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Digest of Education Statistics: 2018
Digest of Education Statistics: 2018

NCES 2020-009
December 2019


Table 334.30. Total expenditures of private nonprofit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and level of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2016-17
Level of institution and year 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
All levels                        
1999-2000 $80,613,037 $26,012,599 $8,381,926 $1,446,958 $6,510,951 $5,688,499 $10,585,850 $8,300,021 $1,180,882 $7,355,110 $2,753,679 $2,396,563
2003-04 104,317,870 33,909,179 12,039,531 1,972,351 8,759,743 7,544,021 13,951,408 10,508,719 1,101,738 8,374,128 4,222,980 1,934,070
2004-05 110,394,127 36,258,473 12,812,857 2,000,437 9,342,064 8,191,737 14,690,328 10,944,342 1,069,591 9,180,775 4,223,779 1,679,741
2005-06 116,821,175 38,451,724 13,242,851 1,937,149 10,225,476 8,925,987 15,668,595 11,790,104 707,411 9,645,428 4,203,523 2,022,926
2006-07 124,558,591 41,224,316 13,704,450 2,036,662 10,881,954 9,591,801 16,831,560 12,449,053 728,200 10,400,055 4,680,393 2,030,146
                         
2007-08 133,501,778 44,227,021 14,474,152 2,182,525 11,883,707 10,361,344 18,366,446 13,317,944 720,764 10,752,821 4,887,609 2,327,446
2008-09 141,363,564 46,456,178 15,264,804 2,298,520 12,585,948 11,016,097 19,403,346 13,713,701 754,752 11,930,840 5,158,480 2,780,898
2009-10 145,115,244 47,566,210 16,221,823 2,090,243 12,953,023 11,422,737 19,438,608 13,890,396 826,379 13,174,405 5,154,851 2,376,569
2010-11 152,501,429 49,759,574 17,362,082 2,255,075 13,601,137 12,198,263 20,214,683 14,460,084 759,683 14,239,347 5,376,016 2,275,486
2011-12 159,831,378 52,163,647 17,483,157 2,333,298 14,215,689 12,881,102 21,175,119 14,948,315 845,525 15,474,737 5,450,038 2,860,752
                         
2012-13 165,515,671 54,296,267 17,597,379 2,317,116 14,924,886 13,692,561 21,766,760 15,349,949 844,435 16,726,819 5,437,783 2,561,716
2013-14 172,529,736 56,711,775 17,736,647 2,459,956 15,454,493 14,555,421 22,623,170 15,984,991 867,482 17,377,766 5,693,990 3,064,047
2014-15 181,419,541 58,769,788 18,310,027 2,636,019 15,557,155 15,421,897 23,845,927 16,358,009 887,495 20,529,450 6,063,555 3,040,219
2015-16 188,689,819 60,227,646 18,386,969 2,730,335 16,011,794 16,061,062 24,829,855 16,723,913 914,001 21,267,887 6,192,792 5,343,565
2016-17 197,222,297 62,147,748 20,975,036 2,877,302 16,165,352 16,771,994 25,693,911 17,232,526 946,226 23,966,117 5,655,027 4,791,058
                         
4-year                        
1999-2000 79,699,659 25,744,199 8,376,568 1,438,544 6,476,338 5,590,978 10,398,914 8,228,409 1,162,570 7,355,110 2,752,019 2,176,011
2003-04 103,733,257 33,712,542 12,039,080 1,964,898 8,726,505 7,466,472 13,774,084 10,464,984 1,084,880 8,374,128 4,221,611 1,904,075
2004-05 109,789,731 36,051,084 12,812,326 1,993,767 9,307,600 8,101,214 14,516,197 10,899,456 1,051,216 9,180,775 4,223,779 1,652,317
2005-06 116,250,621 38,235,791 13,242,277 1,927,434 10,185,584 8,854,613 15,525,499 11,745,356 698,715 9,645,428 4,203,523 1,986,402
2006-07 124,062,344 41,057,423 13,703,502 2,028,438 10,850,196 9,523,002 16,694,195 12,412,575 714,459 10,400,055 4,680,393 1,998,105
                         
