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Table 333.10. Total revenue of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source of revenue and level of institution: Selected years, 2007-08 through 2018-19 
Level of institu-tion and year Total Operating revenue Nonoperating revenue Other revenues and additions
Tuition and fees1,2 Grants and contracts Sales and services of auxiliary enter- prises1 Sales and services of hospitals Indepen- dent operations Other operating revenues3 Appropriations Nonoperating grants Gifts Investment return (gain or loss) Other non-
operating revenues
Capital appro- priations Capital grants and gifts Additions to permanent endowments Other
Federal2 State Local and private Federal State Local Federal State Local
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
In thousands of current dollars
All levels                                            
2007-08 $273,070,439 $48,068,614 $25,499,038 $7,831,049 $8,699,401 $20,487,684 $25,183,379 $1,174,836 $14,085,890 $1,849,775 $68,394,962 $9,302,794 $10,045,255 $1,925,994 $177,116 $6,053,147 $5,278,656 $2,234,287 $7,575,827 $3,092,817 $1,151,300 $4,958,618
2010-11 324,473,342 60,268,927 29,821,416 7,019,420 10,110,953 23,605,640 30,998,993 1,330,334 15,758,118 1,946,965 63,063,322 10,023,157 24,231,846 3,404,970 228,055 6,287,358 14,215,863 6,888,955 5,645,126 3,745,699 965,007 4,913,217
2015-16 364,349,979 76,603,554 27,677,857 7,779,950 12,979,361 27,585,281 45,956,104 1,537,639 20,825,325 1,666,978 67,145,689 12,213,323 20,477,681 4,861,395 417,856 8,490,640 3,926,734 5,417,126 6,467,364 3,781,347 1,130,058 7,408,716
2016-17 390,508,373 79,244,979 28,267,575 8,017,761 13,812,044 28,421,678 50,089,201 1,635,853 21,535,947 1,923,743 68,641,049 12,958,544 19,697,011 5,163,737 432,922 8,264,805 15,042,298 8,072,507 6,575,388 3,665,778 1,189,554 7,855,999
2017-18 408,931,242 81,375,346 29,529,310 8,800,502 14,187,478 28,993,079 53,558,528 1,805,852 22,699,472 2,036,103 72,888,945 13,403,013 20,904,955 5,644,787 382,096 9,099,227 16,923,129 7,404,114 6,335,749 4,013,174 1,360,786 7,585,598
2018-19 415,887,527 82,781,846 31,239,283 9,200,613 14,950,666 29,488,070 58,099,250 1,888,247 24,117,933 1,984,634 73,980,202 13,900,923 20,977,183 5,756,256 381,832 9,677,785 10,832,126 6,737,930 6,106,672 4,169,299 1,468,595 8,148,183

4-year
                                           
2007-08 223,530,092 40,083,063 23,500,633 5,715,188 8,106,887 18,507,688 25,183,379 1,174,836 13,112,536 1,776,452 53,268,648 436,856 5,194,645 1,217,818 103,824 5,781,369 4,430,479 1,773,078 5,635,746 2,764,505 1,138,323 4,624,141
2010-11 266,688,058 51,046,786 27,656,656 5,480,573 9,543,780 21,506,767 30,998,993 1,330,334 14,830,150 1,853,109 49,025,814 507,010 11,812,776 2,320,005 130,451 6,061,629 13,781,509 6,061,802 3,884,591 3,249,844 943,748 4,661,730
2015-16 308,813,202 67,533,647 26,106,025 6,007,791 12,472,377 25,984,815 45,956,104 1,537,639 19,950,465 1,617,876 53,067,153 1,051,753 11,522,288 3,008,676 205,597 8,207,812 3,771,368 4,666,805 4,742,620 3,482,369 1,117,698 6,802,323
2016-17 335,175,388 70,090,665 26,800,717 6,142,106 13,304,532 26,896,786 50,089,201 1,635,853 20,640,711 1,884,327 54,721,859 1,400,806 11,399,315 3,227,298 243,196 7,995,012 14,811,646 7,230,940 4,994,288 3,307,489 1,176,695 7,181,945
2017-18 353,289,699 72,546,383 27,988,187 6,411,620 13,623,951 27,562,547 53,558,528 1,805,852 21,794,441 1,984,446 58,510,699 1,708,949 12,507,190 4,024,166 234,277 8,786,344 16,581,753 6,641,638 4,708,911 3,688,985 1,347,758 7,273,074
2018-19 360,324,939 74,125,794 29,812,165 6,614,694 14,409,196 28,216,706 58,099,250 1,888,247 23,188,132 1,905,351 59,600,782 2,241,627 12,962,104 4,114,881 267,843 9,371,164 10,226,526 5,936,741 4,387,335 3,716,946 1,422,506 7,816,949

