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Table 334.60. Total expenditures of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and classification of institution: 2013-14
Classification of institution Total Instruction Research Public service Academic support Student services Institutional support Auxiliary enterprises1 Net grant aid to students2 Hospitals Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
  In thousands of current dollars
Total $20,658,825 $5,535,512 $5,204 $11,246 $1,830,679 $4,130,801 $7,135,561 $472,200 $36,569 $27 $1,501,026
4-year 16,031,478 4,077,757 5,136 10,057 1,462,951 3,433,300 5,643,922 371,014 32,306 27 995,008
Doctoral/research3 1,105,001 278,123 374 818 114,294 113,231 461,429 3,360 61 0 133,311
Master's4  3,461,345 774,344 2,112 1,173 243,412 968,872 1,159,454 49,288 0 0 262,691
Baccalaureate5 1,933,735 647,141 872 313 151,332 371,258 631,711 42,279 826 0 88,002
Special-focus institutions6  9,531,397 2,378,149 1,778 7,752 953,913 1,979,939 3,391,328 276,087 31,419 27 511,004
Art, music, or design 2,270,306 666,137 124 21 104,004 462,048 725,726 176,987 947 0 134,313
Business and management 4,880,142 1,107,427 83 6,660 630,000 1,232,849 1,607,462 60,770 19,515 0 215,376
Engineering or technology 1,285,688 252,817 0 20 84,426 120,991 766,814 14,837 713 0 45,069
Law 185,506 53,255 82 0 32,421 20,979 66,201 621 10,119 0 1,827
Medical or other health 755,363 260,823 419 1,051 94,424 131,954 202,381 8,716 126 27 55,442
Theological 109,776 20,852 1,071 0 5,748 8,222 8,270 12,635 0 0 52,979
Other special focus 44,616 16,838 0 0 2,889 2,895 14,472 1,523 0 0 5,999
2-year 4,627,347 1,457,755 67 1,189 367,728 697,501 1,491,639 101,186 4,263 0 506,018
  Percentage distribution
Total 100.00 26.79 0.03 0.05 8.86 20.00 34.54 2.29 0.18 # 7.27
4-year 100.00 25.44 0.03 0.06 9.13 21.42 35.21 2.31 0.20 # 6.21
Doctoral/research3 100.00 25.17 0.03 0.07 10.34 10.25 41.76 0.30 0.01 0.00 12.06
Master's4  100.00 22.37 0.06 0.03 7.03 27.99 33.50 1.42 0.00 0.00 7.59
Baccalaureate5 100.00 33.47 0.05 0.02 7.83 19.20 32.67 2.19 0.04 0.00 4.55
Special-focus institutions6  100.00 24.95 0.02 0.08 10.01 20.77 35.58 2.90 0.33 # 5.36
Art, music, or design 100.00 29.34 0.01 # 4.58 20.35 31.97 7.80 0.04 0.00 5.92
Business and management 100.00 22.69 0.00 0.14 12.91 25.26 32.94 1.25 0.40 0.00 4.41
Engineering or technology 100.00 19.66 # # 6.57 9.41 59.64 1.15 0.06 0.00 3.51
Law 100.00 28.71 0.04 0.00 17.48 11.31 35.69 0.33 5.45 0.00 0.99
Medical or other health 100.00 34.53 0.06 0.14 12.50 17.47 26.79 1.15 0.02 # 7.34
Theological 100.00 18.99 0.98 0.00 5.24 7.49 7.53 11.51 0.00 0.00 48.26
Other special focus 100.00 37.74 0.00 0.00 6.47 6.49 32.44 3.41 0.00 0.00 13.44
2-year 100.00 31.50 # 0.03 7.95 15.07 32.24 2.19 0.09 0.00 10.94
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total $19,512 $5,228 $5 $11 $1,729 $3,901 $6,739 $446 $35 $# $1,418
4-year 20,595 5,238 7 13 1,879 4,411 7,250 477 42 # 1,278
Doctoral/research3 15,577 3,921 5 12 1,611 1,596 6,505 47 1 0 1,879
Master's4  14,705 3,290 9 5 1,034 4,116 4,926 209 0 0 1,116
Baccalaureate5 18,005 6,026 8 3 1,409 3,457 5,882 394 8 0 819
Special-focus institutions6  26,134 6,521 5 21 2,616 5,429 9,299 757 86 # 1,401
Art, music, or design 26,252 7,703 1 # 1,203 5,343 8,392 2,047 11 0 1,553
Business and management 28,188 6,397 0 38 3,639 7,121 9,285 351 113 0 1,244
Engineering or technology 21,669 4,261 # # 1,423 2,039 12,924 250 12 0 760
Law 29,408 8,442 13 0 5,140 3,326 10,495 98 1,604 0 290
Medical or other health 22,294 7,698 12 31 2,787 3,895 5,973 257 4 1 1,636
Theological 36,158 6,868 353 0 1,893 2,708 2,724 4,162 0 0 17,450
Other special focus 17,524 6,614 0 0 1,135 1,137 5,684 598 0 0 2,356
2-year 16,506 5,200 # 4 1,312 2,488 5,321 361 15 0 1,805
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2014-15 dollars7 
Total $19,654 $5,266 $5 $11 $1,742 $3,930 $6,788 $449 $35 $# $1,428
4-year 20,745 5,277 7 13 1,893 4,443 7,303 480 42 # 1,288
Doctoral/research3 15,690 3,949 5 12 1,623 1,608 6,552 48 1 0 1,893
Master's4  14,812 3,314 9 5 1,042 4,146 4,962 211 0 0 1,124
Baccalaureate5 18,136 6,069 8 3 1,419 3,482 5,925 397 8 0 825
Special-focus institutions6  26,324 6,568 5 21 2,635 5,468 9,366 763 87 # 1,411
Art, music, or design 26,443 7,759 1 # 1,211 5,382 8,453 2,061 11 0 1,564
Business and management 28,393 6,443 0 39 3,665 7,173 9,352 354 114 0 1,253
Engineering or technology 21,827 4,292 # # 1,433 2,054 13,018 252 12 0 765
Law 29,622 8,504 13 0 5,177 3,350 10,571 99 1,616 0 292
Medical or other health 22,456 7,754 12 31 2,807 3,923 6,017 259 4 1 1,648
Theological 36,421 6,918 355 0 1,907 2,728 2,744 4,192 0 0 17,577
Other special focus 17,651 6,662 0 0 1,143 1,145 5,726 603 0 0 2,373
2-year 16,626 5,238 # 4 1,321 2,506 5,359 364 15 0 1,818
#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.
3 Institutions that award at least 20 doctor's degrees per year, but did not have high levels of research activity.
4 Institutions that award at least 50 master's degrees per year.
5 Institutions that 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 Four-year institutions that award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.
7 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.
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://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/. 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 2014, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2015, Finance component. (This table was prepared November 2015.)

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