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Table 334.40. Total expenditures of private nonprofit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and classification of institution: 2014-15
Classification of institution Total Instruc-
tion
Research Public service Academic support Student services Institu-
tional support
Auxiliary enter-
prises1
Net grant aid to students2 Hospitals Indepen-
dent operations
Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  In thousands of current dollars
Total $181,661,777 $58,940,908 $18,287,893 $2,637,537 $15,591,749 $15,405,326 $23,940,800 $16,328,565 $900,596 $20,529,450 $6,063,555 $3,035,399
4-year 180,758,034 58,631,261 18,286,347 2,634,454 15,494,270 15,197,089 23,742,844 16,298,691 895,983 20,529,450 6,063,555 2,984,090
Research university, very high3 86,427,404 26,844,091 14,246,892 907,615 5,977,736 3,431,192 7,480,001 5,610,072 604,938 14,705,700 4,799,644 1,819,524
Research university, high4 14,241,828 4,828,436 1,584,948 222,044 2,196,315 1,113,895 2,005,726 1,639,753 31,463 490,832 59,143 69,272
Doctoral/research5 9,107,836 3,717,688 151,348 111,827 969,329 1,359,530 1,584,389 1,143,244 7,303 0 37,160 26,018
Master's6 28,917,260 10,981,984 256,999 225,296 2,867,753 4,765,422 5,630,659 3,674,136 103,260 29,619 109,341 272,791
Baccalaureate7 21,222,484 7,558,193 209,073 217,609 1,910,284 3,384,469 4,071,288 3,471,626 87,585 0 44,774 267,584
Special-focus institutions8 20,841,221 4,700,868 1,837,086 950,063 1,572,852 1,142,581 2,970,782 759,861 61,434 5,303,299 1,013,493 528,903
Arts, music, or design 2,269,416 920,235 944 24,547 270,128 229,312 477,088 239,188 8,417 0 29,280 70,276
Business and management 589,352 157,993 3,173 876 73,254 96,054 153,233 79,384 379 0 2,448 22,558
Engineering and other
      technology-related
266,621 114,973 2,819 0 20,578 43,551 60,859 17,880 2,920 0 0 3,042
Faith related 1,889,671 599,410 8,257 61,676 185,053 171,337 515,334 195,940 34,696 0 9,036 108,932
Law 511,579 214,297 4,519 12,282 79,531 65,993 114,759 14,649 1,207 0 20 4,322
Medical schools and centers and
      other heath professions
      schools
14,491,698 2,425,919 1,812,091 733,770 886,644 397,462 1,505,772 172,262 11,588 5,303,299 971,741 271,150
Tribal colleges9 103,660 32,022 1,905 11,612 4,920 15,196 20,657 1,708 1,440 0 0 14,201
Other special focus 719,224 236,018 3,377 105,301 52,746 123,675 123,081 38,851 787 0 967 34,421
                         
2-year 903,744 309,648 1,546 3,083 97,479 208,237 197,956 29,873 4,613 0 0 51,309
Associate's colleges 884,606 305,642 966 2,777 94,424 206,494 194,177 29,448 1,896 0 0 48,782
Tribal colleges9 19,138 4,006 580 306 3,056 1,743 3,778 425 2,717 0 0 2,527
  Percentage distribution
Total 100.00 32.45 10.07 1.45 8.58 8.48 13.18 8.99 0.50 11.30 3.34 1.67
4-year 100.00 32.44 10.12 1.46 8.57 8.41 13.14 9.02 0.50 11.36 3.35 1.65
Research university, very high3 100.00 31.06 16.48 1.05 6.92 3.97 8.65 6.49 0.70 17.02 5.55 2.11
Research university, high4 100.00 33.90 11.13 1.56 15.42 7.82 14.08 11.51 0.22 3.45 0.42 0.49
Doctoral/research5 100.00 40.82 1.66 1.23 10.64 14.93 17.40 12.55 0.08 0.00 0.41 0.29
Master's6 100.00 37.98 0.89 0.78 9.92 16.48 19.47 12.71 0.36 0.10 0.38 0.94
Baccalaureate7 100.00 35.61 0.99 1.03 9.00 15.95 19.18 16.36 0.41 0.00 0.21 1.26
Special-focus institutions8 100.00 22.56 8.81 4.56 7.55 5.48 14.25 3.65 0.29 25.45 4.86 2.54
Arts, music, or design 100.00 40.55 0.04 1.08 11.90 10.10 21.02 10.54 0.37 0.00 1.29 3.10
Business and management 100.00 26.81 0.54 0.15 12.43 16.30 26.00 13.47 0.06 0.00 0.42 3.83
Engineering and other
      technology-related
100.00 43.12 1.06 0.00 7.72 16.33 22.83 6.71 1.10 0.00 0.00 1.14
Faith related 100.00 31.72 0.44 3.26 9.79 9.07 27.27 10.37 1.84 0.00 0.48 5.76
Law 100.00 41.89 0.88 2.40 15.55 12.90 22.43 2.86 0.24 0.00 # 0.84
Medical schools and centers and
      other heath professions
      schools
100.00 16.74 12.50 5.06 6.12 2.74 10.39 1.19 0.08 36.60 6.71 1.87
Tribal colleges9 100.00 30.89 1.84 11.20 4.75 14.66 19.93 1.65 1.39 0.00 0.00 13.70
Other special focus 100.00 32.82 0.47 14.64 7.33 17.20 17.11 5.40 0.11 0.00 0.13 4.79
                         
