Table 106.20.

Expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1899-1900 through 2016-17

[In millions]
School year	Current dollars										Constant 2016-17 dollars1
	Total	Elementary and secondary schools			Degree-granting postsecondary institutions						Total	Elementary and secondary schools		Degree- granting postsecondary institutions
		Total	Public	Private2	Total		Public		Private			Total	Public
1	2	3	4	5	6		7			8	9	10	11	12
1899-1900	—	—	$215	—	—		—		—		—	—	—	—
1909-10	—	—	426	—	—		—		—		—	—	—	—
1919-20	—	—	1,036	—	—		—		—		—	—	$13,193	—
1929-30	—	—	2,317	—	$632		$292		$341		—	—	32,844	$8,963
1939-40	—	—	2,344	—	758		392		367		—	—	40,701	13,169
1949-50	$8,494	$6,249	5,838	$411	2,246		1,154		1,092		$87,033	$64,024	59,812	23,009
1959-60	22,314	16,713	15,613	1,100	5,601		3,131		2,470		184,278	138,024	128,940	46,253
1969-70	64,227	43,183	40,683	2,500	21,043		13,250		7,794		412,573	277,398	261,339	135,175
1970-71	71,575	48,200	45,500	2,700	23,375		14,996		8,379		437,209	294,424	277,931	142,785
1971-72	76,510	50,950	48,050	2,900	25,560		16,484		9,075		451,168	300,447	283,346	150,721
1972-73	82,908	54,952	51,852	3,100	27,956		18,204		9,752		469,961	311,495	293,923	158,466
1973-74	91,084	60,370	56,970	3,400	30,714		20,336		10,377		474,039	314,193	296,498	159,846
1974-75	103,903	68,846	64,846	4,000	35,058		23,490		11,568		486,809	322,557	303,816	164,252
1975-76	114,004	75,101	70,601	4,500	38,903		26,184		12,719		498,822	328,602	308,912	170,221
1976-77	121,793	79,194	74,194	5,000	42,600		28,635		13,965		503,542	327,418	306,746	176,125
1977-78	132,515	86,544	80,844	5,700	45,971		30,725		15,246		513,397	335,295	313,211	178,102
1978-79	143,733	93,012	86,712	6,300	50,721		33,733		16,988		509,162	329,487	307,169	179,675
1979-80	160,075	103,162	95,962	7,200	56,914		37,768		19,146		500,344	322,450	299,945	177,894
1980-81	176,378	112,325	104,125	8,200	64,053		42,280		21,773		494,074	314,647	291,677	179,427
1981-82	190,825	120,486	111,186	9,300	70,339		46,219		24,120		492,040	310,671	286,691	181,369
1982-83	204,661	128,725	118,425	10,300	75,936		49,573		26,363		505,982	318,246	292,782	187,736
1983-84	220,993	139,000	127,500	11,500	81,993		53,087		28,907		526,860	331,383	303,967	195,476
1984-85	239,351	149,400	137,000	12,400	89,951		58,315		31,637		549,132	342,761	314,312	206,371
1985-86	259,336	161,800	148,600	13,200	97,536		63,194		34,342		578,305	360,805	331,370	217,499
1986-87	280,964	175,200	160,900	14,300	105,764		67,654		38,110		612,925	382,201	351,005	230,724
1987-88	301,786	187,999	172,699	15,300	113,787		72,641		41,145		632,157	393,804	361,755	238,352
1988-89	333,245	209,377	192,977	16,400	123,867		78,946		44,922		667,237	419,225	386,388	248,012
1989-90	365,825	231,170	212,770	18,400	134,656		85,771		48,885		699,111	441,777	406,614	257,334
1990-91	395,318	249,230	229,430	19,800	146,088		92,961		53,127		716,311	451,601	415,724	264,709
1991-92	417,944	261,755	241,055	20,700	156,189		98,847		57,342		733,797	459,571	423,227	274,226
1992-93	439,676	274,435	252,935	21,500	165,241		104,570		60,671		748,570	467,239	430,634	281,331
1993-94	460,757	287,407	265,307	22,100	173,351		109,310		64,041		764,655	476,969	440,292	287,686
1994-95	485,169	302,200	279,000	23,200	182,969		115,465		67,504		782,732	487,545	450,116	295,187
1995-96	508,523	318,046	293,646	24,400	190,476		119,525		70,952		798,680	499,520	461,198	299,160
1996-97	538,854	338,951	313,151	25,800	199,903	2	125,978		73,925	2	822,842	517,586	478,189	305,256	2
1997-98	570,471	361,615	334,315	27,300	208,856	2	132,846		76,010	2	855,858	542,519	501,561	313,340	2
1998-99	603,847	384,638	355,838	28,800	219,209		140,539		78,670		890,514	567,239	524,767	323,275
