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Table 334.30. Total expenditures of private nonprofit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and level of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2017-18
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
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
2016-17 197,171,304 62,161,805 21,059,795 2,890,409 16,261,179 16,868,202 25,517,409 17,224,876 942,542 24,090,294 5,810,625 4,344,168
2017-18 206,778,042 63,489,832 21,872,856 3,090,888 17,843,700 17,560,444 26,471,439 17,824,434 986,591 26,740,972 6,294,985 4,601,901

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
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
2016-17 196,311,110 61,907,159 21,058,634 2,889,051 16,157,576 16,652,370 25,330,274 17,187,656 941,362 24,090,294 5,810,625 4,286,108
2017-18 205,992,273 63,268,589 21,872,111 3,089,523 17,745,371 17,345,090 26,293,205 17,794,013 985,036 26,740,972 6,294,985 4,563,379

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
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
2016-17 860,194 254,647 1,160 1,358 103,603 215,833 187,135 37,219 1,180 0 0 58,060
2017-18 785,770 221,244 745 1,366 98,329 215,354 178,234 30,421 1,555 0 0 38,522
  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
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 31.53 10.68 1.47 8.25 8.56 12.94 8.74 0.48 12.22 2.95 2.20
2017-18 100.00 30.70 10.58 1.49 8.63 8.49 12.80 8.62 0.48 12.93 3.04 2.23

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
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 31.54 10.73 1.47 8.23 8.48 12.90 8.76 0.48 12.27 2.96 2.18
2017-18 100.00 30.71 10.62 1.50 8.61 8.42 12.76 8.64 0.48 12.98 3.06 2.22

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
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 29.60 0.13 0.16 12.04 25.09 21.75 4.33 0.14 0.00 0.00 6.75
2017-18 100.00 28.16 0.09 0.17 12.51 27.41 22.68 3.87 0.20 0.00 0.00 4.90
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2018-19 dollars3
All levels                        
1999-2000 $47,501 $15,328 $4,939 $853 $3,837 $3,352 $6,238 $4,891 $696 $4,334 $1,623 $1,412
2004-05 50,830 16,695 5,900 921 4,301 3,772 6,764 5,039 492 4,227 1,945 773
2005-06 51,110 16,823 5,794 848 4,474 3,905 6,855 5,158 309 4,220 1,839 885
2006-07 52,182 17,270 5,741 853 4,559 4,018 7,051 5,215 305 4,357 1,961 850
2007-08 52,608 17,428 5,704 860 4,683 4,083 7,238 5,248 284 4,237 1,926 917

2008-09
54,130 17,789 5,845 880 4,819 4,218 7,430 5,251 289 4,568 1,975 1,065
2009-10 53,578 17,562 5,989 772 4,782 4,217 7,177 5,128 305 4,864 1,903 877
2010-11 53,183 17,353 6,055 786 4,743 4,254 7,050 5,043 265 4,966 1,875 794
2011-12 53,685 17,521 5,872 784 4,775 4,327 7,112 5,021 284 5,198 1,831 961
2012-13 54,063 17,735 5,748 757 4,875 4,472 7,110 5,014 276 5,464 1,776 837

2013-14
55,409 18,213 5,696 790 4,963 4,675 7,266 5,134 279 5,581 1,829 984
2014-15 56,997 18,464 5,752 828 4,888 4,845 7,492 5,139 279 6,450 1,905 955
2015-16 58,426 18,649 5,693 845 4,958 4,973 7,688 5,178 283 6,585 1,918 1,655
2016-17 59,534 18,769 6,359 873 4,910 5,093 7,705 5,201 285 7,274 1,754 1,312
2017-18 60,923 18,706 6,444 911 5,257 5,174 7,799 5,252 291 7,879 1,855 1,356

4-year
                       
1999-2000 47,969 15,495 5,042 866 3,898 3,365 6,259 4,952 700 4,427 1,656 1,310
2004-05 51,166 16,801 5,971 929 4,338 3,775 6,765 5,080 490 4,279 1,968 770
2005-06 51,413 16,910 5,857 852 4,505 3,916 6,866 5,195 309 4,266 1,859 879
2006-07 52,424 17,349 5,791 857 4,585 4,024 7,054 5,245 302 4,395 1,978 844
2007-08 52,867 17,511 5,755 865 4,710 4,089 7,244 5,280 283 4,275 1,943 911

2008-09
54,398 17,876 5,895 886 4,844 4,228 7,438 5,281 289 4,607 1,992 1,062
2009-10 53,835 17,644 6,038 776 4,806 4,226 7,185 5,158 305 4,904 1,919 873
2010-11 53,534 17,466 6,120 794 4,775 4,269 7,067 5,086 267 5,019 1,895 776
2011-12 54,019 17,626 5,930 791 4,805 4,340 7,132 5,063 286 5,249 1,849 948
2012-13 54,354 17,825 5,796 763 4,903 4,488 7,124 5,047 277 5,510 1,791 830

2013-14
55,677 18,296 5,742 796 4,988 4,682 7,284 5,165 279 5,626 1,843 974
2014-15 57,493 18,624 5,829 839 4,922 4,848 7,536 5,197 281 6,536 1,930 951
2015-16 58,865 18,792 5,762 855 4,985 4,966 7,727 5,229 285 6,665 1,941 1,658
2016-17 59,997 18,920 6,436 883 4,938 5,089 7,741 5,253 288 7,363 1,776 1,310
2017-18 61,421 18,865 6,522 921 5,291 5,172 7,840 5,306 294 7,973 1,877 1,361

2-year
                       
1999-2000 25,655 7,539 150 236 972 2,739 5,251 2,011 514 0 47 6,195
2004-05 23,190 7,957 20 256 1,322 3,473 6,681 1,722 705 0 0 1,052
2005-06 23,215 8,786 23 395 1,623 2,904 5,822 1,821 354 0 0 1,486
2006-07 24,191 8,136 46 401 1,548 3,354 6,696 1,778 670 0 0 1,562
2007-08 23,762 8,206 43 265 1,614 3,399 6,574 1,680 425 0 0 1,556

2008-09
22,563 7,555 16 164 1,886 3,110 6,467 1,698 326 0 0 1,342
2009-10 22,234 7,501 27 228 1,944 3,133 6,134 1,559 325 0 0 1,382
2010-11 20,455 6,870 9 77 1,752 2,834 5,464 985 45 0 0 2,419
2011-12 20,019 6,972 23 70 1,756 2,923 5,145 807 71 0 0 2,252
2012-13 19,536 7,074 13 69 1,530 2,640 5,411 1,035 183 0 0 1,582

2013-14
22,254 7,937 16 69 1,951 3,707 4,958 1,277 175 0 0 2,164
2014-15 19,881 6,479 16 54 2,290 4,643 4,203 826 100 0 0 1,269
2015-16 22,236 6,842 25 60 2,706 5,541 4,533 1,025 92 0 0 1,412
2016-17 21,563 6,383 29 34 2,597 5,410 4,691 933 30 0 0 1,455
2017-18 19,474 5,483 18 34 2,437 5,337 4,417 754 39 0 0 955
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 allowances that were recorded as a reduction to revenues from tuition and fees and from auxiliary enterprises, such as room, board, and books; also excludes 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 2005 through Spring 2007, Enrollment component; Spring 2008 through Spring 2018, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2001 through Spring 2019, Finance component. (This table was prepared December 2019.)

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