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Table 334.50. Total expenditures of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and level of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2018-19 
Year and level of institution Total Instruction Research and
public service
Academic support, student
services, and institutional
support
Auxiliary
enter-
prises1
Net grant
aid to stu-
dents2
Other3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
In thousands of current dollars
All levels              
1999-2000 $3,846,246 $1,171,732 $24,738 $2,041,594 $144,305 $26,278 $437,599
2005-06 10,208,845 2,586,870 8,445 6,575,800 276,108 66,569 695,053
2006-07 12,165,629 2,883,207 6,087 7,776,210 332,887 67,090 1,100,148
2007-08 13,939,251 3,273,627 9,695 9,299,306 421,714 82,072 852,837
2008-09 16,375,034 3,876,258 9,939 11,069,416 396,715 44,440 978,267

2009-10
19,973,034 4,759,300 13,257 13,230,271 466,040 120,032 1,384,134
2010-11 22,632,244 5,656,167 19,327 14,853,799 486,433 87,151 1,529,368
2011-12 22,713,683 5,538,070 42,657 15,111,978 489,409 54,579 1,476,991
2012-13 21,923,722 5,467,671 27,729 14,294,090 467,973 53,555 1,612,705
2013-14 20,644,593 5,536,025 16,447 13,103,182 472,204 36,569 1,480,166

2014-15
18,441,030 4,917,479 20,028 11,624,796 504,091 35,524 1,339,112
2015-16 16,000,640 4,248,320 17,453 10,081,942 399,110 25,277 1,228,537
2016-17 14,698,133 3,923,606 17,027 9,196,550 318,897 26,649 1,215,403
2017-18 12,165,398 3,304,987 19,403 7,712,011 232,192 15,417 881,389
2018-19 12,362,498 3,418,674 21,476 7,901,499 234,071 15,033 771,746

4-year
             
1999-2000 2,022,622 595,976 4,393 1,104,001 92,071 11,805 214,377
2005-06 7,218,830 1,680,603 4,065 4,986,009 178,587 54,291 315,276
2006-07 8,850,759 1,856,614 4,303 5,925,855 228,624 56,930 778,433
2007-08 10,422,080 2,184,872 7,682 7,312,117 312,834 71,324 533,252
2008-09 12,409,748 2,585,133 7,629 8,893,714 276,211 33,417 613,644

2009-10
15,286,893 3,268,070 10,726 10,732,002 337,499 72,082 866,514
2010-11 17,141,926 3,925,347 15,582 12,031,073 343,319 74,921 751,684
2011-12 17,407,585 3,928,903 37,912 12,153,860 349,405 51,818 885,687
2012-13 16,759,402 3,939,227 24,432 11,377,216 359,987 46,446 1,012,095
2013-14 16,017,246 4,078,270 15,190 10,545,883 371,018 32,306 974,579

2014-15
14,628,734 3,729,921 17,904 9,617,433 334,087 33,089 896,300
2015-16 12,564,815 3,199,028 15,489 8,199,419 323,247 22,834 804,796
2016-17 11,680,961 2,995,663 15,090 7,592,227 261,821 24,039 792,122
2017-18 9,748,366 2,539,652 18,026 6,418,623 175,954 13,803 582,308
2018-19 10,094,337 2,634,894 20,620 6,685,293 188,659 13,583 551,290

2-year
             
1999-2000 1,823,624 575,756 20,345 937,593 52,234 14,473 223,223
2005-06 2,990,015 906,267 4,381 1,589,791 97,521 12,278 379,777
2006-07 3,314,870 1,026,592 1,784 1,850,355 104,264 10,160 321,715
2007-08 3,517,171 1,088,755 2,014 1,987,189 108,880 10,747 319,586
2008-09 3,965,287 1,291,124 2,310 2,175,703 120,504 11,023 364,623

