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Table 334.50. Total expenditures of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and level of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2015-16
Year and level of institution Total Instruction Research and
public service
Student services,
academic and
institutional
support
Auxiliary
enterprises1
Net grant
aid to
students2
Other3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  In thousands of current dollars
All levels              
1999-2000 $3,846,246 $1,171,732 $24,738 $2,041,594 $144,305 $26,278 $437,599
2002-03 6,110,378 1,747,725 17,987 3,670,218 240,380 36,031 398,037
2003-04 7,364,012 1,883,733 8,606 4,592,730 249,472 56,467 573,004
2004-05 8,830,792 2,313,895 7,583 5,693,200 269,883 54,819 491,411
2005-06 10,208,845 2,586,870 8,445 6,569,329 276,587 66,569 701,044
               
2006-07 12,152,366 2,884,481 6,087 7,760,044 332,887 68,300 1,100,568
2007-08 13,940,442 3,238,406 9,547 9,322,781 421,714 82,072 865,922
2008-09 16,375,034 3,876,258 9,939 11,069,416 396,715 44,440 978,267
2009-10 19,973,034 4,759,300 13,257 13,230,271 466,040 120,032 1,384,134
2010-11 22,632,244 5,656,167 19,327 14,853,799 486,433 87,151 1,529,368
               
2011-12 22,713,683 5,538,070 42,657 15,111,978 489,409 54,579 1,476,991
2012-13 21,923,722 5,467,671 27,729 14,294,090 467,973 53,555 1,612,705
2013-14 20,644,593 5,536,025 16,447 13,103,182 472,204 36,569 1,480,166
2014-15 18,441,030 4,917,479 20,028 11,624,796 504,091 35,524 1,339,112
2015-16 16,009,382 4,250,720 17,684 10,096,841 399,202 34,768 1,210,166
               
4-year              
1999-2000 2,022,622 595,976 4,393 1,104,001 92,071 11,805 214,377
2002-03 3,754,727 1,030,470 5,339 2,337,388 153,528 14,813 213,190
2003-04 4,821,864 1,143,050 3,705 3,108,697 168,069 32,603 365,740
2004-05 5,989,792 1,430,196 3,513 4,110,514 180,036 38,639 226,894
2005-06 7,218,830 1,680,603 4,065 4,985,531 179,064 54,291 315,276
               
2006-07 8,837,598 1,857,765 4,303 5,909,914 228,624 56,930 780,063
2007-08 10,424,536 2,149,651 7,534 7,335,592 312,834 71,324 547,602
2008-09 12,409,748 2,585,133 7,629 8,893,714 276,211 33,417 613,644
2009-10 15,286,893 3,268,070 10,726 10,732,002 337,499 72,082 866,514
2010-11 17,141,926 3,925,347 15,582 12,031,073 343,319 74,921 751,684
               
2011-12 17,407,585 3,928,903 37,912 12,153,860 349,405 51,818 885,687
2012-13 16,759,402 3,939,227 24,432 11,377,216 359,987 46,446 1,012,095
2013-14 16,017,246 4,078,270 15,190 10,545,883 371,018 32,306 974,579
2014-15 14,628,734 3,729,921 17,904 9,617,433 334,087 33,089 896,300
2015-16 12,573,619 3,201,221 15,721 8,213,319 323,346 32,325 787,688
               
2-year              
1999-2000 1,823,624 575,756 20,345 937,593 52,234 14,473 223,223
2002-03 2,355,650 717,255 12,648 1,332,830 86,853 21,218 184,846
2003-04 2,542,148 740,683 4,901 1,484,033 81,403 23,864 207,264
2004-05 2,840,999 883,699 4,070 1,582,687 89,846 16,181 264,517
2005-06 2,990,015 906,267 4,381 1,583,798 97,523 12,278 385,768
               
