Table 106.20.

Expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1899-1900 through 2019-20

[In millions]
Year	Current dollars													Constant 2019-20 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		---		---		---		---		---	---		$13,985		---
1929-30	---	---		2,317		---		$632		$292		$341		---	---		34,816		$9,501
1939-40	---	---		2,344		---		758		392		367		---	---		43,146		13,960
1949-50	$8,494	$6,249		5,838		$411		2,246		1,154		1,092		$92,260	$67,869		63,405		24,391
1959-60	22,314	16,713		15,613		1,100		5,601		3,131		2,470		195,345	146,314		136,684		49,031
1969-70	64,227	43,183		40,683		2,500		21,043		13,250		7,794		437,353	294,059		277,035		143,294
1970-71	71,575	48,200		45,500		2,700		23,375		14,996		8,379		463,468	312,107		294,624		151,361
1971-72	76,510	50,950		48,050		2,900		25,560		16,484		9,075		478,266	318,492		300,364		159,774
1972-73	82,908	54,952		51,852		3,100		27,956		18,204		9,752		498,187	330,204		311,576		167,983
1973-74	91,084	60,370		56,970		3,400		30,714		20,336		10,377		502,510	333,063		314,305		169,447
1974-75	103,903	68,846		64,846		4,000		35,058		23,490		11,568		516,046	341,930		322,063		174,117
1975-76	114,004	75,101		70,601		4,500		38,903		26,184		12,719		528,782	348,338		327,466		180,444
1976-77	121,793	79,194		74,194		5,000		42,600		28,635		13,965		533,785	347,083		325,169		186,703
1977-78	132,515	86,544		80,844		5,700		45,971		30,725		15,246		544,232	355,433		332,023		188,799
1978-79	143,733	93,012		86,712		6,300		50,721		33,733		16,988		539,742	349,276		325,618		190,467
1979-80	160,075	103,162		95,962		7,200		56,914		37,768		19,146		530,395	341,817		317,960		188,578
1980-81	176,378	112,325		104,125		8,200		64,053		42,280		21,773		523,748	333,545		309,196		190,203
1981-82	190,825	120,486		111,186		9,300		70,339		46,219		24,120		521,593	329,330		303,910		192,262
1982-83	204,661	128,725		118,425		10,300		75,936		49,573		26,363		536,372	337,360		310,366		199,011
1983-84	220,993	139,000		127,500		11,500		81,993		53,087		28,907		558,503	351,286		322,223		207,217
1984-85	239,351	149,400		137,000		12,400		89,951		58,315		31,637		582,113	363,347		333,190		218,765
1985-86	259,336	161,800		148,600		13,200		97,536		63,194		34,342		613,038	382,475		351,272		230,562
1986-87	280,964	175,200		160,900		14,300		105,764		67,654		38,110		649,738	405,156		372,087		244,582
1987-88	301,786	187,999		172,699		15,300		113,787		72,641		41,145		670,124	417,456		383,482		252,668
1988-89	333,245	209,377		192,977		16,400		123,867		78,946		44,922		707,312	444,404		409,595		262,908
1989-90	365,825	231,170		212,770		18,400		134,656		85,771		48,885		741,100	468,311		431,035		272,790
1990-91	395,318	249,230		229,430		19,800		146,088		92,961		53,127		759,333	478,725		440,692		280,608
1991-92	417,944	261,755		241,055		20,700		156,189		98,847		57,342		777,869	487,173		448,646		290,696
1992-93	439,676	274,435		252,935		21,500		165,241		104,570		60,671		793,530	495,302		456,498		298,228
1993-94	460,757	287,407		265,307		22,100		173,351		109,310		64,041		810,580	505,616		466,737		304,964
1994-95	485,169	302,200		279,000		23,200		182,969		115,465		67,504		829,743	516,827		477,150		312,916
1995-96	508,523	318,046		293,646		24,400		190,476		119,525		70,952		846,649	529,522		488,898		317,127
1996-97	538,854	338,951		313,151		25,800		199,903	2	125,978		73,925	2	872,262	548,672		506,909		323,590	2
1997-98	570,471	361,615		334,315		27,300		208,856	2	132,846		76,010	2	907,261	575,103		531,685		332,159	2
1998-99	603,847	384,638		355,838		28,800		219,209		140,539		78,670		943,999	601,308		556,284		342,691
1999-2000	649,322	412,538		381,838		30,700		236,784		152,325		84,459		986,610	626,829		580,182		359,781
2000-01	705,017	444,811		410,811		34,000		260,206		170,345		89,861		1,035,750	653,478		603,528		382,272
2001-02	752,780	472,064		435,364		36,700		280,715		183,436		97,280		1,086,679	681,451		628,473		405,228
2002-03	795,691	492,807		454,907		37,900		302,884		197,026		105,858		1,123,925	696,096		642,562		427,828
2003-04	830,293	513,542		474,242		39,300		316,751		205,069		111,682		1,147,691	709,855		655,531		437,836
2004-05	875,988	540,969		499,569		41,400		335,019		215,794		119,225		1,175,481	725,922		670,367		449,559
2005-06	925,249	571,669		528,269		43,400		353,580		226,550		127,030		1,196,037	738,976		682,875		457,061
2006-07	984,048	608,495		562,195		46,300		375,553		238,829		136,724		1,239,978	766,752		708,410		473,227
2007-08	1,054,901	646,414		597,314		49,100		408,487		261,046		147,441		1,281,765	785,430		725,770		496,335
2008-09	1,089,683	658,926		610,326		48,600		430,757		273,019		157,739		1,305,794	789,607		731,369		516,187
2009-10	1,100,897	654,418		607,018		47,400		446,479		281,390		165,088		1,306,590	776,691		720,434		529,899
2010-11	1,124,352	652,356		604,356		48,000		471,997		296,863		175,134		1,308,160	759,002		703,155		549,158
2011-12	1,136,876	648,794		601,994		46,800		488,083		305,538		182,545		1,285,078	733,369		680,468		551,708
2012-13	1,153,874	655,013		606,813		48,200		498,861		311,421		187,439		1,282,941	728,280		674,689		554,661
2013-14	1,192,886	675,818		625,018		50,800		517,067		323,893		193,174		1,305,917	739,855		684,241		566,062
2014-15	1,241,626	706,135		651,135		55,000		535,491		335,630		199,861		1,349,449	767,456		707,680		581,993
2015-16	1,296,371	736,905		677,605		59,300		559,466		354,776		204,690		1,399,510	795,533		731,515		603,977
2016-17	1,352,197	768,623		706,823		61,800		583,574		371,705		211,869		1,433,410	814,786		749,275		618,624
2017-18	1,404,579	798,976		734,876		64,100		605,603		386,707		218,896		1,456,115	828,291		761,839		627,823
2018-19	1,468,000	836,000	3	769,000	3	67,000	3	632,354		401,129		231,226		1,491,000	849,000	3	781,000	3	642,247
2019-203	1,515,000	864,000		794,000		70,000		651,000		410,000		241,000		1,515,000	864,000		794,000		651,000

---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 Estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics based on teacher and enrollment data, and actual expenditures for prior years.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 2017-18; 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 2020, Finance component; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared April 2021.)