2-year 100.00 34.26 0.17 0.34 10.79 23.04 21.90 3.31 0.51 0.00 0.00 5.68
Associate's colleges 100.00 34.55 0.11 0.31 10.67 23.34 21.95 3.33 0.21 0.00 0.00 5.51
Tribal colleges9 100.00 20.93 3.03 1.60 15.97 9.11 19.74 2.22 14.20 0.00 0.00 13.20
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total $53,348 $17,309 $5,371 $775 $4,579 $4,524 $7,031 $4,795 $264 $6,029 $1,781 $891
4-year 53,793 17,449 5,442 784 4,611 4,523 7,066 4,850 267 6,110 1,805 888
Research university, very high3 157,605 48,952 25,980 1,655 10,901 6,257 13,640 10,230 1,103 26,817 8,752 3,318
Research university, high4 49,402 16,749 5,498 770 7,619 3,864 6,957 5,688 109 1,703 205 240
Doctoral/research5 26,020 10,621 432 319 2,769 3,884 4,526 3,266 21 0 106 74
Master's6 23,405 8,889 208 182 2,321 3,857 4,557 2,974 84 24 88 221
Baccalaureate7 34,411 12,255 339 353 3,097 5,488 6,601 5,629 142 0 73 434
Special-focus institutions8 64,870 14,632 5,718 2,957 4,896 3,556 9,247 2,365 191 16,507 3,155 1,646
Arts, music, or design 39,543 16,034 16 428 4,707 3,996 8,313 4,168 147 0 510 1,225
Business and management 24,911 6,678 134 37 3,096 4,060 6,477 3,355 16 0 103 954
Engineering and other
      technology-related
20,038 8,641 212 0 1,546 3,273 4,574 1,344 219 0 0 229
Faith related 26,902 8,533 118 878 2,634 2,439 7,336 2,789 494 0 129 1,551
Law 41,599 17,425 367 999 6,467 5,366 9,331 1,191 98 0 2 351
Medical schools and centers and
      other heath professions
      schools
117,185 19,617 14,653 5,934 7,170 3,214 12,176 1,393 94 42,884 7,858 2,193
Tribal colleges9 43,300 13,376 796 4,851 2,055 6,348 8,629 713 601 0 0 5,932
Other special focus 39,257 12,882 184 5,748 2,879 6,750 6,718 2,121 43 0 53 1,879
                         
2-year 20,092 6,884 34 69 2,167 4,630 4,401 664 103 0 0 1,141
Associate's colleges 19,937 6,888 22 63 2,128 4,654 4,376 664 43 0 0 1,099
Tribal colleges9 31,374 6,567 950 502 5,009 2,857 6,194 697 4,455 0 0 4,143
#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 Institutions that award at least 20 doctor's degrees per year, but did not have high levels of research activity.
6 Institutions that award at least 50 master's degrees per year.
7 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.
8 Four-year institutions that award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.
9 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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