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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 2018-19 
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 Hospital services 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
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
2017-18 206,730,257 63,472,219 21,878,386 3,092,058 17,980,517 17,577,904 26,533,678 17,827,537 986,591 26,496,768 6,294,807 4,589,791
2018-19 218,863,137 66,193,263 22,627,625 3,130,076 19,144,431 18,382,274 27,463,771 17,347,459 988,062 30,627,619 7,004,717 5,953,840

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
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
2017-18 205,944,488 63,251,494 21,877,641 3,090,693 17,882,465 17,362,130 26,355,068 17,797,476 985,036 26,496,768 6,294,807 4,550,909
2018-19 218,066,589 65,965,386 22,626,962 3,128,588 19,048,262 18,159,258 27,286,616 17,320,031 985,474 30,627,619 7,004,717 5,913,676

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
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
2017-18 785,770 220,725 745 1,366 98,052 215,774 178,610 30,061 1,555 0 0 38,882
2018-19 796,548 227,877 663 1,488 96,170 223,016 177,155 27,428 2,588 0 0 40,163
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
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 1.50 8.70 8.50 12.83 8.62 0.48 12.82 3.04 2.22
2018-19 100.00 30.24 10.34 1.43 8.75 8.40 12.55 7.93 0.45 13.99 3.20 2.72

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
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 8.68 8.43 12.80 8.64 0.48 12.87 3.06 2.21
2018-19 100.00 30.25 10.38 1.43 8.74 8.33 12.51 7.94 0.45 14.05 3.21 2.71

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
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 28.09 0.09 0.17 12.48 27.46 22.73 3.83 0.20 0.00 0.00 4.95
2018-19 100.00 28.61 0.08 0.19 12.07 28.00 22.24 3.44 0.32 0.00 0.00 5.04
Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2019-20 dollars3
All levels                        
1999-2000 $48,244 $15,568 $5,016 $866 $3,897 $3,404 $6,335 $4,967 $707 $4,402 $1,648 $1,434
2005-06 51,910 17,086 5,884 861 4,544 3,966 6,962 5,239 314 4,286 1,868 899
2006-07 52,998 17,540 5,831 867 4,630 4,081 7,162 5,297 310 4,425 1,991 864
2007-08 53,431 17,701 5,793 874 4,756 4,147 7,351 5,330 288 4,304 1,956 932
2008-09 54,977 18,067 5,937 894 4,895 4,284 7,546 5,333 294 4,640 2,006 1,081

2009-10
54,416 17,837 6,083 784 4,857 4,283 7,289 5,209 310 4,940 1,933 891
2010-11 54,015 17,625 6,150 799 4,817 4,321 7,160 5,122 269 5,043 1,904 806
2011-12 54,525 17,795 5,964 796 4,850 4,394 7,224 5,099 288 5,279 1,859 976
2012-13 54,909 18,012 5,838 769 4,951 4,542 7,221 5,092 280 5,549 1,804 850
2013-14 56,276 18,498 5,785 802 5,041 4,748 7,379 5,214 283 5,668 1,857 999

2014-15
57,888 18,753 5,842 841 4,964 4,921 7,609 5,220 283 6,551 1,935 970
2015-16 59,340 18,941 5,782 859 5,035 5,051 7,809 5,259 287 6,688 1,948 1,680
2016-17 60,465 19,063 6,458 886 4,987 5,173 7,825 5,282 289 7,388 1,782 1,332
2017-18 61,861 18,993 6,547 925 5,380 5,260 7,940 5,335 295 7,929 1,884 1,373
2018-19 63,321 19,151 6,547 906 5,539 5,318 7,946 5,019 286 8,861 2,027 1,723

4-year
                       
1999-2000 48,719 15,737 5,120 879 3,959 3,418 6,357 5,030 711 4,496 1,682 1,330
2005-06 52,218 17,175 5,948 866 4,575 3,977 6,974 5,276 314 4,333 1,888 892
2006-07 53,244 17,621 5,881 871 4,657 4,087 7,165 5,327 307 4,463 2,009 858
2007-08 53,694 17,785 5,845 879 4,784 4,153 7,357 5,363 287 4,342 1,974 926
2008-09 55,249 18,155 5,987 900 4,920 4,294 7,554 5,364 293 4,679 2,023 1,079

2009-10
54,677 17,920 6,133 788 4,881 4,292 7,298 5,238 310 4,981 1,949 887
2010-11 54,372 17,739 6,215 806 4,850 4,336 7,177 5,166 271 5,098 1,925 788
2011-12 54,864 17,901 6,023 803 4,880 4,408 7,243 5,142 291 5,331 1,878 963
2012-13 55,204 18,104 5,887 775 4,980 4,558 7,236 5,126 281 5,596 1,819 843
2013-14 56,548 18,583 5,832 808 5,066 4,756 7,398 5,246 284 5,714 1,872 990

2014-15
58,393 18,915 5,920 852 4,999 4,924 7,654 5,278 286 6,638 1,961 966
2015-16 59,786 19,086 5,852 868 5,063 5,044 7,847 5,311 290 6,770 1,971 1,683
2016-17 60,935 19,216 6,537 897 5,015 5,169 7,863 5,335 292 7,478 1,804 1,330
2017-18 62,368 19,155 6,625 936 5,415 5,258 7,981 5,390 298 8,024 1,906 1,378
2018-19 63,827 19,308 6,623 916 5,575 5,315 7,987 5,069 288 8,964 2,050 1,731

2-year
                       
1999-2000 26,056 7,657 153 240 987 2,782 5,333 2,043 522 0 47 6,292
2005-06 23,578 8,923 24 401 1,649 2,949 5,913 1,849 359 0 0 1,509
2006-07 24,569 8,263 47 407 1,572 3,406 6,801 1,806 680 0 0 1,586
2007-08 24,134 8,334 44 269 1,639 3,452 6,677 1,706 431 0 0 1,580
2008-09 22,916 7,673 16 167 1,916 3,159 6,568 1,724 331 0 0 1,363

2009-10
22,582 7,619 27 232 1,975 3,182 6,230 1,583 331 0 0 1,404
2010-11 20,775 6,977 10 78 1,779 2,878 5,549 1,000 46 0 0 2,457
2011-12 20,332 7,081 23 71 1,784 2,969 5,225 820 72 0 0 2,287
2012-13 19,842 7,184 13 70 1,554 2,681 5,496 1,051 186 0 0 1,607
2013-14 22,602 8,061 16 70 1,982 3,765 5,036 1,297 177 0 0 2,198

2014-15
20,192 6,581 16 55 2,326 4,716 4,269 839 101 0 0 1,289
2015-16 22,584 6,949 25 61 2,749 5,628 4,604 1,041 93 0 0 1,434
2016-17 21,901 6,483 30 35 2,638 5,495 4,764 948 30 0 0 1,478
2017-18 19,779 5,556 19 34 2,468 5,431 4,496 757 39 0 0 979
2018-19 19,994 5,720 17 37 2,414 5,598 4,447 688 65 0 0 1,008
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: 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. 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 2006 through Spring 2007, Enrollment component; Spring 2008 through Spring 2019, Fall Enrollment component; and selected years, Spring 2001 through Spring 2020, Finance component. (This table was prepared February 2021.)

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