Table 334.10.

Total expenditures of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and level of institution: 2009-10 through 2018-19

Level of institution and year	Total	Instruction		Research	Public service	Academic support	Student services	Institu- tional support	Auxiliary enter- prises1	Net grant aid to students2	Hospital services	Indepen- dent operations	Other
		Total3	Salaries and wages
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	In thousands of current dollars
All levels
2009-10	$281,390,445	$89,237,995	$51,808,563	$32,270,072	$12,980,154	$22,788,482	$15,661,212	$27,554,886	$25,981,203	$15,494,246	$28,484,978	$1,310,925	$9,626,291
2010-11	296,862,854	93,090,749	53,586,472	33,866,656	13,426,331	23,441,698	16,276,833	29,051,411	27,649,838	17,487,275	29,980,642	1,233,264	11,358,158
2011-12	305,537,590	95,093,836	54,341,187	34,282,999	13,567,337	24,712,457	17,019,195	29,512,479	28,475,340	16,611,881	33,063,066	1,297,507	11,901,492
2012-13	311,421,148	97,716,338	55,555,358	34,634,474	13,495,216	25,725,240	17,679,256	30,850,117	29,002,556	16,227,767	34,208,788	1,320,284	10,561,112
2013-14	323,893,053	101,281,681	57,591,057	34,407,750	13,906,406	27,038,128	18,668,134	32,398,315	30,031,093	15,978,858	36,965,327	1,512,402	11,704,959
2014-15	335,630,086	105,240,912	59,348,073	35,189,410	14,105,428	28,349,420	19,545,937	33,290,396	31,011,138	15,881,788	39,887,678	1,603,180	11,524,799
2015-16	354,775,570	108,299,168	61,715,250	36,125,887	14,756,434	29,627,129	20,278,907	34,475,739	31,449,402	15,518,286	45,053,249	1,688,715	17,502,653
2016-17	371,705,042	111,838,548	63,829,915	37,352,788	15,588,815	31,088,231	21,200,127	35,967,658	33,203,335	15,370,320	49,002,994	1,712,683	19,379,543
2017-18	386,707,398	112,142,051	64,923,778	38,478,262	15,823,454	31,825,499	21,681,646	35,504,806	33,815,502	16,154,506	50,541,920	1,751,610	28,988,144
2018-19	401,128,627	114,092,736	66,785,531	40,135,744	15,926,945	32,536,342	22,340,865	36,192,391	34,286,260	16,446,314	54,917,884	1,705,764	32,547,381
4-year
2009-10	230,212,346	67,643,385	39,032,863	32,246,034	12,071,239	18,517,775	10,439,050	19,637,465	23,267,303	9,103,655	28,484,978	1,310,925	7,490,538
2010-11	242,591,219	70,524,278	40,420,752	33,842,288	12,497,023	19,037,101	10,918,171	20,760,495	24,856,936	10,088,873	29,980,642	1,233,264	8,852,149
2011-12	251,518,494	72,456,621	41,334,687	34,259,475	12,635,035	20,246,241	11,548,269	21,042,773	25,720,831	9,737,295	33,063,066	1,297,507	9,511,380
2012-13	257,550,418	74,836,904	42,537,154	34,613,057	12,608,770	21,150,882	12,114,278	22,151,644	26,335,976	9,823,162	34,208,788	1,320,284	8,386,673
2013-14	269,871,401	78,181,765	44,567,486	34,381,434	13,042,105	22,291,975	12,983,254	23,519,705	27,469,515	9,914,507	36,965,327	1,512,402	9,609,411
2014-15	281,198,453	81,857,112	46,260,575	35,166,043	13,257,351	23,504,976	13,595,835	24,290,848	28,543,769	10,057,062	39,887,678	1,603,180	9,434,598
2015-16	301,270,243	85,962,887	48,769,505	36,100,447	13,954,900	24,946,937	14,449,291	25,621,839	29,213,644	10,403,387	45,053,249	1,688,715	13,874,946
2016-17	317,579,534	89,338,819	50,967,703	37,324,213	14,748,258	26,371,904	15,226,010	26,688,763	31,028,018	10,631,345	49,002,994	1,712,683	15,506,527
2017-18	332,906,823	89,961,909	52,235,219	38,449,578	14,954,404	27,144,639	15,634,665	26,830,685	31,707,585	11,281,084	50,541,920	1,751,610	24,648,743
2018-19	347,839,388	92,588,876	54,262,133	40,106,512	15,119,203	27,877,453	16,388,272	27,558,200	32,305,767	11,740,807	54,917,884	1,705,764	27,530,651