2007-08 132,965,591 44,041,854 14,473,179 2,176,544 11,847,284 10,284,649 18,218,103 13,280,036 711,180 10,752,821 4,887,609 2,292,334
2008-09 140,866,945 46,289,898 15,264,459 2,294,909 12,544,436 10,947,638 19,261,017 13,676,329 747,586 11,930,840 5,158,480 2,751,352
2009-10 144,624,598 47,400,673 16,221,238 2,085,201 12,910,113 11,353,608 19,303,251 13,855,994 819,196 13,174,405 5,154,851 2,346,068
2010-11 151,878,613 49,550,398 17,361,796 2,252,726 13,547,801 12,111,973 20,048,321 14,430,101 758,318 14,239,347 5,376,016 2,201,817
2011-12 159,245,924 51,959,761 17,482,484 2,331,249 14,164,326 12,795,619 21,024,665 14,924,702 843,453 15,474,737 5,450,038 2,794,891
                         
2012-13 165,015,452 54,115,153 17,597,050 2,315,345 14,885,715 13,624,969 21,628,217 15,323,444 839,753 16,726,819 5,437,783 2,521,204
2013-14 171,974,051 56,513,597 17,736,254 2,458,223 15,405,771 14,462,852 22,499,365 15,953,094 863,119 17,377,766 5,693,990 3,010,020
2014-15 180,583,663 58,497,366 18,309,351 2,633,736 15,460,861 15,226,681 23,669,210 16,323,295 883,309 20,529,450 6,063,555 2,986,850
2015-16 187,829,392 59,962,885 18,386,002 2,728,006 15,907,072 15,846,653 24,654,441 16,684,252 910,455 21,267,887 6,192,792 5,288,945
2016-17 196,362,166 61,892,928 20,973,876 2,875,944 16,061,738 16,556,264 25,506,883 17,195,307 945,046 23,966,117 5,655,027 4,733,035
                         
2-year                        
1999-2000 913,378 268,400 5,358 8,415 34,612 97,521 186,936 71,612 18,311 0 1,660 220,553
2003-04 584,612 196,637 451 7,453 33,238 77,549 177,324 43,735 16,859 0 1,369 29,995
2004-05 604,395 207,389 532 6,670 34,464 90,523 174,131 44,886 18,375 0 0 27,425
2005-06 570,554 215,934 574 9,715 39,893 71,374 143,096 44,748 8,696 0 0 36,524
2006-07 496,247 166,893 947 8,224 31,758 68,799 137,366 36,478 13,741 0 0 32,041
                         
2007-08 536,187 185,167 973 5,982 36,423 76,696 148,343 37,908 9,584 0 0 35,112
2008-09 496,620 166,280 345 3,612 41,511 68,459 142,330 37,372 7,165 0 0 29,546
2009-10 490,645 165,538 585 5,041 42,909 69,129 135,357 34,402 7,183 0 0 30,502
2010-11 622,815 209,176 285 2,349 53,336 86,290 166,362 29,983 1,365 0 0 73,669
2011-12 585,454 203,885 673 2,049 51,363 85,483 150,455 23,613 2,072 0 0 65,861
                         
