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Table 333.50. Total revenue of private nonprofit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source of funds and classification of institution: 2014-15
Classification of institution Total Student tuition and fees
(net of allowances)
Federal appropri- ations, grants, and contracts1 State and local appropri- ations, grants, and contracts Private grants and contracts Private gifts and contri- butions from affiliated entities Investment return (gain or loss) Educa- tional activities Auxiliary enterprises
(net of allowances)
Hospitals Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
  In thousands of current dollars
Total $200,473,205 $70,419,278 $24,209,979 $1,948,559 $5,518,352 $21,350,682 $21,283,257 $6,726,182 $16,961,468 $23,883,795 $8,171,652
4-year 199,541,457 69,691,836 24,144,009 1,937,591 5,516,657 21,304,515 21,274,238 6,718,717 16,925,946 23,883,795 8,144,153
Research university, very high2 98,867,077 16,798,611 18,392,980 861,834 3,776,614 10,373,774 15,919,601 4,978,589 4,800,493 17,886,828 5,077,753
Research university, high3 15,399,554 6,905,800 1,483,602 177,890 281,227 2,011,014 1,094,389 836,613 1,563,821 470,800 574,398
Doctoral/research4 9,804,256 7,036,608 292,327 118,288 62,950 557,124 188,006 55,234 1,200,468 0 293,252
Master's5 30,692,010 20,880,015 819,731 294,112 177,745 2,428,103 763,079 148,844 4,409,738 14,121 756,524
Baccalaureate6 23,000,121 10,610,434 609,955 105,900 200,614 3,940,061 2,656,361 178,316 4,133,758 0 564,721
Special-focus institutions7 21,778,440 7,460,368 2,545,415 379,566 1,017,508 1,994,440 652,803 521,121 817,669 5,512,046 877,504
Arts, music, or design 2,489,884 1,636,729 41,219 16,275 29,258 304,573 108,747 16,064 273,522 0 63,498
Business and management 675,030 427,521 27,995 10,302 84 63,512 13,041 4,258 97,286 0 31,031
Engineering and other
      technology-related
280,434 177,274 4,969 833 113 40,446 20,263 2,541 27,409 0 6,585
Faith related 1,948,021 631,711 40,839 3,695 44,730 730,128 166,246 19,521 179,970 54 131,128
Law 477,559 391,441 8,138 3,463 6,336 22,929 21,598 637 14,821 0 8,196
Medical schools and centers and
      other heath professions
      schools
15,055,229 3,745,649 2,181,290 331,617 926,750 774,544 312,110 465,320 186,351 5,511,992 619,607
Tribal colleges8 103,767 9,561 81,981 3,039 1,361 910 114 527 1,437 0 4,837
Other special focus 748,515 440,481 158,983 10,343 8,876 57,398 10,684 12,253 36,874 0 12,622
                       
2-year 931,748 727,442 65,970 10,968 1,694 46,167 9,019 7,466 35,522 0 27,499
Associate's colleges 911,703 726,663 53,329 10,314 1,389 45,567 8,918 7,466 35,271 0 22,787
Tribal colleges8 20,045 779 12,641 654 305 600 101 0 251 0 4,712
  Percentage distribution
Total 100.00 35.13 12.08 0.97 2.75 10.65 10.62 3.36 8.46 11.91 4.08
4-year 100.00 34.93 12.10 0.97 2.76 10.68 10.66 3.37 8.48 11.97 4.08
Research university, very high2 100.00 16.99 18.60 0.87 3.82 10.49 16.10 5.04 4.86 18.09 5.14
Research university, high3 100.00 44.84 9.63 1.16 1.83 13.06 7.11 5.43 10.15 3.06 3.73
Doctoral/research4 100.00 71.77 2.98 1.21 0.64 5.68 1.92 0.56 12.24 0.00 2.99
Master's5 100.00 68.03 2.67 0.96 0.58 7.91 2.49 0.48 14.37 0.05 2.46
Baccalaureate6 100.00 46.13 2.65 0.46 0.87 17.13 11.55 0.78 17.97 0.00 2.46
Special-focus institutions7 100.00 34.26 11.69 1.74 4.67 9.16 3.00 2.39 3.75 25.31 4.03
Arts, music, or design 100.00 65.74 1.66 0.65 1.18 12.23 4.37 0.65 10.99 0.00 2.55
Business and management 100.00 63.33 4.15 1.53 0.01 9.41 1.93 0.63 14.41 0.00 4.60
Engineering and other
      technology-related
100.00 63.21 1.77 0.30 0.04 14.42 7.23 0.91 9.77 0.00 2.35
Faith related 100.00 32.43 2.10 0.19 2.30 37.48 8.53 1.00 9.24 # 6.73
Law 100.00 81.97 1.70 0.73 1.33 4.80 4.52 0.13 3.10 0.00 1.72
Medical schools and centers and
      other heath professions
      schools
100.00 24.88 14.49 2.20 6.16 5.14 2.07 3.09 1.24 36.61 4.12
Tribal colleges8 100.00 9.21 79.00 2.93 1.31 0.88 0.11 0.51 1.38 0.00 4.66
Other special focus 100.00 58.85 21.24 1.38 1.19 7.67 1.43 1.64 4.93 0.00 1.69
                       
