Table 27.

Expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1899-1900 through 2008-09

[In millions]
School year	Current dollars										Constant 2007-08 dollars1
		Elementary and secondary schools			Postsecondary degree-granting institutions						Total	Elementary and secondary schools		Postsecond-ary degree-granting institutions
		Total	Public	Private2	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	—	—		—		—		—	—	$11,510	—
1929-30	—	—	2,317	—	$632	3	$292	3	$341	3	—	—	28,654	$7,820	3
1939-40	—	—	2,344	—	758	3	392	3	367	3	—	—	35,509	11,490	3
1949-50	$8,494	$6,249	5,838	$411	2,246		1,154		1,092		$75,930	$55,857	52,183	20,074
1959-60	22,314	16,713	15,613	1,100	5,601		3,131		2,470		160,771	120,418	112,492	40,353
1969-70	64,227	43,183	40,683	2,500	21,043		13,250		7,794		359,944	242,012	228,002	117,932
1970-71	71,575	48,200	45,500	2,700	23,375		14,996		8,379		381,437	256,866	242,477	124,571
1971-72	76,510	50,950	48,050	2,900	25,560		16,484		9,075		393,616	262,121	247,201	131,495
1972-73	82,908	54,952	51,852	3,100	27,956		18,204		9,752		410,011	271,760	256,429	138,251
1973-74	91,084	60,370	56,970	3,400	30,714		20,336		10,377		413,569	274,113	258,675	139,456
1974-75	103,903	68,846	64,846	4,000	35,058		23,490		11,568		424,710	281,410	265,060	143,299
1975-76	114,004	75,101	70,601	4,500	38,903		26,184		12,719		435,191	286,684	269,506	148,507
1976-77	121,793	79,194	74,194	5,000	42,600		28,635		13,965		439,309	285,651	267,616	153,658
1977-78	132,515	86,544	80,844	5,700	45,971		30,725		15,246		447,906	292,523	273,257	155,383
1978-79	143,733	93,012	86,712	6,300	50,721		33,733		16,988		444,211	287,456	267,986	156,755
1979-80	160,075	103,162	95,962	7,200	56,914		37,768		19,146		436,518	281,317	261,683	155,201
1980-81	176,378	112,325	104,125	8,200	64,053		42,280		21,773		431,048	274,510	254,470	156,538
1981-82	190,825	120,486	111,186	9,300	70,339		46,219		24,120		429,274	271,041	250,120	158,233
1982-83	204,661	128,725	118,425	10,300	75,936		49,573		26,363		441,437	277,650	255,434	163,788
1983-84	220,993	139,000	127,500	11,500	81,993		53,087		28,907		459,652	289,111	265,192	170,541
1984-85	239,351	149,400	137,000	12,400	89,951		58,315		31,637		479,083	299,037	274,218	180,045
1985-86	259,336	161,800	148,600	13,200	97,536		63,194		34,342		504,534	314,780	289,099	189,754
1986-87	280,964	175,200	160,900	14,300	105,764		67,654		38,110		534,738	333,446	306,230	201,292
1987-88	301,785	187,999	172,699	15,300	113,786		72,641		41,145		551,517	343,569	315,608	207,947
1988-89	333,245	209,377	192,977	16,400	123,867		78,946		44,922		582,122	365,747	337,099	216,375
1989-90	365,825	231,170	212,770	18,400	134,656		85,771		48,885		609,930	385,423	354,745	224,508
1990-91	395,318	249,230	229,430	19,800	146,088		92,961		53,127		624,936	393,994	362,693	230,942
1991-92	417,944	261,755	241,055	20,700	156,189		98,847		57,342		640,191	400,946	369,239	239,245
1992-93	439,676	274,435	252,935	21,500	165,241		104,570		60,671		653,080	407,637	375,701	245,444
1993-94	460,757	287,407	265,307	22,100	173,351		109,310		64,041		667,113	416,125	384,127	250,988
1994-95	485,169	302,200	279,000	23,200	182,969		115,465		67,504		682,884	425,352	392,698	257,532
1995-96	508,523	318,046	293,646	24,400	190,476		119,525		70,952		696,798	435,800	402,366	260,998
1996-97	538,854	338,951	313,151	25,800	199,903	2	125,978		73,925	2	717,877	451,561	417,189	266,316	2
1997-98	570,471	361,615	334,315	27,300	208,856	2	132,846		76,010	2	746,682	473,313	437,581	273,369	2
1998-99	603,847	384,638	355,838	28,800	219,209		140,539		78,670		776,917	494,880	457,826	282,037
1999-2000	649,322	412,538	381,838	30,700	236,784		152,325		84,459		811,987	515,885	477,494	296,102
2000-01	705,017	444,811	410,811	34,000	260,206		170,345		89,861		852,429	537,817	496,708	314,612
2001-02	752,780	472,064	435,364	36,700	280,715		183,436		97,280		894,344	560,839	517,237	333,505
2002-03	795,691	492,807	454,907	37,900	302,884		197,026		105,858		924,997	572,892	528,833	352,105
2003-04	830,293	513,542	474,242	39,300	316,751		205,069		111,682		944,557	584,215	539,507	360,342
2004-05	875,988	540,969	499,569	41,400	335,019		215,794		119,225		967,429	597,438	551,717	369,990
2005-06	925,712	572,135	528,735	43,400	353,577		226,550		127,027		984,839	608,678	562,506	376,161
2006-07	984,192	608,653	562,253	46,400	375,539		238,829		136,710		1,020,659	631,205	583,086	389,454
2007-082	1,053,000	645,000	596,000	49,000	408,000		261,000		147,000		1,053,000	645,000	596,000	408,000
2008-092	1,093,000	661,000	611,000	49,000	432,000		271,000		161,000		1,078,000	652,000	603,000	426,000

—Not available.

1 Constant dollars 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 include current-fund expenditures and additions to plant value.

NOTE: Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools include current expenditures, interest on school debt, and capital outlay. Public and private degree-granting institutions data for 1929-30 through 1995-96 are for current-fund expenditures, except where noted. Data for private degree-granting institutions for 1996-97 and later years are for total expenditures. Data for public degree-granting institutions for 1996-97 through 2000-01 are for current expenditures; data for later years are for total expenditures. Data through 1995-96 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Appendix A: Guide to Sources for details.) 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 Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1970-71 through 1986-87; Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2006-07; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education, 1965-66 through 1985-86; 1986-87 through 2006-07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Finance Survey," (IPEDS-F:FY87-99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2008, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared September 2009.)