Table 29.

Expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1899-1900 through 2009-10

[In millions]
School year	Current dollars										Constant 2008-09 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
	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6		7			8	9	10	11	12
1899-1900	—	—	$215	—	—		—		—		—	—	—	—
1909-10	—	—	426	—	—		—		—		—	—	—	—
1919-20	—	—	1,036	—	—		—		—		—	—	$11,671	—
1929-30	—	—	2,317	—	$632	3	$292	3	$341	3	—	—	29,054	$7,929	3
1939-40	—	—	2,344	—	758	3	392	3	367	3	—	—	36,005	11,650	3
1949-50	$8,494	$6,249	5,838	$411	2,246		1,154		1,092		$76,991	$56,636	52,911	20,354
1959-60	22,314	16,713	15,613	1,100	5,601		3,131		2,470		163,015	122,099	114,063	40,916
1969-70	64,227	43,183	40,683	2,500	21,043		13,250		7,794		364,970	245,392	231,185	119,578
1970-71	71,575	48,200	45,500	2,700	23,375		14,996		8,379		386,763	260,453	245,863	126,310
1971-72	76,510	50,950	48,050	2,900	25,560		16,484		9,075		399,112	265,781	250,653	133,331
1972-73	82,908	54,952	51,852	3,100	27,956		18,204		9,752		415,736	275,555	260,010	140,182
1973-74	91,084	60,370	56,970	3,400	30,714		20,336		10,377		419,344	277,941	262,287	141,403
1974-75	103,903	68,846	64,846	4,000	35,058		23,490		11,568		430,640	285,340	268,761	145,300
1975-76	114,004	75,101	70,601	4,500	38,903		26,184		12,719		441,268	290,687	273,269	150,580
1976-77	121,793	79,194	74,194	5,000	42,600		28,635		13,965		445,443	289,640	271,353	155,803
1977-78	132,515	86,544	80,844	5,700	45,971		30,725		15,246		454,161	296,608	277,073	157,553
1978-79	143,733	93,012	86,712	6,300	50,721		33,733		16,988		450,414	291,470	271,728	158,944
1979-80	160,075	103,162	95,962	7,200	56,914		37,768		19,146		442,613	285,245	265,337	157,368
1980-81	176,378	112,325	104,125	8,200	64,053		42,280		21,773		437,067	278,343	258,023	158,724
1981-82	190,825	120,486	111,186	9,300	70,339		46,219		24,120		435,268	274,826	253,612	160,443
1982-83	204,661	128,725	118,425	10,300	75,936		49,573		26,363		447,601	281,527	259,000	166,075
1983-84	220,993	139,000	127,500	11,500	81,993		53,087		28,907		466,070	293,148	268,895	172,922
1984-85	239,351	149,400	137,000	12,400	89,951		58,315		31,637		485,772	303,213	278,047	182,559
1985-86	259,336	161,800	148,600	13,200	97,536		63,194		34,342		511,579	319,175	293,136	192,404
1986-87	280,964	175,200	160,900	14,300	105,764		67,654		38,110		542,205	338,102	310,506	204,103
1987-88	301,786	187,999	172,699	15,300	113,787		72,641		41,145		559,217	348,366	320,015	210,851
1988-89	333,245	209,377	192,977	16,400	123,867		78,946		44,922		590,250	370,854	341,806	219,396
1989-90	365,825	231,170	212,770	18,400	134,656		85,771		48,885		618,447	390,804	359,698	227,642
1990-91	395,318	249,230	229,430	19,800	146,088		92,961		53,127		633,662	399,495	367,757	234,167
1991-92	417,944	261,755	241,055	20,700	156,189		98,847		57,342		649,130	406,545	374,395	242,585
1992-93	439,676	274,435	252,935	21,500	165,241		104,570		60,671		662,199	413,328	380,947	248,871
1993-94	460,757	287,407	265,307	22,100	173,351		109,310		64,041		676,428	421,935	389,491	254,492
1994-95	485,169	302,200	279,000	23,200	182,969		115,465		67,504		692,419	431,292	398,181	261,128
1995-96	508,523	318,046	293,646	24,400	190,476		119,525		70,952		706,527	441,885	407,984	264,642
1996-97	538,854	338,951	313,151	25,800	199,903	2	125,978		73,925	2	727,901	457,866	423,014	270,035	2
1997-98	570,471	361,615	334,315	27,300	208,856	2	132,846		76,010	2	757,108	479,922	443,691	277,186	2
1998-99	603,847	384,638	355,838	28,800	219,209		140,539		78,670		787,766	501,790	464,218	285,975
1999-2000	649,322	412,538	381,838	30,700	236,784		152,325		84,459		823,324	523,088	484,161	300,236
2000-01	705,017	444,811	410,811	34,000	260,206		170,345		89,861		864,331	545,326	503,643	319,005
2001-02	752,780	472,064	435,364	36,700	280,715		183,436		97,280		906,832	568,670	524,459	338,162
2002-03	795,691	492,807	454,907	37,900	302,884		197,026		105,858		937,913	580,891	536,217	357,022
2003-04	830,293	513,542	474,242	39,300	316,751		205,069		111,682		957,746	592,373	547,040	365,374
2004-05	875,988	540,969	499,569	41,400	335,019		215,794		119,225		980,937	605,780	559,420	375,157
2005-06	925,712	572,135	528,735	43,400	353,577		226,550		127,027		998,590	617,177	570,360	381,413
2006-07	984,034	608,495	562,195	46,300	375,539		238,829		136,710		1,034,745	639,853	591,167	394,892
2007-08	1,054,200	645,710	596,610	49,100	408,490		261,046		147,444		1,068,920	654,726	604,941	414,194
2008-092	1,080,000	649,000	600,000	49,000	431,000		273,000		158,000		1,080,000	649,000	600,000	431,000
2009-102	1,111,000	650,000	602,000	48,000	461,000		289,000		172,000		1,100,000	644,000	596,000	457,000

—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. Postsecondary 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 2007-08; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education, 1965-66 through 1985-86; 1986-87 through 2009-10 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Finance Survey," (IPEDS-F:FY87-99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2010, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared September 2010.)