 | † | † | 539.4 | 413.0 | 180.5 |
Education research and statistics | 437.5 | † | † | † | 437.5 | † | † | † |
2008 total | 73,819.2 | 29,657.0 | 8,044.8 | 14,331.0 | 13,899.0 | 629.3 | 3,355.0 | 3,903.3 |
Elementary/secondary | 38,900.3 | 29,633.7 | 4,201.9 | 835.5 | 798.6 | 73.8 | 2,871.9 | 484.9 |
Postsecondary | 30,267.1 | † | 808.9 | 13,495.5 | 12,671.4 | † | 59.5 | 3,231.8 |
Other programs | 4,222.9 | 23.3 | 3,034.0 | † | † | 555.5 | 423.6 | 186.6 |
Education research and statistics | 429.0 | † | † | † | 429.0 | † | † | † |
† Not applicable. 1 Includes funds for vocational education and for federal programs at libraries and museums. 2 Other recipients include American Indian tribes, private nonprofit agencies, and banks. NOTE: Outlays by type of recipient are estimated based on obligation data. Changes in post-secondary expenditures between 2005 and 2007 resulted primarily from changes in account-ing procedures. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, fiscal years 1982 through 2009. U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Deputy Secretary, Budget Office, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared October 2008.) |