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Table 367. Total expenditures of private for-profit degree-granting institutions, by purpose and type of institution: 2006-07
Type of institution Total expenditures, by purpose
Total Instruction Research and public service Student services, academic and institutional support Auxiliary enteprises1 Net grant aid to students2 Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
In thousands of current dollars
Total $12,152,366 $2,884,481 $6,087 $7,760,044 $332,887 $68,300 $1,100,568
4-year 8,837,598 1,857,765 4,303 5,909,914 228,624 56,930 780,063
Doctoral/research3 1,211,652 221,494 346 987,558 1,853 0 401
Master's4 2,212,224 336,177 1,123 1,305,508 57,052 495 511,868
Baccalaureate5 2,043,793 533,503 1,698 1,333,274 43,926 12,199 119,194
Specialized institutions6 3,369,930 766,591 1,137 2,283,574 125,792 44,235 148,600
Art, music, or design 1,437,931 364,793 475 902,531 105,421 29,676 35,034
Business and management 908,093 123,565 0 728,893 9,069 8,332 38,233
Engineering or technology 772,577 209,831 70 504,847 7,440 1,535 48,854
Law 50,881 11,040 0 29,489 0 4,666 5,686
Medical or other health 86,994 25,574 592 47,770 853 26 12,179
Other specialized 113,454 31,788 0 70,044 3,009 0 8,613
2-year 3,314,768 1,026,716 1,784 1,850,129 104,264 11,370 320,505
Percentage distribution
Total 100.00 23.74 0.05 63.86 2.74 0.56 9.06
4-year 100.00 21.02 0.05 66.87 2.59 0.64 8.83
Doctoral/research3 100.00 18.28 0.03 81.51 0.15 0.00 0.03
Master's4 100.00 15.20 0.05 59.01 2.58 0.02 23.14
Baccalaureate5 100.00 26.10 0.08 65.24 2.15 0.60 5.83
Specialized institutions6 100.00 22.75 0.03 67.76 3.73 1.31 4.41
Art, music, or design 100.00 25.37 0.03 62.77 7.33 2.06 2.44
Business and management 100.00 13.61 0.00 80.27 1.00 0.92 4.21
Engineering or technology 100.00 27.16 0.01 65.35 0.96 0.20 6.32
Law 100.00 21.70 0.00 57.96 0.00 9.17 11.18
Medical or other health 100.00 29.40 0.68 54.91 0.98 0.03 14.00
Other specialized 100.00 28.02 0.00 61.74 2.65 0.00 7.59
2-year 100.00 30.97 0.05 55.81 3.15 0.34 9.67
Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total $12,880 $3,057 $6 $8,225 $353 $72 $1,166
4-year 12,551 2,638 6 8,393 325 81 1,108
Doctoral/research3 6,056 1,107 2 4,936 9 0 2
Master's4 13,407 2,037 7 7,912 346 3 3,102
Baccalaureate5 15,888 4,147 13 10,364 341 95 927
Specialized institutions6 16,016 3,643 5 10,853 598 210 706
Art, music, or design 19,358 4,911 6 12,150 1,419 400 472
Business and management 11,422 1,554 0 9,168 114 105 481
Engineering or technology 18,357 4,986 2 11,996 177 36 1,161
Law 27,165 5,894 0 15,744 0 2,491 3,036
Medical or other health 13,661 4,016 93 7,502 134 4 1,913
Other specialized 18,014 5,047 0 11,122 478 0 1,368
2-year 13,848 4,289 7 7,729 436 47 1,339
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 Includes institutions that award at least 20 doctor's degrees per year, but did not have high levels of research activity.
4 Master's institutions award at least 50 master's degrees per year.
5 Baccalaureate institutions primarily emphasize undergraduate education. Also includes institutions classified as 4-year under the IPEDS system, which had been classified as 2-year in the Carnegie classification system because they primarily award associate's degrees.
6 Special focus 4-year institutions award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2006-07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2007 and Spring 2008. (This table was prepared December 2008.)

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