Table 29.

Expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1899-1900 through 2010-11

	[In millions]
School year	Current dollars										Constant 2009-10 dollars1
	Total	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	—	—		—		—		—	—	$11,784	—
1929-30	—	—	2,317	—	$632	3	$292	3	$341	3	—	—	29,335	$8,006	3
1939-40	—	—	2,344	—	758	3	392	3	367	3	—	—	36,353	11,763	3
1949-50	$8,494	$6,249	5,838	$411	2,246		1,154		1,092		$77,736	$57,184	53,423	20,551
1959-60	22,314	16,713	15,613	1,100	5,601		3,131		2,470		164,593	123,280	115,167	41,312
1969-70	64,227	43,183	40,683	2,500	21,043		13,250		7,794		368,501	247,766	233,422	120,735
1970-71	71,575	48,200	45,500	2,700	23,375		14,996		8,379		390,505	262,973	248,242	127,532
1971-72	76,510	50,950	48,050	2,900	25,560		16,484		9,075		402,974	268,353	253,078	134,621
1972-73	82,908	54,952	51,852	3,100	27,956		18,204		9,752		419,759	278,221	262,526	141,538
1973-74	91,084	60,370	56,970	3,400	30,714		20,336		10,377		423,401	280,630	264,825	142,771
1974-75	103,903	68,846	64,846	4,000	35,058		23,490		11,568		434,807	288,101	271,362	146,706
1975-76	114,004	75,101	70,601	4,500	38,903		26,184		12,719		445,537	293,500	275,914	152,037
1976-77	121,793	79,194	74,194	5,000	42,600		28,635		13,965		449,753	292,443	273,979	157,311
1977-78	132,515	86,544	80,844	5,700	45,971		30,725		15,246		458,555	299,478	279,754	159,077
1978-79	143,733	93,012	86,712	6,300	50,721		33,733		16,988		454,772	294,290	274,357	160,482
1979-80	160,075	103,162	95,962	7,200	56,914		37,768		19,146		446,896	288,005	267,904	158,891
1980-81	176,378	112,325	104,125	8,200	64,053		42,280		21,773		441,296	281,036	260,520	160,260
1981-82	190,825	120,486	111,186	9,300	70,339		46,219		24,120		439,480	277,485	256,066	161,995
1982-83	204,661	128,725	118,425	10,300	75,936		49,573		26,363		451,932	284,251	261,506	167,681
1983-84	220,993	139,000	127,500	11,500	81,993		53,087		28,907		470,580	295,984	271,496	174,595
1984-85	239,351	149,400	137,000	12,400	89,951		58,315		31,637		490,472	306,147	280,737	184,326
1985-86	259,336	161,800	148,600	13,200	97,536		63,194		34,342		516,529	322,263	295,972	194,266
1986-87	280,964	175,200	160,900	14,300	105,764		67,654		38,110		547,451	341,373	313,510	206,078
1987-88	301,786	187,999	172,699	15,300	113,787		72,641		41,145		564,628	351,737	323,112	212,891
1988-89	333,245	209,377	192,977	16,400	123,867		78,946		44,922		595,962	374,442	345,113	221,519
1989-90	365,825	231,170	212,770	18,400	134,656		85,771		48,885		624,431	394,586	363,179	229,845
1990-91	395,318	249,230	229,430	19,800	146,088		92,961		53,127		639,793	403,360	371,315	236,433
1991-92	417,944	261,755	241,055	20,700	156,189		98,847		57,342		655,411	410,479	378,017	244,933
1992-93	439,676	274,435	252,935	21,500	165,241		104,570		60,671		668,607	417,328	384,633	251,279
1993-94	460,757	287,407	265,307	22,100	173,351		109,310		64,041		682,973	426,018	393,260	256,955
1994-95	485,169	302,200	279,000	23,200	182,969		115,465		67,504		699,119	435,465	402,034	263,654
1995-96	508,523	318,046	293,646	24,400	190,476		119,525		70,952		713,363	446,161	411,932	267,203
1996-97	538,854	338,951	313,151	25,800	199,903	2	125,978		73,925	2	734,944	462,296	427,107	272,648	2
1997-98	570,471	361,615	334,315	27,300	208,856	2	132,846		76,010	2	764,434	484,566	447,984	279,868	2
1998-99	603,847	384,638	355,838	28,800	219,209		140,539		78,670		795,388	506,646	468,710	288,742
1999-2000	649,322	412,538	381,838	30,700	236,784		152,325		84,459		831,291	528,149	488,846	303,141
2000-01	705,017	444,811	410,811	34,000	260,206		170,345		89,861		872,694	550,603	508,516	322,092
2001-02	752,780	472,064	435,364	36,700	280,715		183,436		97,280		915,606	574,172	529,534	341,434
2002-03	795,691	492,807	454,907	37,900	302,884		197,026		105,858		946,988	586,512	541,405	360,476
2003-04	830,293	513,542	474,242	39,300	316,751		205,069		111,682		967,013	598,104	552,333	368,909
2004-05	875,988	540,969	499,569	41,400	335,019		215,794		119,225		990,428	611,642	564,833	378,787
2005-06	925,712	572,135	528,735	43,400	353,577		226,550		127,027		1,008,252	623,149	575,879	385,103
2006-07	984,034	608,495	562,195	46,300	375,539		238,829		136,710		1,044,757	646,044	596,887	398,713
2007-08	1,054,200	645,710	596,610	49,100	408,490		261,046		147,444		1,079,263	661,061	610,794	418,201
2008-09	1,089,854	659,110	610,110	49,000	430,744		273,030		157,714		1,100,399	665,487	616,013	434,912
2009-104	1,108,483	662,000	614,000	48,000	446,483		281,368		165,115		1,108,483	662,000	614,000	446,483
2010-112	1,133,000	673,000	626,000	47,000	460,000		288,000		172,000		1,111,000	660,000	614,000	451,000

—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.

4 Data for elementary and secondary education are estimated; data for degree-granting institutions are actual.

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 2008-09; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education, 1965-66 through 1985-86; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance Survey," (IPEDS-F:FY87-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2011, Finance component; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared November 2011.)