2-year 100.00 78.07 7.08 1.18 0.18 4.95 0.97 0.80 3.81 0.00 2.95
Associate's colleges 100.00 79.70 5.85 1.13 0.15 5.00 0.98 0.82 3.87 0.00 2.50
Tribal colleges8 100.00 3.89 63.06 3.26 1.52 2.99 0.51 0.00 1.25 0.00 23.51
  Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total $58,873 $20,680 $7,110 $572 $1,621 $6,270 $6,250 $1,975 $4,981 $7,014 $2,400
4-year 59,383 20,740 7,185 577 1,642 6,340 6,331 1,999 5,037 7,108 2,424
Research university, very high2 180,289 30,633 33,541 1,572 6,887 18,917 29,030 9,079 8,754 32,618 9,260
Research university, high3 53,418 23,955 5,146 617 976 6,976 3,796 2,902 5,425 1,633 1,992
Doctoral/research4 28,009 20,102 835 338 180 1,592 537 158 3,430 0 838
Master's5 24,842 16,900 663 238 144 1,965 618 120 3,569 11 612
Baccalaureate6 37,293 17,204 989 172 325 6,388 4,307 289 6,703 0 916
Special-focus institutions7 67,787 23,221 7,923 1,181 3,167 6,208 2,032 1,622 2,545 17,157 2,731
Arts, music, or design 43,385 28,519 718 284 510 5,307 1,895 280 4,766 0 1,106
Business and management 28,533 18,071 1,183 435 4 2,685 551 180 4,112 0 1,312
Engineering and other
      technology-related
21,076 13,323 373 63 8 3,040 1,523 191 2,060 0 495
Faith related 27,733 8,993 581 53 637 10,394 2,367 278 2,562 1 1,867
Law 38,832 31,830 662 282 515 1,864 1,756 52 1,205 0 666
Medical schools and centers and
      other heath professions
      schools
121,742 30,289 17,639 2,682 7,494 6,263 2,524 3,763 1,507 44,572 5,010
Tribal colleges8 43,345 3,994 34,244 1,269 569 380 47 220 600 0 2,021
Other special focus 40,856 24,042 8,678 565 484 3,133 583 669 2,013 0 689
                       
2-year 20,715 16,173 1,467 244 38 1,026 201 166 790 0 611
Associate's colleges 20,548 16,377 1,202 232 31 1,027 201 168 795 0 514
Tribal colleges8 32,861 1,277 20,724 1,072 501 984 166 0 412 0 7,725
#Rounds to zero.
1 Includes independent operations.
2 Research universities with a very high level of research activity.
3 Research universities with a high level of research activity.
4 Institutions that award at least 20 doctor's degrees per year, but did not have high levels of research activity.
5 Institutions that award at least 50 master's degrees per year.
6 Institutions that primarily emphasize undergraduate education. Also includes institutions classified as 4-year under the IPEDS system, which had been classified as baccalaureate/associate’s colleges in the Carnegie classification system because they primarily award associate's degrees.
7 Four-year institutions that award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.
8 Tribally controlled colleges, which 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 2015 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. Data in this table pertain to institutions’ fiscal years that end in the academic year noted. 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 2015, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2016, Finance component. (This table was prepared December 2016.)

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