Digest of Education Statistics
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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 2019-20
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-
prises1,3
Sales and services of hospitals Indepen-
dent oper-
ations4
Other operating revenues5 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
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
2018-19 415,893,914 82,777,233 31,237,970 9,200,614 14,950,396 29,559,201 58,099,250 1,888,247 24,049,655 1,984,634 73,980,202 13,900,650 20,980,693 5,756,256 381,799 9,678,055 10,832,979 6,745,194 6,106,671 4,169,298 1,468,592 8,146,324
2019-20 428,466,481 83,621,270 33,249,270 9,707,615 15,476,803 25,705,629 59,511,541 1,950,804 24,874,529 2,147,956 76,603,657 14,587,059 26,252,897 6,419,714 463,957 9,690,885 11,558,171 7,540,606 5,987,992 4,081,185 1,178,753 7,856,188

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
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
2018-19 360,332,988 74,122,570 29,810,706 6,614,695 14,408,926 28,287,838 58,099,250 1,888,247 23,119,855 1,905,351 59,600,782 2,241,627 12,965,760 4,114,881 267,843 9,371,434 10,227,379 5,941,751 4,387,335 3,716,945 1,422,503 7,817,311
2019-20 372,677,805 75,561,847 31,574,616 7,118,948 14,952,517 24,646,100 59,511,541 1,950,804 23,986,680 2,012,026 62,139,998 3,004,940 17,680,799 4,535,206 308,611 9,393,917 11,045,530 6,500,291 4,224,435 3,810,196 1,167,567 7,551,234

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
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 55,560,926 8,654,663 1,427,264 2,585,919 541,470 1,271,364 0 0 929,800 79,283 14,379,420 11,659,024 8,014,933 1,641,375 113,956 306,621 605,600 803,443 1,719,336 452,354 46,089 329,013
2019-20 55,788,676 8,059,423 1,674,654 2,588,667 524,286 1,059,529 0 0 887,849 135,930 14,463,659 11,582,119 8,572,097 1,884,508 155,346 296,968 512,641 1,040,315 1,763,557 270,989 11,186 304,954
  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
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 7.11 13.97 0.45 5.78 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
2019-20 100.00 19.52 7.76 2.27 3.61 6.00 13.89 0.46 5.81 0.50 17.88 3.40 6.13 1.50 0.11 2.26 2.70 1.76 1.40 0.95 0.28 1.83

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
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 7.85 16.12 0.52 6.42 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
2019-20 100.00 20.28 8.47 1.91 4.01 6.61 15.97 0.52 6.44 0.54 16.67 0.81 4.74 1.22 0.08 2.52 2.96 1.74 1.13 1.02 0.31 2.03

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
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 1.45 3.09 0.81 0.08 0.59
2019-20 100.00 14.45 3.00 4.64 0.94 1.90 0.00 0.00 1.59 0.24 25.93 20.76 15.37 3.38 0.28 0.53 0.92 1.86 3.16 0.49 0.02 0.55
  Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2020-21 dollars6
All levels                                            
2007-08 $34,835 $6,132 $3,253 $999 $1,110 $2,614 $3,213 $150 $1,797 $236 $8,725 $1,187 $1,281 $246 $23 $772 $673 $285 $966 $395 $147 $633
2010-11 35,050 6,510 3,221 758 1,092 2,550 3,349 144 1,702 210 6,812 1,083 2,618 368 25 679 1,536 744 610 405 104 531
2016-17 40,058 8,129 2,900 822 1,417 2,915 5,138 168 2,209 197 7,041 1,329 2,020 530 44 848 1,543 828 674 376 122 806
2017-18 41,036 8,166 2,963 883 1,424 2,909 5,375 181 2,278 204 7,314 1,345 2,098 566 38 913 1,698 743 636 403 137 761
2018-19 41,058 8,172 3,084 908 1,476 2,918 5,736 186 2,374 196 7,303 1,372 2,071 568 38 955 1,069 666 603 412 145 804
2019-20 41,796 8,157 3,243 947 1,510 2,508 5,805 190 2,426 210 7,473 1,423 2,561 626 45 945 1,127 736 584 398 115 766

4-year
                                           
2007-08 46,366 8,314 4,875 1,185 1,682 3,839 5,224 244 2,720 368 11,049 91 1,078 253 22 1,199 919 368 1,169 573 236 959
2010-11 47,836 9,156 4,961 983 1,712 3,858 5,560 239 2,660 332 8,794 91 2,119 416 23 1,087 2,472 1,087 697 583 169 836
2016-17 50,336 10,526 4,025 922 1,998 4,039 7,522 246 3,100 283 8,218 210 1,712 485 37 1,201 2,224 1,086 750 497 177 1,079
2017-18 51,261 10,526 4,061 930 1,977 3,999 7,771 262 3,162 288 8,490 248 1,815 584 34 1,275 2,406 964 683 535 196 1,055
2018-19 50,755 10,441 4,199 932 2,030 3,984 8,184 266 3,257 268 8,395 316 1,826 580 38 1,320 1,441 837 618 524 200 1,101
2019-20 51,294 10,400 4,346 980 2,058 3,392 8,191 269 3,301 277 8,553 414 2,434 624 42 1,293 1,520 895 581 524 161 1,039

2-year
                                           
2007-08 16,415 2,646 662 701 196 656 0 0 323 24 5,012 2,938 1,607 235 24 90 281 153 643 109 4 111
2010-11 15,692 2,504 588 418 154 570 0 0 252 25 3,812 2,584 3,373 295 27 61 118 225 478 135 6 68
2016-17 17,908 2,963 475 607 164 494 0 0 290 13 4,505 3,740 2,685 627 61 87 75 272 512 116 4 218
2017-18 18,105 2,873 501 777 183 465 0 0 294 17 4,679 3,805 2,733 527 48 102 111 248 529 105 4 102
2018-19 18,337 2,856 471 853 179 420 0 0 307 26 4,746 3,848 2,645 542 38 101 200 265 567 149 15 109
2019-20 18,684 2,699 561 867 176 355 0 0 297 46 4,844 3,879 2,871 631 52 99 172 348 591 91 4 102
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 Revenues generated by or collected from the auxiliary enterprise operations of the institution that exist to furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff, and that charge a fee that is directly related to, although not necessarily equal to, the cost of the service. Auxiliary enterprises are managed as essentially self-supporting activities.
4 Revenues associated with operations independent of or unrelated to the primary missions of the institution, although they may contribute indirectly to the enhancement of these programs. Generally includes only those revenues associated with major federally funded research and development centers. Net profit from operations owned and managed as investments of the institution's endowment funds is excluded.
5 Includes sales and services of educational activities.
6 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 2020, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2009 through Spring 2021, Finance component. (This table was prepared December 2021.)

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