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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 2016-17
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
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 6,575,800 276,108 66,569 695,053
2006-07 12,165,629 2,883,207 6,087 7,776,210 332,887 67,090 1,100,148
               
2007-08 13,939,251 3,273,627 9,695 9,299,306 421,714 82,072 852,837
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 16,000,640 4,248,320 17,453 10,081,942 399,110 25,277 1,228,537
2016-17 14,704,757 3,927,195 17,018 9,198,033 318,755 26,649 1,217,107
               
4-year              
1999-2000 2,022,622 595,976 4,393 1,104,001 92,071 11,805 214,377
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 4,986,009 178,587 54,291 315,276
2006-07 8,850,759 1,856,614 4,303 5,925,855 228,624 56,930 778,433
               
2007-08 10,422,080 2,184,872 7,682 7,312,117 312,834 71,324 533,252
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 12,564,815 3,199,028 15,489 8,199,419 323,247 22,834 804,796
2016-17 11,685,177 2,998,115 15,090 7,595,109 261,582 24,039 791,242
               
2-year              
1999-2000 1,823,624 575,756 20,345 937,593 52,234 14,473 223,223
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 1,589,791 97,521 12,278 379,777
2006-07 3,314,870 1,026,592 1,784 1,850,355 104,264 10,160 321,715
               
2007-08 3,517,171 1,088,755 2,014 1,987,189 108,880 10,747 319,586
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 3,435,825 1,049,292 1,964 1,882,523 75,863 2,443 423,740
2016-17 3,019,580 929,080 1,927 1,602,925 57,173 2,610 425,865
  Percentage distribution
All levels              
1999-2000 100.00 30.46 0.64 53.08 3.75 0.68 11.38
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 64.41 2.70 0.65 6.81
2006-07 100.00 23.70 0.05 63.92 2.74 0.55 9.04
               
2007-08 100.00 23.48 0.07 66.71 3.03 0.59 6.12
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 63.01 2.49 0.16 7.68
2016-17 100.00 26.71 0.12 62.55 2.17 0.18 8.28
               
4-year              
1999-2000 100.00 29.47 0.22 54.58 4.55 0.58 10.60
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 69.07 2.47 0.75 4.37
2006-07 100.00 20.98 0.05 66.95 2.58 0.64 8.80
               
2007-08 100.00 20.96 0.07 70.16 3.00 0.68 5.12
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 0.12 65.26 2.57 0.18 6.41
2016-17 100.00 25.66 0.13 65.00 2.24 0.21 6.77
               
2-year              
1999-2000 100.00 31.57 1.12 51.41 2.86 0.79 12.24
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 53.17 3.26 0.41 12.70
2006-07 100.00 30.97 0.05 55.82 3.15 0.31 9.71
               
2007-08 100.00 30.96 0.06 56.50 3.10 0.31 9.09
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 30.54 0.06 54.79 2.21 0.07 12.33
2016-17 100.00 30.77 0.06 53.08 1.89 0.09 14.10
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2017-18 dollars4
All levels              
1999-2000 $14,657 $4,465 $94 $7,780 $550 $100 $1,668
2003-04 15,175 3,882 18 9,464 514 116 1,181
2004-05 14,504 3,800 12 9,351 443 90 807
2005-06 14,136 3,582 12 9,105 382 92 962
2006-07 15,672 3,714 8 10,017 429 86 1,417
               
2007-08 15,860 3,725 11 10,580 480 93 970
2008-09 15,028 3,557 9 10,159 364 41 898
2009-10 15,348 3,657 10 10,166 358 92 1,064
2010-11 15,361 3,839 13 10,081 330 59 1,038
2011-12 15,363 3,746 29 10,221 331 37 999
               
2012-13 16,618 4,144 21 10,835 355 41 1,222
2013-14 20,557 5,513 16 13,048 470 36 1,474
2014-15 16,355 4,361 18 10,310 447 32 1,188
2015-16 16,849 4,474 18 10,617 420 27 1,294
2016-17 16,788 4,483 19 10,501 364 30 1,389
               
4-year              
1999-2000 14,200 4,184 31 7,751 646 83 1,505
2003-04 15,055 3,569 12 9,706 525 102 1,142
2004-05 14,003 3,343 8 9,609 421 90 530
2005-06 13,588 3,163 8 9,385 336 102 593
2006-07 15,278 3,205 7 10,229 395 98 1,344
               
2007-08 15,476 3,244 11 10,858 465 106 792
2008-09 14,853 3,094 9 10,645 331 40 734
2009-10 15,658 3,347 11 10,993 346 74 888
2010-11 15,296 3,503 14 10,735 306 67 671
2011-12 15,149 3,419 33 10,577 304 45 771
               
2012-13 16,230 3,815 24 11,018 349 45 980
2013-14 21,701 5,525 21 14,288 503 44 1,320
2014-15 16,106 4,106 20 10,588 368 36 987
2015-16 16,562 4,217 20 10,808 426 30 1,061
2016-17 16,510 4,236 21 10,731 370 34 1,118
               
2-year              
1999-2000 15,199 4,799 170 7,815 435 121 1,861
2003-04 15,409 4,490 30 8,996 493 145 1,256
2004-05 15,688 4,880 22 8,740 496 89 1,461
2005-06 15,659 4,746 23 8,326 511 64 1,989
2006-07 16,831 5,213 9 9,395 529 52 1,634
               
2007-08 17,115 5,298 10 9,670 530 52 1,555
2008-09 15,603 5,080 9 8,561 474 43 1,435
2009-10 14,416 4,587 8 7,685 395 148 1,592
2010-11 15,567 4,908 11 8,003 406 35 2,205
2011-12 16,111 4,886 14 8,982 425 8 1,795
               
2012-13 18,013 5,331 11 10,174 377 25 2,095
2013-14 17,386 5,477 5 9,609 380 16 1,900
2014-15 17,389 5,417 10 9,156 775 11 2,020
2015-16 17,990 5,494 10 9,857 397 13 2,219
2016-17 17,958 5,525 11 9,533 340 16 2,533
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 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.)

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