2006-07 3,314,768 1,026,716 1,784 1,850,129 104,264 11,370 320,505
2007-08 3,515,906 1,088,755 2,014 1,987,189 108,880 10,747 318,320
2008-09 3,965,287 1,291,124 2,310 2,175,703 120,504 11,023 364,623
2009-10 4,686,142 1,491,230 2,531 2,498,269 128,542 47,950 517,619
2010-11 5,490,318 1,730,820 3,744 2,822,726 143,113 12,230 777,685
               
2011-12 5,306,098 1,609,167 4,745 2,958,118 140,004 2,761 591,304
2012-13 5,164,320 1,528,444 3,297 2,916,874 107,986 7,109 600,609
2013-14 4,627,347 1,457,755 1,257 2,557,299 101,186 4,263 505,588
2014-15 3,812,297 1,187,558 2,124 2,007,363 170,004 2,435 442,812
2015-16 3,435,762 1,049,499 1,964 1,883,522 75,857 2,443 422,478
  Percentage distribution
All levels              
1999-2000 100.00 30.46 0.64 53.08 3.75 0.68 11.38
2002-03 100.00 28.60 0.29 60.07 3.93 0.59 6.51
2003-04 100.00 25.58 0.12 62.37 3.39 0.77 7.78
2004-05 100.00 26.20 0.09 64.47 3.06 0.62 5.56
2005-06 100.00 25.34 0.08 64.35 2.71 0.65 6.87
               
2006-07 100.00 23.74 0.05 63.86 2.74 0.56 9.06
2007-08 100.00 23.23 0.07 66.88 3.03 0.59 6.21
2008-09 100.00 23.67 0.06 67.60 2.42 0.27 5.97
2009-10 100.00 23.83 0.07 66.24 2.33 0.60 6.93
2010-11 100.00 24.99 0.09 65.63 2.15 0.39 6.76
               
2011-12 100.00 24.38 0.19 66.53 2.15 0.24 6.50
2012-13 100.00 24.94 0.13 65.20 2.13 0.24 7.36
2013-14 100.00 26.82 0.08 63.47 2.29 0.18 7.17
2014-15 100.00 26.67 0.11 63.04 2.73 0.19 7.26
2015-16 100.00 26.55 0.11 63.07 2.49 0.22 7.56
               
4-year              
1999-2000 100.00 29.47 0.22 54.58 4.55 0.58 10.60
2002-03 100.00 27.44 0.14 62.25 4.09 0.39 5.68
2003-04 100.00 23.71 0.08 64.47 3.49 0.68 7.59
2004-05 100.00 23.88 0.06 68.63 3.01 0.65 3.79
2005-06 100.00 23.28 0.06 69.06 2.48 0.75 4.37
               
2006-07 100.00 21.02 0.05 66.87 2.59 0.64 8.83
2007-08 100.00 20.62 0.07 70.37 3.00 0.68 5.25
2008-09 100.00 20.83 0.06 71.67 2.23 0.27 4.94
2009-10 100.00 21.38 0.07 70.20 2.21 0.47 5.67
2010-11 100.00 22.90 0.09 70.19 2.00 0.44 4.39
               
2011-12 100.00 22.57 0.22 69.82 2.01 0.30 5.09
2012-13 100.00 23.50 0.15 67.89 2.15 0.28 6.04
2013-14 100.00 25.46 0.09 65.84 2.32 0.20 6.08
2014-15 100.00 25.50 0.12 65.74 2.28 0.23 6.13
2015-16 100.00 25.46 0.13 65.32 2.57 0.26 6.26
               
2-year              
1999-2000 100.00 31.57 1.12 51.41 2.86 0.79 12.24
2002-03 100.00 30.45 0.54 56.58 3.69 0.90 7.85
2003-04 100.00 29.14 0.19 58.38 3.20 0.94 8.15
2004-05 100.00 31.11 0.14 55.71 3.16 0.57 9.31
2005-06 100.00 30.31 0.15 52.97 3.26 0.41 12.90
               