2-year
2009-10	51,178,098	21,594,609	12,775,700	24,038	908,915	4,270,708	5,222,163	7,917,422	2,713,901	6,390,591	0	0	2,135,752
2010-11	54,271,635	22,566,471	13,165,721	24,368	929,308	4,404,597	5,358,662	8,290,916	2,792,902	7,398,402	0	0	2,506,009
2011-12	54,019,096	22,637,215	13,006,500	23,525	932,302	4,466,216	5,470,926	8,469,706	2,754,509	6,874,585	0	0	2,390,112
2012-13	53,870,729	22,879,434	13,018,204	21,417	886,446	4,574,358	5,564,978	8,698,474	2,666,580	6,404,605	0	0	2,174,439
2013-14	54,021,651	23,099,916	13,023,571	26,316	864,300	4,746,153	5,684,879	8,878,610	2,561,577	6,064,351	0	0	2,095,548
2014-15	54,431,633	23,383,800	13,087,499	23,367	848,077	4,844,444	5,950,102	8,999,548	2,467,368	5,824,726	0	0	2,090,201
2015-16	53,505,327	22,336,281	12,945,745	25,440	801,533	4,680,192	5,829,616	8,853,900	2,235,758	5,114,899	0	0	3,627,707
2016-17	54,125,509	22,499,729	12,862,211	28,574	840,557	4,716,327	5,974,117	9,278,896	2,175,317	4,738,975	0	0	3,873,016
2017-18	53,800,576	22,180,141	12,688,559	28,684	869,050	4,680,859	6,046,981	8,674,121	2,107,917	4,873,422	0	0	4,339,400
2018-19	53,289,239	21,503,860	12,523,398	29,232	807,742	4,658,889	5,952,593	8,634,192	1,980,493	4,705,508	0	0	5,016,730
	Percentage distribution
All levels
2009-10	100.00	31.71	18.41	11.47	4.61	8.10	5.57	9.79	9.23	5.51	10.12	0.47	3.42
2010-11	100.00	31.36	18.05	11.41	4.52	7.90	5.48	9.79	9.31	5.89	10.10	0.42	3.83
2011-12	100.00	31.12	17.79	11.22	4.44	8.09	5.57	9.66	9.32	5.44	10.82	0.42	3.90
2012-13	100.00	31.38	17.84	11.12	4.33	8.26	5.68	9.91	9.31	5.21	10.98	0.42	3.39
2013-14	100.00	31.27	17.78	10.62	4.29	8.35	5.76	10.00	9.27	4.93	11.41	0.47	3.61
2014-15	100.00	31.36	17.68	10.48	4.20	8.45	5.82	9.92	9.24	4.73	11.88	0.48	3.43
2015-16	100.00	30.53	17.40	10.18	4.16	8.35	5.72	9.72	8.86	4.37	12.70	0.48	4.93
2016-17	100.00	30.09	17.17	10.05	4.19	8.36	5.70	9.68	8.93	4.14	13.18	0.46	5.21
2017-18	100.00	29.00	16.79	9.95	4.09	8.23	5.61	9.18	8.74	4.18	13.07	0.45	7.50
2018-19	100.00	28.44	16.65	10.01	3.97	8.11	5.57	9.02	8.55	4.10	13.69	0.43	8.11
4-year
2009-10	100.00	29.38	16.96	14.01	5.24	8.04	4.53	8.53	10.11	3.95	12.37	0.57	3.25
2010-11	100.00	29.07	16.66	13.95	5.15	7.85	4.50	8.56	10.25	4.16	12.36	0.51	3.65
2011-12	100.00	28.81	16.43	13.62	5.02	8.05	4.59	8.37	10.23	3.87	13.15	0.52	3.78
2012-13	100.00	29.06	16.52	13.44	4.90	8.21	4.70	8.60	10.23	3.81	13.28	0.51	3.26
2013-14	100.00	28.97	16.51	12.74	4.83	8.26	4.81	8.72	10.18	3.67	13.70	0.56	3.56
2014-15	100.00	29.11	16.45	12.51	4.71	8.36	4.83	8.64	10.15	3.58	14.18	0.57	3.36
2015-16	100.00	28.53	16.19	11.98	4.63	8.28	4.80	8.50	9.70	3.45	14.95	0.56	4.61
2016-17	100.00	28.13	16.05	11.75	4.64	8.30	4.79	8.40	9.77	3.35	15.43	0.54	4.88
2017-18	100.00	27.02	15.69	11.55	4.49	8.15	4.70	8.06	9.52	3.39	15.18	0.53	7.40
2018-19	100.00	26.62	15.60	11.53	4.35	8.01	4.71	7.92	9.29	3.38	15.79	0.49	7.91
2-year
2009-10	100.00	42.20	24.96	0.05	1.78	8.34	10.20	15.47	5.30	12.49	0.00	0.00	4.17
2010-11	100.00	41.58	24.26	0.04	1.71	8.12	9.87	15.28	5.15	13.63	0.00	0.00	4.62
2011-12	100.00	41.91	24.08	0.04	1.73	8.27	10.13	15.68	5.10	12.73	0.00	0.00	4.42
2012-13	100.00	42.47	24.17	0.04	1.65	8.49	10.33	16.15	4.95	11.89	0.00	0.00	4.04
2013-14	100.00	42.76	24.11	0.05	1.60	8.79	10.52	16.44	4.74	11.23	0.00	0.00	3.88
2014-15	100.00	42.96	24.04	0.04	1.56	8.90	10.93	16.53	4.53	10.70	0.00	0.00	3.84
2015-16	100.00	41.75	24.20	0.05	1.50	8.75	10.90	16.55	4.18	9.56	0.00	0.00	6.78
2016-17	100.00	41.57	23.76	0.05	1.55	8.71	11.04	17.14	4.02	8.76	0.00	0.00	7.16
