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Digest of Education Statistics: 2017
Digest of Education Statistics: 2017

NCES 2018-070
January 2018


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 2015-16
Level of institution and year Total Student tuition and fees
(net of allowances)
Federal appropriations, grants, and contracts State and local appropriations, grants, and contracts Private gifts, grants, and con- tracts Investment return (gain or loss) Educational activities Auxiliary enterprises
(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
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 19,665,772 17,705,922 848,223 53,217 15,935 45,317 224,389 434,253 338,516
2015-16 17,058,956 15,348,446 713,312 46,680 14,901 27,484 329,408 312,111 266,613
                   
4-year                  
1999-2000 2,381,042 2,050,136 103,865 39,460 1,109 10,340 33,764 102,103 40,266
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 15,845,578 14,281,696 626,082 37,570 14,474 37,530 198,393 371,131 278,702
2015-16 13,584,785 12,232,686 519,399 32,097 13,708 21,959 304,279 254,981 205,676
                   
2-year                  
1999-2000 1,940,943 1,670,896 95,058 32,444 1,042 8,197 36,908 54,510 41,888
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 3,820,194 3,424,226 222,141 15,647 1,461 7,787 25,996 63,122 59,814
2015-16 3,474,170 3,115,760 193,913 14,583 1,193 5,525 25,129 57,130 60,937
  Percentage distribution
All levels                  
1999-2000 100.00 86.10 4.60 1.66 0.05 0.43 1.64 3.62 1.90
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 4.31 0.27 0.08 0.23 1.14 2.21 1.72
2015-16 100.00 89.97 4.18 0.27 0.09 0.16 1.93 1.83 1.56
                   
4-year                  
1999-2000 100.00 86.10 4.36 1.66 0.05 0.43 1.42 4.29 1.69
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 90.13 3.95 0.24 0.09 0.24 1.25 2.34 1.76
2015-16 100.00 90.05 3.82 0.24 0.10 0.16 2.24 1.88 1.51
                   
2-year                  
1999-2000 100.00 86.09 4.90 1.67 0.05 0.42 1.90 2.81 2.16
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 89.63 5.81 0.41 0.04 0.20 0.68 1.65 1.57
2015-16 100.00 89.68 5.58 0.42 0.03 0.16 0.72 1.64 1.75
  Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2016-17 dollars1
All levels                  
1999-2000 $16,107 $13,867 $741 $268 $8 $69 $263 $584 $306
2010-11 18,774 16,698 1,051 104 21 22 267 360 251
2011-12 17,809 16,103 808 67 6 24 233 338 229
2012-13 18,355 16,653 809 72 11 43 231 359 177
2013-14 22,053 19,946 917 76 12 42 250 470 341
2014-15 17,057 15,357 736 46 14 39 195 377 294
2015-16 17,568 15,806 735 48 15 28 339 321 275
                   
4-year                  
1999-2000 16,348 14,076 713 271 8 71 232 701 276
2010-11 18,927 17,002 971 103 25 25 303 354 144
2011-12 18,046 16,384 712 59 6 26 262 344 252
2012-13 18,516 16,820 767 61 12 47 252 375 184
2013-14 23,627 21,449 940 69 14 48 295 524 289
2014-15 17,061 15,377 674 40 16 40 214 400 300
2015-16 17,512 15,769 670 41 18 28 392 329 265
                   
2-year                  
1999-2000 15,821 13,620 775 264 8 67 301 444 341
2010-11 18,287 15,732 1,304 109 6 11 154 380 593
2011-12 16,980 15,122 1,141 94 6 18 129 318 151
2012-13 17,774 16,052 960 110 8 31 158 304 151
2013-14 17,686 15,776 852 96 7 26 123 319 487
2014-15 17,041 15,275 991 70 7 35 116 282 267
2015-16 17,790 15,955 993 75 6 28 129 293 312
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 2016, Fall Enrollment component; and selected years, Spring 2001 through Spring 2017, Finance component. (This table was prepared January 2018.)