2012-13 500,218 181,113 329 1,771 39,171 67,591 138,543 26,505 4,682 0 0 40,512
2013-14 555,685 198,178 393 1,732 48,722 92,569 123,804 31,897 4,364 0 0 54,027
2014-15 835,878 272,422 677 2,283 96,294 195,216 176,718 34,714 4,186 0 0 53,369
2015-16 860,427 264,761 967 2,329 104,722 214,409 175,414 39,660 3,546 0 0 54,620
2016-17 860,131 254,820 1,160 1,358 103,614 215,729 187,028 37,219 1,180 0 0 58,022
  Percentage distribution
All levels                        
1999-2000 100.00 32.27 10.40 1.79 8.08 7.06 13.13 10.30 1.46 9.12 3.42 2.97
2003-04 100.00 32.51 11.54 1.89 8.40 7.23 13.37 10.07 1.06 8.03 4.05 1.85
2004-05 100.00 32.84 11.61 1.81 8.46 7.42 13.31 9.91 0.97 8.32 3.83 1.52
2005-06 100.00 32.92 11.34 1.66 8.75 7.64 13.41 10.09 0.61 8.26 3.60 1.73
2006-07 100.00 33.10 11.00 1.64 8.74 7.70 13.51 9.99 0.58 8.35 3.76 1.63
                         
2007-08 100.00 33.13 10.84 1.63 8.90 7.76 13.76 9.98 0.54 8.05 3.66 1.74
2008-09 100.00 32.86 10.80 1.63 8.90 7.79 13.73 9.70 0.53 8.44 3.65 1.97
2009-10 100.00 32.78 11.18 1.44 8.93 7.87 13.40 9.57 0.57 9.08 3.55 1.64
2010-11 100.00 32.63 11.38 1.48 8.92 8.00 13.26 9.48 0.50 9.34 3.53 1.49
2011-12 100.00 32.64 10.94 1.46 8.89 8.06 13.25 9.35 0.53 9.68 3.41 1.79
                         
2012-13 100.00 32.80 10.63 1.40 9.02 8.27 13.15 9.27 0.51 10.11 3.29 1.55
2013-14 100.00 32.87 10.28 1.43 8.96 8.44 13.11 9.27 0.50 10.07 3.30 1.78
2014-15 100.00 32.39 10.09 1.45 8.58 8.50 13.14 9.02 0.49 11.32 3.34 1.68
2015-16 100.00 31.92 9.74 1.45 8.49 8.51 13.16 8.86 0.48 11.27 3.28 2.83
2016-17 100.00 31.51 10.64 1.46 8.20 8.50 13.03 8.74 0.48 12.15 2.87 2.43
                         
4-year                        
1999-2000 100.00 32.30 10.51 1.80 8.13 7.02 13.05 10.32 1.46 9.23 3.45 2.73
2003-04 100.00 32.50 11.61 1.89 8.41 7.20 13.28 10.09 1.05 8.07 4.07 1.84
2004-05 100.00 32.84 11.67 1.82 8.48 7.38 13.22 9.93 0.96 8.36 3.85 1.50
2005-06 100.00 32.89 11.39 1.66 8.76 7.62 13.36 10.10 0.60 8.30 3.62 1.71
2006-07 100.00 33.09 11.05 1.64 8.75 7.68 13.46 10.01 0.58 8.38 3.77 1.61
                         
2007-08 100.00 33.12 10.88 1.64 8.91 7.73 13.70 9.99 0.53 8.09 3.68 1.72
2008-09 100.00 32.86 10.84 1.63 8.91 7.77 13.67 9.71 0.53 8.47 3.66 1.95
2009-10 100.00 32.77 11.22 1.44 8.93 7.85 13.35 9.58 0.57 9.11 3.56 1.62
2010-11 100.00 32.63 11.43 1.48 8.92 7.97 13.20 9.50 0.50 9.38 3.54 1.45
2011-12 100.00 32.63 10.98 1.46 8.89 8.04 13.20 9.37 0.53 9.72 3.42 1.76
                         
2012-13 100.00 32.79 10.66 1.40 9.02 8.26 13.11 9.29 0.51 10.14 3.30 1.53
2013-14 100.00 32.86 10.31 1.43 8.96 8.41 13.08 9.28 0.50 10.10 3.31 1.75
2014-15 100.00 32.39 10.14 1.46 8.56 8.43 13.11 9.04 0.49 11.37 3.36 1.65
2015-16 100.00 31.92 9.79 1.45 8.47 8.44 13.13 8.88 0.48 11.32 3.30 2.82
2016-17 100.00 31.52 10.68 1.46 8.18 8.43 12.99 8.76 0.48 12.21 2.88 2.41
                         