1999-2000	649,322	412,538	381,838	30,700	236,784		152,325		84,459		930,711	591,315	547,311	339,397
2000-01	705,017	444,811	410,811	34,000	260,206		170,345		89,861		977,067	616,454	569,334	360,613
2001-02	752,780	472,064	435,364	36,700	280,715		183,436		97,280		1,025,111	642,842	592,865	382,269
2002-03	795,691	492,807	454,907	37,900	302,884		197,026		105,858		1,060,246	656,657	606,156	403,589
2003-04	830,293	513,542	474,242	39,300	316,751		205,069		111,682		1,082,666	669,636	618,391	413,030
2004-05	875,988	540,969	499,569	41,400	335,019		215,794		119,225		1,108,881	684,793	632,386	424,088
2005-06	925,246	571,669	528,269	43,400	353,577		226,550		127,027		1,128,269	697,108	644,185	431,161
2006-07	984,034	608,495	562,195	46,300	375,539		238,829		136,710		1,169,707	723,309	668,273	446,398
2007-08	1,054,904	646,414	597,314	49,100	408,490		261,046		147,444		1,209,146	740,929	684,650	468,217
2008-09	1,089,683	658,926	610,326	48,600	430,757		273,019		157,739		1,231,811	744,870	689,931	486,941
2009-10	1,100,897	654,418	607,018	47,400	446,479		281,390		165,088		1,232,562	732,685	679,616	499,877
2010-11	1,124,352	652,356	604,356	48,000	471,997		296,863		175,134		1,234,043	715,999	663,316	518,044
2011-12	1,136,876	648,794	601,994	46,800	488,083		305,538		182,545		1,212,268	691,818	641,915	520,450
2012-13	1,153,874	655,013	606,813	48,200	498,861		311,421		187,439		1,210,253	687,018	636,463	523,235
2013-14	1,192,886	675,818	625,018	50,800	517,067		323,893		193,174		1,231,927	697,937	645,474	533,990
2014-15	1,241,626	706,135	651,135	55,000	535,491		335,630		199,861		1,272,992	723,974	667,585	549,018
2015-163	1,293,000	734,000	675,000	59,000	560,000		355,000		205,000		1,317,000	748,000	687,000	570,000
2016-174	1,342,000	759,000	697,000	62,000	583,000		372,000		211,000		1,342,000	759,000	697,000	583,000

—Not available.

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.

2 Estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics based on enrollment data for the given year and actual expenditures for prior years.

3 Data for elementary and secondary education are estimated; data for degree-granting institutions are actual.

4 Estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics based on teacher and enrollment data, and actual expenditures for prior years.

NOTE: Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools include current expenditures, interest on school debt, and capital outlay. Expenditures for public and private colleges and universities in 1929-30 and 1939-40 include current-fund expenditures and additions to plant value. Public and private degree-granting institutions data for 1949-50 through 1995-96 are for current-fund expenditures. Data for private degree-granting institutions for 1996-97 and later years are for total expenditures. Data for public degree-granting institutions for 1996-97 through 2000-01 are for current expenditures; data for later years are for total expenditures. Postsecondary data through 1995-96 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education, 1899-1900 and 1909-10; Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1949-50; Statistics of State School Systems, 1959-60 and 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1970-71 through 1986-87; Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2014-15; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education, 1965-66 through 1985-86; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance Survey," (IPEDS-F:FY87-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2017, Finance component; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared March 2018.)