2017-18	100.00	41.23	23.58	0.05	1.62	8.70	11.24	16.12	3.92	9.06	0.00	0.00	8.07
2018-19	100.00	40.35	23.50	0.05	1.52	8.74	11.17	16.20	3.72	8.83	0.00	0.00	9.41
	Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2019-20 dollars4
All levels
2009-10	$31,076	$9,855	$5,722	$3,564	$1,434	$2,517	$1,730	$3,043	$2,869	$1,711	$3,146	$145	$1,063
2010-11	31,346	9,830	5,658	3,576	1,418	2,475	1,719	3,068	2,920	1,846	3,166	130	1,199
2011-12	31,527	9,812	5,607	3,537	1,400	2,550	1,756	3,045	2,938	1,714	3,412	134	1,228
2012-13	32,115	10,077	5,729	3,572	1,392	2,653	1,823	3,181	2,991	1,673	3,528	136	1,089
2013-14	33,145	10,364	5,893	3,521	1,423	2,767	1,910	3,315	3,073	1,635	3,783	155	1,198
2014-15	34,335	10,766	6,071	3,600	1,443	2,900	2,000	3,406	3,172	1,625	4,080	164	1,179
2015-16	36,236	11,062	6,304	3,690	1,507	3,026	2,071	3,521	3,212	1,585	4,602	172	1,788
2016-17	37,271	11,214	6,400	3,745	1,563	3,117	2,126	3,606	3,329	1,541	4,914	172	1,943
2017-18	37,933	11,000	6,368	3,774	1,552	3,122	2,127	3,483	3,317	1,585	4,958	172	2,843
2018-19	38,709	11,010	6,445	3,873	1,537	3,140	2,156	3,493	3,309	1,587	5,300	165	3,141
4-year
2009-10	42,345	12,442	7,180	5,931	2,220	3,406	1,920	3,612	4,280	1,675	5,239	241	1,378
2010-11	42,534	12,365	7,087	5,934	2,191	3,338	1,914	3,640	4,358	1,769	5,257	216	1,552
2011-12	42,219	12,162	6,938	5,751	2,121	3,398	1,938	3,532	4,317	1,634	5,550	218	1,597
2012-13	42,335	12,301	6,992	5,689	2,073	3,477	1,991	3,641	4,329	1,615	5,623	217	1,379
2013-14	43,506	12,604	7,185	5,543	2,102	3,594	2,093	3,792	4,428	1,598	5,959	244	1,549
2014-15	44,344	12,909	7,295	5,546	2,091	3,707	2,144	3,831	4,501	1,586	6,290	253	1,488
2015-16	46,662	13,314	7,554	5,591	2,161	3,864	2,238	3,968	4,525	1,611	6,978	262	2,149
2016-17	46,621	13,115	7,482	5,479	2,165	3,871	2,235	3,918	4,555	1,561	7,194	251	2,276
2017-18	47,216	12,759	7,409	5,453	2,121	3,850	2,217	3,805	4,497	1,600	7,168	248	3,496
2018-19	47,892	12,748	7,471	5,522	2,082	3,838	2,256	3,794	4,448	1,617	7,561	235	3,791
2-year
2009-10	14,145	5,968	3,531	7	251	1,180	1,443	2,188	750	1,766	0	0	590
2010-11	14,407	5,990	3,495	6	247	1,169	1,422	2,201	741	1,964	0	0	665
2011-12	14,467	6,063	3,483	6	250	1,196	1,465	2,268	738	1,841	0	0	640
2012-13	14,908	6,332	3,603	6	245	1,266	1,540	2,407	738	1,772	0	0	602
2013-14	15,137	6,473	3,649	7	242	1,330	1,593	2,488	718	1,699	0	0	587
2014-15	15,851	6,810	3,811	7	247	1,411	1,733	2,621	719	1,696	0	0	609
2015-16	16,047	6,699	3,883	8	240	1,404	1,748	2,655	671	1,534	0	0	1,088
2016-17	17,123	7,118	4,069	9	266	1,492	1,890	2,935	688	1,499	0	0	1,225
2017-18	17,112	7,055	4,036	9	276	1,489	1,923	2,759	670	1,550	0	0	1,380
2018-19	17,191	6,937	4,040	9	261	1,503	1,920	2,785	639	1,518	0	0	1,618

1 Essentially self-supporting operations of institutions that furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff, such as residence halls and food services.

2 Scholarship and fellowship expenses, net of discounts and allowances. Excludes the amount of discounts and allowances that were recorded as a reduction to revenues from tuition and fees and from auxiliary enterprises, such as room, board, and books.

3 Includes other categories not separately shown.

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 the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) or the 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), Spring 2010 through Spring 2019, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2011 through Spring 2020, Finance component. (This table was prepared February 2020.)