2009-10
4,686,142 1,491,230 2,531 2,498,269 128,542 47,950 517,619
2010-11 5,490,318 1,730,820 3,744 2,822,726 143,113 12,230 777,685
2011-12 5,306,098 1,609,167 4,745 2,958,118 140,004 2,761 591,304
2012-13 5,164,320 1,528,444 3,297 2,916,874 107,986 7,109 600,609
2013-14 4,627,347 1,457,755 1,257 2,557,299 101,186 4,263 505,588

2014-15
3,812,297 1,187,558 2,124 2,007,363 170,004 2,435 442,812
2015-16 3,435,825 1,049,292 1,964 1,882,523 75,863 2,443 423,740
2016-17 3,017,172 927,944 1,937 1,604,323 57,076 2,610 423,281
2017-18 2,417,033 765,335 1,377 1,293,388 56,238 1,615 299,080
2018-19 2,268,161 783,781 856 1,216,206 45,412 1,450 220,456
Percentage distribution
All levels              
1999-2000 100.00 30.46 0.64 53.08 3.75 0.68 11.38
2005-06 100.00 25.34 0.08 64.41 2.70 0.65 6.81
2006-07 100.00 23.70 0.05 63.92 2.74 0.55 9.04
2007-08 100.00 23.48 0.07 66.71 3.03 0.59 6.12
2008-09 100.00 23.67 0.06 67.60 2.42 0.27 5.97

2009-10
100.00 23.83 0.07 66.24 2.33 0.60 6.93
2010-11 100.00 24.99 0.09 65.63 2.15 0.39 6.76
2011-12 100.00 24.38 0.19 66.53 2.15 0.24 6.50
2012-13 100.00 24.94 0.13 65.20 2.13 0.24 7.36
2013-14 100.00 26.82 0.08 63.47 2.29 0.18 7.17

2014-15
100.00 26.67 0.11 63.04 2.73 0.19 7.26
2015-16 100.00 26.55 0.11 63.01 2.49 0.16 7.68
2016-17 100.00 26.69 0.12 62.57 2.17 0.18 8.27
2017-18 100.00 27.17 0.16 63.39 1.91 0.13 7.25
2018-19 100.00 27.65 0.17 63.92 1.89 0.12 6.24

4-year
             
1999-2000 100.00 29.47 0.22 54.58 4.55 0.58 10.60
2005-06 100.00 23.28 0.06 69.07 2.47 0.75 4.37
2006-07 100.00 20.98 0.05 66.95 2.58 0.64 8.80
2007-08 100.00 20.96 0.07 70.16 3.00 0.68 5.12
2008-09 100.00 20.83 0.06 71.67 2.23 0.27 4.94

2009-10
100.00 21.38 0.07 70.20 2.21 0.47 5.67
2010-11 100.00 22.90 0.09 70.19 2.00 0.44 4.39
2011-12 100.00 22.57 0.22 69.82 2.01 0.30 5.09
2012-13 100.00 23.50 0.15 67.89 2.15 0.28 6.04
2013-14 100.00 25.46 0.09 65.84 2.32 0.20 6.08

2014-15
100.00 25.50 0.12 65.74 2.28 0.23 6.13
2015-16 100.00 25.46 0.12 65.26 2.57 0.18 6.41
2016-17 100.00 25.65 0.13 65.00 2.24 0.21 6.78
2017-18 100.00 26.05 0.18 65.84 1.80 0.14 5.97
2018-19 100.00 26.10 0.20 66.23 1.87 0.13 5.46

2-year
             
1999-2000 100.00 31.57 1.12 51.41 2.86 0.79 12.24
2005-06 100.00 30.31 0.15 53.17 3.26 0.41 12.70
2006-07 100.00 30.97 0.05 55.82 3.15 0.31 9.71
2007-08 100.00 30.96 0.06 56.50 3.10 0.31 9.09
2008-09 100.00 32.56 0.06 54.87 3.04 0.28 9.20