2-year
                                           
2007-08 49,540,347 7,985,551 1,998,404 2,115,861 592,513 1,979,996 0 0 973,353 73,324 15,126,314 8,865,938 4,850,610 708,176 73,292 271,778 848,177 461,209 1,940,082 328,312 12,978 334,477
2010-11 57,785,284 9,222,142 2,164,760 1,538,848 567,174 2,098,872 0 0 927,968 93,856 14,037,508 9,516,147 12,419,069 1,084,965 97,604 225,730 434,353 827,153 1,760,535 495,855 21,258 251,487
2015-16 55,536,777 9,069,907 1,571,832 1,772,158 506,984 1,600,466 0 0 874,859 49,102 14,078,537 11,161,570 8,955,393 1,852,719 212,259 282,827 155,366 750,321 1,724,744 298,979 12,361 606,393
2016-17 55,332,985 9,154,315 1,466,858 1,875,655 507,512 1,524,892 0 0 895,236 39,417 13,919,190 11,557,739 8,297,696 1,936,438 189,726 269,793 230,652 841,567 1,581,100 358,288 12,859 674,054
2017-18 55,641,543 8,828,963 1,541,123 2,388,881 563,527 1,430,532 0 0 905,031 51,656 14,378,247 11,694,063 8,397,766 1,620,622 147,819 312,883 341,376 762,476 1,626,839 324,188 13,028 312,524
2018-19 55,562,588 8,656,052 1,427,118 2,585,919 541,470 1,271,364 0 0 929,800 79,283 14,379,420 11,659,296 8,015,079 1,641,375 113,989 306,621 605,600 801,189 1,719,337 452,354 46,089 331,234
Percentage distribution
All levels                                            
2007-08 100.00 17.60 9.34 2.87 3.19 7.50 9.22 0.43 5.16 0.68 25.05 3.41 3.68 0.71 0.06 2.22 1.93 0.82 2.77 1.13 0.42 1.82
2010-11 100.00 18.57 9.19 2.16 3.12 7.28 9.55 0.41 4.86 0.60 19.44 3.09 7.47 1.05 0.07 1.94 4.38 2.12 1.74 1.15 0.30 1.51
2015-16 100.00 21.02 7.60 2.14 3.56 7.57 12.61 0.42 5.72 0.46 18.43 3.35 5.62 1.33 0.11 2.33 1.08 1.49 1.78 1.04 0.31 2.03
2016-17 100.00 20.29 7.24 2.05 3.54 7.28 12.83 0.42 5.51 0.49 17.58 3.32 5.04 1.32 0.11 2.12 3.85 2.07 1.68 0.94 0.30 2.01
2017-18 100.00 19.90 7.22 2.15 3.47 7.09 13.10 0.44 5.55 0.50 17.82 3.28 5.11 1.38 0.09 2.23 4.14 1.81 1.55 0.98 0.33 1.85
2018-19 100.00 19.90 7.51 2.21 3.59 7.09 13.97 0.45 5.80 0.48 17.79 3.34 5.04 1.38 0.09 2.33 2.60 1.62 1.47 1.00 0.35 1.96

4-year
                                           
2007-08 100.00 17.93 10.51 2.56 3.63 8.28 11.27 0.53 5.87 0.79 23.83 0.20 2.32 0.54 0.05 2.59 1.98 0.79 2.52 1.24 0.51 2.07
2010-11 100.00 19.14 10.37 2.06 3.58 8.06 11.62 0.50 5.56 0.69 18.38 0.19 4.43 0.87 0.05 2.27 5.17 2.27 1.46 1.22 0.35 1.75
2015-16 100.00 21.87 8.45 1.95 4.04 8.41 14.88 0.50 6.46 0.52 17.18 0.34 3.73 0.97 0.07 2.66 1.22 1.51 1.54 1.13 0.36 2.20
2016-17 100.00 20.91 8.00 1.83 3.97 8.02 14.94 0.49 6.16 0.56 16.33 0.42 3.40 0.96 0.07 2.39 4.42 2.16 1.49 0.99 0.35 2.14
2017-18 100.00 20.53 7.92 1.81 3.86 7.80 15.16 0.51 6.17 0.56 16.56 0.48 3.54 1.14 0.07 2.49 4.69 1.88 1.33 1.04 0.38 2.06
2018-19 100.00 20.57 8.27 1.84 4.00 7.83 16.12 0.52 6.44 0.53 16.54 0.62 3.60 1.14 0.07 2.60 2.84 1.65 1.22 1.03 0.39 2.17

