Table 106.20.

Expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1899-1900 through 2018-19

[In millions]
Year	Current dollars										Constant 2018-19 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	---	---		---		---		---	---	$13,770	---
1929-30	---	---	2,317	---	$632		$292		$341		---	---	34,280	$9,355
1939-40	---	---	2,344	---	758		392		367		---	---	42,481	13,745
1949-50	$8,494	$6,249	5,838	$411	2,246		1,154		1,092		$90,839	$66,824	62,428	24,015
1959-60	22,314	16,713	15,613	1,100	5,601		3,131		2,470		192,337	144,061	134,579	48,276
1969-70	64,227	43,183	40,683	2,500	21,043		13,250		7,794		430,616	289,530	272,768	141,087
1970-71	71,575	48,200	45,500	2,700	23,375		14,996		8,379		456,329	307,300	290,086	149,029
1971-72	76,510	50,950	48,050	2,900	25,560		16,484		9,075		470,899	313,586	295,738	157,313
1972-73	82,908	54,952	51,852	3,100	27,956		18,204		9,752		490,514	325,118	306,777	165,396
1973-74	91,084	60,370	56,970	3,400	30,714		20,336		10,377		494,770	327,933	309,464	166,837
1974-75	103,903	68,846	64,846	4,000	35,058		23,490		11,568		508,098	336,663	317,103	171,435
1975-76	114,004	75,101	70,601	4,500	38,903		26,184		12,719		520,637	342,973	322,422	177,665
1976-77	121,793	79,194	74,194	5,000	42,600		28,635		13,965		525,564	341,737	320,161	183,827
1977-78	132,515	86,544	80,844	5,700	45,971		30,725		15,246		535,849	349,958	326,909	185,891
1978-79	143,733	93,012	86,712	6,300	50,721		33,733		16,988		531,429	343,896	320,603	187,533
1979-80	160,075	103,162	95,962	7,200	56,914		37,768		19,146		522,225	336,552	313,063	185,673
1980-81	176,378	112,325	104,125	8,200	64,053		42,280		21,773		515,681	328,408	304,433	187,273
1981-82	190,825	120,486	111,186	9,300	70,339		46,219		24,120		513,559	324,258	299,229	189,301
1982-83	204,661	128,725	118,425	10,300	75,936		49,573		26,363		528,110	332,164	305,586	195,946
1983-84	220,993	139,000	127,500	11,500	81,993		53,087		28,907		549,901	345,876	317,260	204,025
1984-85	239,351	149,400	137,000	12,400	89,951		58,315		31,637		573,147	357,751	328,058	215,396
1985-86	259,336	161,800	148,600	13,200	97,536		63,194		34,342		603,595	376,584	345,862	227,011
1986-87	280,964	175,200	160,900	14,300	105,764		67,654		38,110		639,730	398,915	366,355	240,815
1987-88	301,786	187,999	172,699	15,300	113,787		72,641		41,145		659,802	411,026	377,576	248,776
1988-89	333,245	209,377	192,977	16,400	123,867		78,946		44,922		696,417	437,559	403,286	258,859
1989-90	365,825	231,170	212,770	18,400	134,656		85,771		48,885		729,685	461,097	424,396	268,588
1990-91	395,318	249,230	229,430	19,800	146,088		92,961		53,127		747,637	471,351	433,905	276,286
1991-92	417,944	261,755	241,055	20,700	156,189		98,847		57,342		765,888	479,669	441,736	286,219
1992-93	439,676	274,435	252,935	21,500	165,241		104,570		60,671		781,307	487,673	449,467	293,635
1993-94	460,757	287,407	265,307	22,100	173,351		109,310		64,041		798,095	497,828	459,548	300,267
1994-95	485,169	302,200	279,000	23,200	182,969		115,465		67,504		816,963	508,867	469,801	308,096
1995-96	508,523	318,046	293,646	24,400	190,476		119,525		70,952		833,609	521,366	481,367	312,243
1996-97	538,854	338,951	313,151	25,800	199,903	2	125,978		73,925	2	858,827	540,221	499,101	318,606	2
1997-98	570,471	361,615	334,315	27,300	208,856	2	132,846		76,010	2	893,287	566,244	523,496	327,043	2
1998-99	603,847	384,638	355,838	28,800	219,209		140,539		78,670		929,459	592,046	547,716	337,413
1999-2000	649,322	412,538	381,838	30,700	236,784		152,325		84,459		971,414	617,175	571,246	354,239
2000-01	705,017	444,811	410,811	34,000	260,206		170,345		89,861		1,019,796	643,413	594,232	376,384
2001-02	752,780	472,064	435,364	36,700	280,715		183,436		97,280		1,069,941	670,955	618,792	398,987
2002-03	795,691	492,807	454,907	37,900	302,884		197,026		105,858		1,106,613	685,375	632,665	421,239
2003-04	830,293	513,542	474,242	39,300	316,751		205,069		111,682		1,130,014	698,921	645,435	431,093
2004-05	875,988	540,969	499,569	41,400	335,019		215,794		119,225		1,157,376	714,741	660,042	442,635
2005-06	925,249	571,669	528,269	43,400	353,580		226,550		127,030		1,177,615	727,594	672,357	450,021
2006-07	984,048	608,495	562,195	46,300	375,553		238,829		136,724		1,220,879	754,942	697,499	465,938
2007-08	1,054,901	646,414	597,314	49,100	408,487		261,046		147,441		1,262,022	773,332	714,592	488,690
2008-09	1,089,683	658,926	610,326	48,600	430,757		273,019		157,739		1,285,682	777,445	720,104	508,237
2009-10	1,100,897	654,418	607,018	47,400	446,479		281,390		165,088		1,286,465	764,727	709,338	521,737
2010-11	1,124,352	652,356	604,356	48,000	471,997		296,863		175,134		1,288,011	747,312	692,325	540,699
2011-12	1,136,876	648,794	601,994	46,800	488,083		305,538		182,545		1,265,284	722,073	669,988	543,211
2012-13	1,153,874	655,013	606,813	48,200	498,861		311,421		187,439		1,263,180	717,063	664,297	546,118
2013-14	1,192,886	675,818	625,018	50,800	517,067		323,893		193,174		1,285,802	728,459	673,702	557,343
2014-15	1,241,626	706,135	651,135	55,000	535,491		335,630		199,861		1,328,664	755,635	696,780	573,028
2015-16	1,296,371	736,905	677,605	59,300	559,466		354,776		204,690		1,377,954	783,280	720,248	594,674
2016-17	1,352,976	769,401	707,601	61,800	583,574		371,705		211,869		1,412,145	803,049	738,547	609,096
2017-183	1,404,000	800,000	736,000	64,000	604,000		385,000		219,000		1,433,000	817,000	751,000	617,000
2018-194	1,453,000	832,000	765,000	67,000	620,000		395,000		225,000		1,453,000	832,000	765,000	620,000

---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 2016-17; 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 2019, Finance component; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared December 2019.)