Table 378.

Total expenditures of private for-profit degree-granting institutions, by purpose and type of institution: 2008-09

Type of institution	Total expenditures, by purpose
	Total	Instruction	Research and public service	Student services, academic and institutional support	Auxiliary enterprises1	Net grant aid to students2	Other
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	In thousands of current dollars
Total	$16,364,360	$3,871,127	$9,939	$11,004,500	$396,704	$44,440	$1,037,650
4-year	12,399,217	2,580,208	7,629	8,832,095	276,200	33,417	669,669
Doctoral/research3	2,577,448	404,378	264	2,084,457	2,625	0	85,725
Master's4	2,269,558	375,006	224	1,640,841	44,968	310	208,209
Baccalaureate5	2,801,981	734,472	1,426	1,866,096	50,419	14,086	135,481
Specialized institutions6	4,750,230	1,066,352	5,716	3,240,701	178,189	19,021	240,253
Art, music, or design	1,905,533	486,545	3,511	1,259,830	130,184	1,021	24,441
Business and management	1,378,268	231,214	197	978,632	35,747	11,540	120,938
Engineering or technology	984,856	231,612	207	705,542	8,841	1,400	37,255
Law	105,273	27,408	1,154	53,656	76	5,060	17,919
Medical or other health	254,911	47,027	647	178,761	1,525	0	26,951
Other specialized	121,390	42,546	0	64,279	1,816	0	12,749
2-year	3,965,143	1,290,919	2,310	2,172,405	120,504	11,023	367,981
	Percentage distribution
Total	100.00	23.66	0.06	67.25	2.42	0.27	6.34
4-year	100.00	20.81	0.06	71.23	2.23	0.27	5.40
Doctoral/research3	100.00	15.69	0.01	80.87	0.10	0.00	3.33
Master's4	100.00	16.52	0.01	72.30	1.98	0.01	9.17
Baccalaureate5	100.00	26.21	0.05	66.60	1.80	0.50	4.84
Specialized institutions6	100.00	22.45	0.12	68.22	3.75	0.40	5.06
Art, music, or design	100.00	25.53	0.18	66.11	6.83	0.05	1.28
Business and management	100.00	16.78	0.01	71.00	2.59	0.84	8.77
Engineering or technology	100.00	23.52	0.02	71.64	0.90	0.14	3.78
Law	100.00	26.04	1.10	50.97	0.07	4.81	17.02
Medical or other health	100.00	18.45	0.25	70.13	0.60	0.00	10.57
Other specialized	100.00	35.05	0.00	52.95	1.50	0.00	10.50
2-year	100.00	32.56	0.06	54.79	3.04	0.28	9.28
	Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total	$12,848	$3,039	$8	$8,640	$311	$35	$815
4-year	12,654	2,633	8	9,013	282	34	683
Doctoral/research3	7,328	1,150	1	5,926	7	0	244
Master's4	13,537	2,237	1	9,787	268	2	1,242
Baccalaureate5	15,436	4,046	8	10,280	278	78	746
Specialized institutions6	17,027	3,822	20	11,616	639	68	861
Art, music, or design	21,854	5,580	40	14,448	1,493	12	280
Business and management	11,789	1,978	2	8,371	306	99	1,034
Engineering or technology	18,629	4,381	4	13,346	167	26	705
Law	36,591	9,527	401	18,650	26	1,759	6,228
Medical or other health	20,733	3,825	53	14,539	124	0	2,192
Other specialized	17,734	6,216	0	9,391	265	0	1,863
2-year	13,498	4,394	8	7,395	410	38	1,253

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, 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2009 and Spring 2010. (This table was prepared October 2010.)