2-year
                                           
2007-08 100.00 16.12 4.03 4.27 1.20 4.00 0.00 0.00 1.96 0.15 30.53 17.90 9.79 1.43 0.15 0.55 1.71 0.93 3.92 0.66 0.03 0.68
2010-11 100.00 15.96 3.75 2.66 0.98 3.63 0.00 0.00 1.61 0.16 24.29 16.47 21.49 1.88 0.17 0.39 0.75 1.43 3.05 0.86 0.04 0.44
2015-16 100.00 16.33 2.83 3.19 0.91 2.88 0.00 0.00 1.58 0.09 25.35 20.10 16.13 3.34 0.38 0.51 0.28 1.35 3.11 0.54 0.02 1.09
2016-17 100.00 16.54 2.65 3.39 0.92 2.76 0.00 0.00 1.62 0.07 25.16 20.89 15.00 3.50 0.34 0.49 0.42 1.52 2.86 0.65 0.02 1.22
2017-18 100.00 15.87 2.77 4.29 1.01 2.57 0.00 0.00 1.63 0.09 25.84 21.02 15.09 2.91 0.27 0.56 0.61 1.37 2.92 0.58 0.02 0.56
2018-19 100.00 15.58 2.57 4.65 0.97 2.29 0.00 0.00 1.67 0.14 25.88 20.98 14.43 2.95 0.21 0.55 1.09 1.44 3.09 0.81 0.08 0.60
Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2019-20 dollars4
All levels                                            
2007-08 $34,051 $5,994 $3,180 $977 $1,085 $2,555 $3,140 $146 $1,756 $231 $8,529 $1,160 $1,253 $240 $22 $755 $658 $279 $945 $386 $144 $618
2010-11 34,261 6,364 3,149 741 1,068 2,493 3,273 140 1,664 206 6,659 1,058 2,559 360 24 664 1,501 727 596 396 102 519
2015-16 37,214 7,824 2,827 795 1,326 2,818 4,694 157 2,127 170 6,858 1,247 2,092 497 43 867 401 553 661 386 115 757
2016-17 39,156 7,946 2,834 804 1,385 2,850 5,022 164 2,159 193 6,883 1,299 1,975 518 43 829 1,508 809 659 368 119 788
2017-18 40,113 7,982 2,897 863 1,392 2,844 5,254 177 2,227 200 7,150 1,315 2,051 554 37 893 1,660 726 621 394 133 744
2018-19 40,133 7,988 3,015 888 1,443 2,846 5,607 182 2,327 192 7,139 1,341 2,024 555 37 934 1,045 650 589 402 142 786

4-year
                                           
2007-08 45,323 8,127 4,765 1,159 1,644 3,753 5,106 238 2,659 360 10,801 89 1,053 247 21 1,172 898 360 1,143 561 231 938
2010-11 46,759 8,950 4,849 961 1,673 3,771 5,435 233 2,600 325 8,596 89 2,071 407 23 1,063 2,416 1,063 681 570 165 817
2015-16 47,830 10,460 4,043 931 1,932 4,025 7,118 238 3,090 251 8,219 163 1,785 466 32 1,271 584 723 735 539 173 1,054
2016-17 49,204 10,289 3,934 902 1,953 3,948 7,353 240 3,030 277 8,033 206 1,673 474 36 1,174 2,174 1,061 733 486 173 1,054
2017-18 50,107 10,289 3,970 909 1,932 3,909 7,596 256 3,091 281 8,299 242 1,774 571 33 1,246 2,352 942 668 523 191 1,032
2018-19 49,612 10,206 4,105 911 1,984 3,885 7,999 260 3,193 262 8,206 309 1,785 567 37 1,290 1,408 817 604 512 196 1,076

2-year
                                           
2007-08 16,046 2,586 647 685 192 641 0 0 315 24 4,899 2,872 1,571 229 24 88 275 149 628 106 4 108
2010-11 15,339 2,448 575 408 151 557 0 0 246 25 3,726 2,526 3,297 288 26 60 115 220 467 132 6 67
2015-16 16,657 2,720 471 532 152 480 0 0 262 15 4,222 3,348 2,686 556 64 85 47 225 517 90 4 182
2016-17 17,505 2,896 464 593 161 482 0 0 283 12 4,403 3,656 2,625 613 60 85 73 266 500 113 4 213
2017-18 17,698 2,808 490 760 179 455 0 0 288 16 4,573 3,720 2,671 515 47 100 109 243 517 103 4 99
2018-19 17,925 2,792 460 834 175 410 0 0 300 26 4,639 3,761 2,586 530 37 99 195 258 555 146 15 107
1 After deducting discounts and allowances.                          
2 Public institutions typically report Pell grants as revenues from federal grants and as allowances that reduce revenues from tuition and fees.                          
3 Includes sales and services of educational activities.                    
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: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes data for public institutions reporting data according to either Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) or Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) guidance. 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), selected years, Spring 2008 through Spring 2019, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2009 through Spring 2020, Finance component. (This table was prepared February 2021.)                          

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