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Digest of Education Statistics: 2014
Digest of Education Statistics: 2014

NCES 2016-006
April 2016


Table 334.40. Total expenditures of private nonprofit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and classification of institution: 2012-13
Classification of institution Total Instruction Research Public service Academic support Student services Institutional support Auxiliary enterprises1 Net grant aid to students2 Hospitals Independent operations Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  In thousands of current dollars
Total $165,573,669 $54,257,906 $17,514,795 $2,318,128 $14,922,229 $13,685,488 $21,857,624 $15,330,575 $851,647 $16,701,193 $5,436,746 $2,697,338
4-year 165,073,451 54,076,793 17,514,466 2,316,357 14,883,058 13,617,897 21,719,080 15,304,071 846,965 16,701,193 5,436,746 2,656,826
Research university, very high3 77,727,786 23,619,190 14,104,247 775,566 5,644,723 2,920,855 6,746,775 4,809,955 553,519 12,913,604 4,308,046 1,331,306
Research university, high4 11,989,460 4,380,373 1,025,723 183,100 1,807,361 910,119 1,605,593 1,482,458 21,756 482,076 55,308 35,594
Doctoral/research5 7,792,328 3,133,292 235,704 119,823 905,085 956,381 1,371,928 1,004,415 9,018 0 16,799 39,884
Master's6 27,899,988 10,757,871 280,484 274,848 2,835,324 4,332,735 5,245,213 3,621,347 85,796 90,318 125,200 250,852
Baccalaureate7 22,418,857 7,943,777 256,488 220,123 1,961,821 3,566,289 4,293,642 3,614,596 123,828 6,335 60,403 371,554
Special-focus institutions8 17,245,033 4,242,291 1,611,821 742,897 1,728,743 931,518 2,455,929 771,300 53,049 3,208,859 870,990 627,636
Art, music, or design 2,107,018 873,024 727 24,208 259,436 218,316 443,084 217,623 7,751 0 10,704 52,145
Business and management 672,376 233,656 6,167 955 80,303 99,293 148,963 64,104 178 0 0 38,757
Engineering or technology 201,052 82,258 2,751 7 14,210 33,736 47,744 15,991 2,300 0 42 2,014
Law 614,252 265,816 6,745 15,996 92,361 76,296 134,504 15,549 1,118 0 229 5,638
Medical or other health 11,440,386 2,066,874 1,585,584 615,586 1,073,424 296,959 1,095,102 241,708 9,395 3,208,859 849,018 397,877
Theological 1,810,083 569,628 6,491 57,862 175,758 164,747 489,180 191,424 30,233 0 10,997 113,764
Tribal9 108,452 33,091 882 11,671 5,660 16,602 22,132 2,292 1,247 0 0 14,874
Other special focus 291,415 117,944 2,474 16,612 27,591 25,569 75,221 22,609 827 0 0 2,568
2-year 500,218 181,113 329 1,771 39,171 67,591 138,543 26,505 4,682 0 0 40,512
Associate's of arts 482,000 178,150 86 1,522 38,109 65,985 133,230 25,937 663 0 0 38,318
Tribal9 18,218 2,964 244 249 1,063 1,606 5,313 568 4,019 0 0 2,193
  Percentage distribution
Total 100.00 32.77 10.58 1.40 9.01 8.27 13.20 9.26 0.51 10.09 3.28 1.63
4-year 100.00 32.76 10.61 1.40 9.02 8.25 13.16 9.27 0.51 10.12 3.29 1.61
Research university, very high3 100.00 30.39 18.15 1.00 7.26 3.76 8.68 6.19 0.71 16.61 5.54 1.71
Research university, high4 100.00 36.54 8.56 1.53 15.07 7.59 13.39 12.36 0.18 4.02 0.46 0.30
Doctoral/research5 100.00 40.21 3.02 1.54 11.62 12.27 17.61 12.89 0.12 0.00 0.22 0.51
Master's6 100.00 38.56 1.01 0.99 10.16 15.53 18.80 12.98 0.31 0.32 0.45 0.90
Baccalaureate7 100.00 35.43 1.14 0.98 8.75 15.91 19.15 16.12 0.55 0.03 0.27 1.66
Special-focus institutions8 100.00 24.60 9.35 4.31 10.02 5.40 14.24 4.47 0.31 18.61 5.05 3.64
Art, music, or design 100.00 41.43 0.03 1.15 12.31 10.36 21.03 10.33 0.37 0.00 0.51 2.47
Business and management 100.00 34.75 0.92 0.14 11.94 14.77 22.15 9.53 0.03 0.00 0.00 5.76
Engineering or technology 100.00 40.91 1.37 # 7.07 16.78 23.75 7.95 1.14 0.00 0.02 1.00