2-year                        
1999-2000 100.00 29.39 0.59 0.92 3.79 10.68 20.47 7.84 2.00 0.00 0.18 24.15
2003-04 100.00 33.64 0.08 1.27 5.69 13.27 30.33 7.48 2.88 0.00 0.23 5.13
2004-05 100.00 34.31 0.09 1.10 5.70 14.98 28.81 7.43 3.04 0.00 0.00 4.54
2005-06 100.00 37.85 0.10 1.70 6.99 12.51 25.08 7.84 1.52 0.00 0.00 6.40
2006-07 100.00 33.63 0.19 1.66 6.40 13.86 27.68 7.35 2.77 0.00 0.00 6.46
                         
2007-08 100.00 34.53 0.18 1.12 6.79 14.30 27.67 7.07 1.79 0.00 0.00 6.55
2008-09 100.00 33.48 0.07 0.73 8.36 13.78 28.66 7.53 1.44 0.00 0.00 5.95
2009-10 100.00 33.74 0.12 1.03 8.75 14.09 27.59 7.01 1.46 0.00 0.00 6.22
2010-11 100.00 33.59 0.05 0.38 8.56 13.85 26.71 4.81 0.22 0.00 0.00 11.83
2011-12 100.00 34.83 0.11 0.35 8.77 14.60 25.70 4.03 0.35 0.00 0.00 11.25
                         
2012-13 100.00 36.21 0.07 0.35 7.83 13.51 27.70 5.30 0.94 0.00 0.00 8.10
2013-14 100.00 35.66 0.07 0.31 8.77 16.66 22.28 5.74 0.79 0.00 0.00 9.72
2014-15 100.00 32.59 0.08 0.27 11.52 23.35 21.14 4.15 0.50 0.00 0.00 6.38
2015-16 100.00 30.77 0.11 0.27 12.17 24.92 20.39 4.61 0.41 0.00 0.00 6.35
2016-17 100.00 29.63 0.13 0.16 12.05 25.08 21.74 4.33 0.14 0.00 0.00 6.75
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2017-18 dollars3
All levels                        
1999-2000 $46,536 $15,017 $4,839 $835 $3,759 $3,284 $6,111 $4,791 $682 $4,246 $1,590 $1,383
2003-04 49,654 16,140 5,731 939 4,170 3,591 6,641 5,002 524 3,986 2,010 921
2004-05 49,798 16,356 5,780 902 4,214 3,695 6,627 4,937 482 4,141 1,905 758
2005-06 50,072 16,481 5,676 830 4,383 3,826 6,716 5,054 303 4,134 1,802 867
2006-07 51,122 16,920 5,625 836 4,466 3,937 6,908 5,109 299 4,268 1,921 833
                         
2007-08 51,540 17,075 5,588 843 4,588 4,000 7,091 5,142 278 4,151 1,887 899
2008-09 53,031 17,427 5,726 862 4,721 4,133 7,279 5,145 283 4,476 1,935 1,043
2009-10 52,490 17,205 5,868 756 4,685 4,132 7,031 5,024 299 4,765 1,865 860
2010-11 52,103 17,001 5,932 770 4,647 4,168 6,907 4,940 260 4,865 1,837 777
2011-12 52,595 17,165 5,753 768 4,678 4,239 6,968 4,919 278 5,092 1,793 941
                         
2012-13 52,965 17,375 5,631 741 4,776 4,382 6,965 4,912 270 5,353 1,740 820
2013-14 54,284 17,844 5,581 774 4,863 4,580 7,118 5,029 273 5,468 1,792 964
2014-15 55,839 18,089 5,636 811 4,788 4,747 7,340 5,035 273 6,319 1,866 936
2015-16 57,240 18,270 5,578 828 4,857 4,872 7,532 5,073 277 6,452 1,879 1,621
2016-17 58,340 18,384 6,205 851 4,782 4,961 7,601 5,098 280 7,089 1,673 1,417
                         
