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Table 333.55. Total revenue of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source of funds and level of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2014-15
Level of
institution
and year
Total Student
tuition an
fees
(net of
allowances)
Federal
appropri-
ations,
grants, and
contracts
State and
local appro-
priations,
grants, and
contracts
Private
gifts,
grants,
and con-
tracts
Invest-
ment
return
(gain or
loss)
Educa-
tional
activi-
ties
Auxiliary
enter-
prises
(net of
allowances)
Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  In thousands of current dollars
All levels                  
1999-2000 $4,321,985 $3,721,032 $198,923 $71,904 $2,151 $18,537 $70,672 $156,613 $82,153
2009-10 24,689,264 22,402,076 1,706,901 95,277 37,570 40,115 424,471 485,443 -502,589
2010-11 28,285,216 25,157,459 1,583,370 157,290 31,272 32,551 402,206 542,622 378,447
2011-12 26,922,849 24,344,390 1,220,844 101,443 9,386 36,726 351,917 511,364 346,778
2012-13 24,761,608 22,465,786 1,090,992 96,621 14,700 58,243 312,065 484,747 238,453
2013-14 22,645,566 20,481,607 941,363 77,986 12,206 43,032 256,321 482,439 350,611
2014-15 19,665,740 17,705,911 849,015 53,217 15,935 45,352 224,384 434,399 337,528
                   
4-year                  
1999-2000 2,381,042 2,050,136 103,865 39,460 1,109 10,340 33,764 102,103 40,266
2009-10 18,985,251 17,342,058 1,356,142 65,148 35,630 35,949 366,044 372,513 -588,234
2010-11 21,690,069 19,483,895 1,113,186 118,054 29,118 28,671 346,786 405,604 164,755
2011-12 21,204,786 19,251,785 836,741 69,747 7,298 30,546 308,359 404,301 296,009
2012-13 19,550,978 17,759,973 809,567 64,261 12,233 49,200 265,836 395,722 194,187
2013-14 17,832,352 16,188,360 709,409 51,830 10,232 36,012 222,841 395,509 218,160
2014-15 15,844,144 14,281,153 626,311 37,570 14,474 37,565 198,393 370,969 277,710
                   
2-year                  
1999-2000 1,940,943 1,670,896 95,058 32,444 1,042 8,197 36,908 54,510 41,888
2009-10 5,704,013 5,060,018 350,759 30,129 1,940 4,166 58,427 112,930 85,644
2010-11 6,595,147 5,673,564 470,183 39,236 2,154 3,880 55,420 137,018 213,692
2011-12 5,718,063 5,092,606 384,103 31,696 2,087 6,180 43,558 107,063 50,770
2012-13 5,210,630 4,705,813 281,425 32,361 2,467 9,043 46,230 89,025 44,266
2013-14 4,813,214 4,293,247 231,954 26,157 1,975 7,021 33,480 86,930 132,450
2014-15 3,821,596 3,424,758 222,704 15,647 1,461 7,787 25,991 63,430 59,818
  Percentage distribution
All levels                  
1999-2000 100.00 86.10 4.60 1.66 0.05 0.43 1.64 3.62 1.90
2009-10 100.00 90.74 6.91 0.39 0.15 0.16 1.72 1.97 -2.04
2010-11 100.00 88.94 5.60 0.56 0.11 0.12 1.42 1.92 1.34
2011-12 100.00 90.42 4.53 0.38 0.03 0.14 1.31 1.90 1.29
2012-13 100.00 90.73 4.41 0.39 0.06 0.24 1.26 1.96 0.96
2013-14 100.00 90.44 4.16 0.34 0.05 0.19 1.13 2.13 1.55
2014-15 100.00 90.03 4.32 0.27 0.08 0.23 1.14 2.21 1.72
                   
4-year                  
1999-2000 100.00 86.10 4.36 1.66 0.05 0.43 1.42 4.29 1.69
2009-10 100.00 91.34 7.14 0.34 0.19 0.19 1.93 1.96 -3.10
2010-11 100.00 89.83 5.13 0.54 0.13 0.13 1.60 1.87 0.76
2011-12 100.00 90.79 3.95 0.33 0.03 0.14 1.45 1.91 1.40
2012-13 100.00 90.84 4.14 0.33 0.06 0.25 1.36 2.02 0.99
2013-14 100.00 90.78 3.98 0.29 0.06 0.20 1.25 2.22 1.22
2014-15 100.00 90.14 3.95 0.24 0.09 0.24 1.25 2.34 1.75
                   
2-year                  
1999-2000 100.00 86.09 4.90 1.67 0.05 0.42 1.90 2.81 2.16
2009-10 100.00 88.71 6.15 0.53 0.03 0.07 1.02 1.98 1.50
2010-11 100.00 86.03 7.13 0.59 0.03 0.06 0.84 2.08 3.24
2011-12 100.00 89.06 6.72 0.55 0.04 0.11 0.76 1.87 0.89
2012-13 100.00 90.31 5.40 0.62 0.05 0.17 0.89 1.71 0.85
2013-14 100.00 89.20 4.82 0.54 0.04 0.15 0.70 1.81 2.75
2014-15 100.00 89.62 5.83 0.41 0.04 0.20 0.68 1.66 1.57
  Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2015-16 dollars1 
All levels                  
1999-2000 $15,816 $13,617 $728 $263 $8 $68 $259 $573 $301
2009-10 18,219 16,531 1,260 70 28 30 313 358 -371
2010-11 18,435 16,397 1,032 103 20 21 262 354 247
2011-12 17,487 15,812 793 66 6 24 229 332 225
2012-13 18,024 16,352 794 70 11 42 227 353 174
2013-14 21,655 19,586 900 75 12 41 245 461 335
2014-15 16,759 15,089 724 45 14 39 191 370 288
                   
4-year                  
1999-2000 16,053 13,822 700 266 7 70 228 688 271
2009-10 18,674 17,058 1,334 64 35 35 360 366 -579
2010-11 18,586 16,695 954 101 25 25 297 348 141
2011-12 17,720 16,088 699 58 6 26 258 338 247
2012-13 18,182 16,516 753 60 11 46 247 368 181
2013-14 23,201 21,062 923 67 13 47 290 515 284
2014-15 16,754 15,102 662 40 15 40 210 392 294
                   
2-year                  
1999-2000 15,535 13,374 761 260 8 66 295 436 335
2009-10 16,850 14,948 1,036 89 6 12 173 334 253
2010-11 17,957 15,448 1,280 107 6 11 151 373 582
2011-12 16,673 14,849 1,120 92 6 18 127 312 148
2012-13 17,453 15,762 943 108 8 30 155 298 148
2013-14 17,367 15,491 837 94 7 25 121 314 478
2014-15 16,781 15,038 978 69 6 34 114 279 263
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.
NOTE: 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. 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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:99); Spring 2009 through Spring 2015, Fall Enrollment component; and selected years, Spring 2001 through Spring 2016, Finance component. (This table was prepared December 2016.)

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