2009-10
100.00 31.82 0.05 53.31 2.74 1.02 11.05
2010-11 100.00 31.52 0.07 51.41 2.61 0.22 14.16
2011-12 100.00 30.33 0.09 55.75 2.64 0.05 11.14
2012-13 100.00 29.60 0.06 56.48 2.09 0.14 11.63
2013-14 100.00 31.50 0.03 55.26 2.19 0.09 10.93

2014-15
100.00 31.15 0.06 52.65 4.46 0.06 11.62
2015-16 100.00 30.54 0.06 54.79 2.21 0.07 12.33
2016-17 100.00 30.76 0.06 53.17 1.89 0.09 14.03
2017-18 100.00 31.66 0.06 53.51 2.33 0.07 12.37
2018-19 100.00 34.56 0.04 53.62 2.00 0.06 9.72
Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2019-20 dollars4
All levels              
1999-2000 $15,195 $4,629 $98 $8,065 $570 $104 $1,729
2005-06 14,654 3,713 12 9,439 396 96 998
2006-07 16,247 3,850 8 10,385 445 90 1,469
2007-08 16,442 3,861 11 10,969 497 97 1,006
2008-09 15,579 3,688 9 10,532 377 42 931

2009-10
15,911 3,791 11 10,540 371 96 1,103
2010-11 15,924 3,980 14 10,451 342 61 1,076
2011-12 15,927 3,883 30 10,596 343 38 1,036
2012-13 17,227 4,296 22 11,232 368 42 1,267
2013-14 21,312 5,715 17 13,527 487 38 1,528

2014-15
16,955 4,521 18 10,688 463 33 1,231
2015-16 17,468 4,638 19 11,006 436 28 1,341
2016-17 17,396 4,644 20 10,884 377 32 1,438
2017-18 16,795 4,563 27 10,647 321 21 1,217
2018-19 17,095 4,727 30 10,926 324 21 1,067

4-year
             
1999-2000 14,721 4,338 32 8,035 670 86 1,560
2005-06 14,087 3,279 8 9,730 348 106 615
2006-07 15,838 3,322 8 10,604 409 102 1,393
2007-08 16,044 3,364 12 11,257 482 110 821
2008-09 15,398 3,208 9 11,035 343 41 761

2009-10
16,233 3,470 11 11,396 358 77 920
2010-11 15,857 3,631 14 11,129 318 69 695
2011-12 15,704 3,544 34 10,965 315 47 799
2012-13 16,826 3,955 25 11,422 361 47 1,016
2013-14 22,497 5,728 21 14,812 521 45 1,369

2014-15
16,697 4,257 20 10,977 381 38 1,023
2015-16 17,170 4,371 21 11,204 442 31 1,100
2016-17 17,109 4,388 22 11,120 383 35 1,160
2017-18 16,686 4,347 31 10,987 301 24 997
2018-19 17,190 4,487 35 11,384 321 23 939

2-year
             
1999-2000 15,757 4,975 176 8,101 451 125 1,929
2005-06 16,234 4,920 24 8,632 529 67 2,062
2006-07 17,449 5,404 9 9,740 549 53 1,693
2007-08 17,743 5,493 10 10,025 549 54 1,612
2008-09 16,175 5,267 9 8,875 492 45 1,487

2009-10
14,945 4,756 8 7,967 410 153 1,651
2010-11 16,138 5,088 11 8,297 421 36 2,286
2011-12 16,703 5,065 15 9,312 441 9 1,861
2012-13 18,674 5,527 12 10,547 390 26 2,172
2013-14 18,024 5,678 5 9,961 394 17 1,969

2014-15
18,027 5,616 10 9,492 804 12 2,094
2015-16 18,650 5,696 11 10,219 412 13 2,300
2016-17 18,602 5,721 12 9,891 352 16 2,610
2017-18 17,249 5,462 10 9,230 401 12 2,134
2018-19 16,685 5,766 6 8,947 334 11 1,622
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 "Other" categories of expenditures include hospital services.
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. 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 and 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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