Law 100.00 43.27 1.10 2.60 15.04 12.42 21.90 2.53 0.18 0.00 0.04 0.92
Medical or other health 100.00 18.07 13.86 5.38 9.38 2.60 9.57 2.11 0.08 28.05 7.42 3.48
Theological 100.00 31.47 0.36 3.20 9.71 9.10 27.03 10.58 1.67 0.00 0.61 6.29
Tribal9 100.00 30.51 0.81 10.76 5.22 15.31 20.41 2.11 1.15 0.00 0.00 13.71
Other special focus 100.00 40.47 0.85 5.70 9.47 8.77 25.81 7.76 0.28 0.00 0.00 0.88
2-year 100.00 36.21 0.07 0.35 7.83 13.51 27.70 5.30 0.94 0.00 0.00 8.10
Associate's of arts 100.00 36.96 0.02 0.32 7.91 13.69 27.64 5.38 0.14 0.00 0.00 7.95
Tribal9 100.00 16.27 1.34 1.37 5.83 8.82 29.17 3.12 22.06 0.00 0.00 12.04
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total $49,373 $16,180 $5,223 $691 $4,450 $4,081 $6,518 $4,572 $254 $4,980 $1,621 $804
4-year 49,638 16,261 5,267 697 4,475 4,095 6,531 4,602 255 5,022 1,635 799
Research university, very high3 154,975 47,092 28,121 1,546 11,255 5,824 13,452 9,590 1,104 25,747 8,589 2,654
Research university, high4 43,068 15,735 3,685 658 6,492 3,269 5,768 5,325 78 1,732 199 128
Doctoral/research5 29,574 11,892 895 455 3,435 3,630 5,207 3,812 34 0 64 151
Master's6 22,554 8,697 227 222 2,292 3,503 4,240 2,928 69 73 101 203
Baccalaureate7 30,482 10,801 349 299 2,667 4,849 5,838 4,915 168 9 82 505
Special-focus institutions8 55,696 13,701 5,206 2,399 5,583 3,009 7,932 2,491 171 10,364 2,813 2,027
Art, music, or design 36,545 15,142 13 420 4,500 3,787 7,685 3,775 134 0 186 904
Business and management 20,946 7,279 192 30 2,502 3,093 4,640 1,997 6 0 0 1,207
Engineering or technology 13,205 5,403 181 # 933 2,216 3,136 1,050 151 0 3 132
Law 37,311 16,146 410 972 5,610 4,634 8,170 944 68 0 14 342
Medical or other health 107,061 19,342 14,838 5,761 10,045 2,779 10,248 2,262 88 30,029 7,945 3,723
Theological 25,401 7,994 91 812 2,466 2,312 6,865 2,686 424 0 154 1,596
Tribal9 39,251 11,977 319 4,224 2,048 6,009 8,010 830 451 0 0 5,383
Other special focus 39,920 16,157 339 2,276 3,780 3,503 10,304 3,097 113 0 0 352
2-year 17,894 6,479 12 63 1,401 2,418 4,956 948 167 0 0 1,449
Associate's of arts 17,591 6,502 3 56 1,391 2,408 4,862 947 24 0 0 1,398
Tribal9 32,825 5,340 439 449 1,915 2,894 9,574 1,023 7,241 0 0 3,952
#Rounds to zero.
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, fee, and auxiliary enterprise allowances and agency transactions, such as student awards made from contributed funds or grant funds. These exclusions account for the majority of total student grants.
3 Research universities with a very high level of research activity.
4 Research universities with a high level of research activity.
5 Includes institutions that award at least 20 doctor's degrees per year, but did not have high levels of research activity.
6 Master's institutions award at least 50 master's degrees per year.
7 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.
8 Special-focus 4-year institutions award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.
9 Tribally controlled colleges are located on reservations and are members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
NOTE: Relative levels of research activity for research universities were determined by an analysis of research and development expenditures, science and engineering research staffing, and doctoral degrees conferred, by field. Further information on the Carnegie 2005 classification system used in this table may be obtained from http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/. 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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2013, Enrollment component; and Spring 2014, Finance component. (This table was prepared January 2015.)