4-year                        
1999-2000 46,995 15,180 4,939 848 3,819 3,297 6,132 4,852 686 4,337 1,623 1,283
2003-04 50,006 16,252 5,804 947 4,207 3,599 6,640 5,045 523 4,037 2,035 918
2004-05 50,127 16,460 5,850 910 4,250 3,699 6,628 4,976 480 4,192 1,928 754
2005-06 50,369 16,567 5,738 835 4,413 3,837 6,727 5,089 303 4,179 1,821 861
2006-07 51,360 16,997 5,673 840 4,492 3,942 6,911 5,139 296 4,305 1,938 827
                         
2007-08 51,794 17,156 5,638 848 4,615 4,006 7,096 5,173 277 4,189 1,904 893
2008-09 53,294 17,513 5,775 868 4,746 4,142 7,287 5,174 283 4,514 1,952 1,041
2009-10 52,742 17,286 5,916 760 4,708 4,140 7,040 5,053 299 4,804 1,880 856
2010-11 52,448 17,111 5,995 778 4,678 4,183 6,923 4,983 262 4,917 1,856 760
2011-12 52,922 17,268 5,810 775 4,707 4,252 6,987 4,960 280 5,143 1,811 929
                         
2012-13 53,251 17,463 5,679 747 4,804 4,397 6,979 4,945 271 5,398 1,755 814
2013-14 54,547 17,925 5,626 780 4,886 4,587 7,136 5,060 274 5,512 1,806 955
2014-15 56,326 18,246 5,711 821 4,822 4,749 7,383 5,091 276 6,403 1,891 932
2015-16 57,670 18,411 5,645 838 4,884 4,865 7,570 5,123 280 6,530 1,901 1,624
2016-17 58,794 18,532 6,280 861 4,809 4,957 7,637 5,149 283 7,176 1,693 1,417
                         
2-year                        
1999-2000 25,134 7,386 147 232 952 2,684 5,144 1,971 504 0 46 6,069
2003-04 22,081 7,427 17 282 1,255 2,929 6,698 1,652 637 0 52 1,133
2004-05 22,720 7,796 20 251 1,296 3,403 6,546 1,687 691 0 0 1,031
2005-06 22,743 8,607 23 387 1,590 2,845 5,704 1,784 347 0 0 1,456
2006-07 23,700 7,970 45 393 1,517 3,286 6,560 1,742 656 0 0 1,530
                         
2007-08 23,280 8,039 42 260 1,581 3,330 6,441 1,646 416 0 0 1,524
2008-09 22,105 7,401 15 161 1,848 3,047 6,335 1,663 319 0 0 1,315
2009-10 21,783 7,349 26 224 1,905 3,069 6,009 1,527 319 0 0 1,354
2010-11 20,040 6,730 9 76 1,716 2,776 5,353 965 44 0 0 2,370
2011-12 19,613 6,830 23 69 1,721 2,864 5,040 791 69 0 0 2,206
                         
2012-13 19,140 6,930 13 68 1,499 2,586 5,301 1,014 179 0 0 1,550
2013-14 21,802 7,775 15 68 1,912 3,632 4,857 1,251 171 0 0 2,120
2014-15 19,478 6,348 16 53 2,244 4,549 4,118 809 98 0 0 1,244
2015-16 21,785 6,703 24 59 2,651 5,429 4,441 1,004 90 0 0 1,383
2016-17 21,124 6,258 28 33 2,545 5,298 4,593 914 29 0 0 1,425
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 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 2004 through Spring 2007, Enrollment component; Spring 2008 through Spring 2017, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2001 through Spring 2018, Finance component. (This table was prepared January 2019.)