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Table 382. Total expenditures of private for-profit degree-granting institutions, by purpose and classification of institution: 2009-10
Classification of institution Total Instruc-
tion
Research and public service Student services, academic and institutional support Auxil-
iary enter-
prises1
Net grant aid to stu-
dents2
Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  In thousands of current dollars
Total $19,973,659 $4,750,829 $13,257 $13,086,981 $466,042 $120,215 $1,536,334
4-year 15,286,549 3,259,657 10,726 10,587,709 337,501 72,265 1,018,691
Doctoral/research3 3,199,779 559,229 1,572 2,629,318 2,746 0 6,915
Master's4  2,302,639 418,950 1,607 1,579,561 63,351 27,248 211,922
Baccalaureate5 3,584,250 914,489 1,086 2,260,858 60,837 16,808 330,172
Specialized institutions6  6,199,881 1,366,990 6,462 4,117,971 210,567 28,210 469,682
Art, music, or design 2,196,106 553,702 3,983 1,405,523 139,582 140 93,175
Business and management 2,051,857 356,897 270 1,355,411 55,961 18,987 264,333
Engineering or technology 1,396,652 325,060 197 1,019,934 10,939 2,384 38,137
Law 107,675 26,789 1,098 54,210 49 5,383 20,147
Medical or other health 328,517 64,079 914 216,308 1,598 1,316 44,302
Other specialized 119,074 40,463 0 66,586 2,438 0 9,587
2-year 4,687,110 1,491,172 2,531 2,499,272 128,542 47,950 517,643
  Percentage distribution
Total 100.00 23.79 0.07 65.52 2.33 0.60 7.69
4-year 100.00 21.32 0.07 69.26 2.21 0.47 6.66
Doctoral/research3 100.00 17.48 0.05 82.17 0.09 0.00 0.22
Master's4  100.00 18.19 0.07 68.60 2.75 1.18 9.20
Baccalaureate5 100.00 25.51 0.03 63.08 1.70 0.47 9.21
Specialized institutions6  100.00 22.05 0.10 66.42 3.40 0.46 7.58
Art, music, or design 100.00 25.21 0.18 64.00 6.36 0.01 4.24
Business and management 100.00 17.39 0.01 66.06 2.73 0.93 12.88
Engineering or technology 100.00 23.27 0.01 73.03 0.78 0.17 2.73
Law 100.00 24.88 1.02 50.35 0.05 5.00 18.71
Medical or other health 100.00 19.51 0.28 65.84 0.49 0.40 13.49
Other specialized 100.00 33.98 0.00 55.92 2.05 0.00 8.05
2-year 100.00 31.81 0.05 53.32 2.74 1.02 11.04
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total $12,434 $2,958 $8 $8,147 $290 $75 $956
4-year 12,378 2,640 9 8,574 273 59 825
Doctoral/research3 7,250 1,267 4 5,957 6 0 16
Master's4  11,425 2,079 8 7,837 314 135 1,052
Baccalaureate5 14,373 3,667 4 9,066 244 67 1,324
Specialized institutions6  18,093 3,989 19 12,018 615 82 1,371
Art, music, or design 22,214 5,601 40 14,217 1,412 1 942
Business and management 15,572 2,709 2 10,287 425 144 2,006
Engineering or technology 16,575 3,858 2 12,104 130 28 453
Law 27,007 6,719 275 13,597 12 1,350 5,053
Medical or other health 20,101 3,921 56 13,235 98 81 2,711
Other specialized 15,996 5,436 0 8,945 328 0 1,288
2-year 12,620 4,015 7 6,729 346 129 1,394
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. Further information on the Carnegie 2005 classification system used in this table may be obtained from http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/resources/. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2010, Enrollment component; and Spring 2011, Finance component. (This table was prepared October 2011.)

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