2006-07 100.00 30.97 0.05 55.81 3.15 0.34 9.67
2007-08 100.00 30.97 0.06 56.52 3.10 0.31 9.05
2008-09 100.00 32.56 0.06 54.87 3.04 0.28 9.20
2009-10 100.00 31.82 0.05 53.31 2.74 1.02 11.05
2010-11 100.00 31.52 0.07 51.41 2.61 0.22 14.16
               
2011-12 100.00 30.33 0.09 55.75 2.64 0.05 11.14
2012-13 100.00 29.60 0.06 56.48 2.09 0.14 11.63
2013-14 100.00 31.50 0.03 55.26 2.19 0.09 10.93
2014-15 100.00 31.15 0.06 52.65 4.46 0.06 11.62
2015-16 100.00 30.55 0.06 54.82 2.21 0.07 12.30
  Total expenditures per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2016-17 dollars4
All levels              
1999-2000 $14,334 $4,367 $92 $7,608 $538 $98 $1,631
2002-03 15,059 4,307 44 9,045 592 89 981
2003-04 14,841 3,796 17 9,256 503 114 1,155
2004-05 14,184 3,717 12 9,145 433 88 789
2005-06 13,824 3,503 11 8,896 375 90 949
               
2006-07 15,310 3,634 8 9,777 419 86 1,387
2007-08 15,505 3,602 11 10,369 469 91 963
2008-09 14,534 3,440 9 9,825 352 39 868
2009-10 15,009 3,577 10 9,942 350 90 1,040
2010-11 15,022 3,754 13 9,859 323 58 1,015
               
2011-12 15,024 3,663 28 9,996 324 36 977
2012-13 16,251 4,053 21 10,596 347 40 1,195
2013-14 20,104 5,391 16 12,760 460 36 1,441
2014-15 15,995 4,265 17 10,083 437 31 1,161
2015-16 16,487 4,378 18 10,398 411 36 1,246
               
4-year              
1999-2000 13,887 4,092 30 7,580 632 81 1,472
2002-03 14,473 3,972 21 9,010 592 57 822
2003-04 14,723 3,490 11 9,492 513 100 1,117
2004-05 13,694 3,270 8 9,398 412 88 519
2005-06 13,288 3,094 7 9,177 330 100 580
               
2006-07 14,919 3,136 7 9,977 386 96 1,317
2007-08 15,144 3,123 11 10,657 454 104 796
2008-09 14,316 2,982 9 10,260 319 39 708
2009-10 15,313 3,274 11 10,750 338 72 868
2010-11 14,959 3,425 14 10,499 300 65 656
               
2011-12 14,815 3,344 32 10,343 297 44 754
2012-13 15,872 3,731 23 10,775 341 44 959
2013-14 21,222 5,404 20 13,973 492 43 1,291
2014-15 15,751 4,016 19 10,355 360 36 965
2015-16 16,208 4,127 20 10,588 417 42 1,015
               
2-year              
1999-2000 14,864 4,693 166 7,642 426 118 1,819
2002-03 16,097 4,901 86 9,108 594 145 1,263
2003-04 15,070 4,391 29 8,797 483 141 1,229
2004-05 15,343 4,772 22 8,547 485 87 1,428
2005-06 15,314 4,642 22 8,112 499 63 1,976
               
2006-07 16,461 5,098 9 9,187 518 56 1,592
2007-08 16,683 5,166 10 9,429 517 51 1,510
2008-09 15,259 4,968 9 8,372 464 42 1,403
2009-10 14,098 4,486 8 7,516 387 144 1,557
2010-11 15,224 4,799 10 7,827 397 34 2,156
               
2011-12 15,756 4,778 14 8,784 416 8 1,756
2012-13 17,616 5,214 11 9,950 368 24 2,049
2013-14 17,003 5,357 5 9,397 372 16 1,858
2014-15 17,006 5,297 9 8,954 758 11 1,975
2015-16 17,593 5,374 10 9,645 388 13 2,163
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 "Other" categories of expenditures include hospitals.
4 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 2002 through Spring 2007, Enrollment component; Spring 2008 through Spring 2016, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2002 through Spring 2017, Finance component. (This table was prepared January 2018.)

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