Digest of Education Statistics
2021 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest


Table 333.40. Total revenue of private nonprofit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source of funds and level of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2019-20
Level of institution and year Total Tuition and fees
    (net of allow-ances)1
Federal appro-
priations, grants, and contracts1,2
State and local appro-
priations, grants, and contracts
Private gifts, grants, and contracts Investment return (gain or loss) Sales and services of educa-
tional activities
Sales and services of auxiliary enterprises
(net of allow-
ances)3
Sales and services of hospitals Other4
Total Private grants and contracts Private gifts and contri-
butions from affiliated entities
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  In thousands of current dollars
All levels                        
1999-2000 $120,625,806 $29,651,812 $12,191,827 $1,697,979 $16,488,984 --- --- $37,763,518 $2,865,606 $8,317,607 $7,208,600 $4,439,874
2004-05 140,150,716 41,394,424 19,699,204 1,957,921 16,738,916 --- --- 30,431,521 3,595,559 10,823,963 10,377,808 5,131,401
2007-08 139,261,907 50,741,273 20,204,251 2,386,121 20,991,920 --- --- 6,261,553 4,848,435 12,930,918 13,298,642 7,598,794
2008-09 69,064,340 53,698,893 21,026,721 2,391,238 17,670,642 --- --- -64,204,943 4,787,360 13,579,506 14,790,231 5,324,691
2009-10 168,688,480 56,386,895 22,913,755 2,193,062 18,019,300 $4,189,574 $13,829,726 28,427,192 4,821,683 14,080,329 16,541,461 5,304,802

2010-11
207,132,349 60,069,691 24,319,663 2,165,584 22,096,853 4,379,206 17,717,647 53,574,169 4,979,595 14,797,601 17,521,091 7,608,102
2011-12 161,843,203 63,010,873 24,147,131 1,964,921 21,619,470 4,446,517 17,172,953 4,538,153 5,082,873 15,500,185 18,658,649 7,320,948
2012-13 202,042,331 65,562,231 23,710,290 1,939,417 22,335,345 4,834,258 17,501,087 38,532,782 5,530,428 15,969,232 19,011,711 9,450,894
2013-14 228,806,876 67,681,378 23,640,029 1,971,815 25,842,976 5,152,784 20,690,192 57,147,772 6,280,766 16,407,013 20,667,484 9,167,642
2014-15 200,395,534 70,181,110 24,186,839 2,113,187 26,932,309 5,520,105 21,412,204 21,274,906 6,702,519 16,883,478 23,880,282 8,240,906

2015-16
182,571,838 72,100,188 23,471,268 2,162,083 28,622,642 5,819,574 22,803,069 -2,735,211 7,042,281 17,608,294 24,107,516 10,192,778
2016-17 242,602,673 73,966,392 25,244,371 2,103,049 28,864,670 6,197,207 22,667,463 48,838,957 7,516,359 18,004,385 26,744,919 11,319,571
2017-18 248,415,872 75,878,843 26,440,609 2,183,809 30,646,384 6,553,434 24,092,951 45,450,555 7,985,663 18,326,670 29,449,927 12,053,411
2018-19 242,151,282 78,406,481 27,657,205 2,368,464 33,526,093 7,032,307 26,493,786 27,998,672 8,417,955 18,437,394 32,522,752 12,816,265
2019-20 236,968,510 79,774,869 29,939,268 2,381,412 31,284,729 7,177,901 24,106,829 23,771,986 8,591,045 15,332,242 32,791,077 13,101,881

4-year
                       
1999-2000 119,708,625 29,257,523 12,133,829 1,673,707 16,346,616 --- --- 37,698,219 2,837,784 8,261,507 7,208,600 4,290,841
2004-05 139,528,763 41,045,608 19,622,002 1,931,021 16,671,017 --- --- 30,408,545 3,581,869 10,784,161 10,377,808 5,106,733
2007-08 138,760,610 50,436,622 20,143,562 2,361,744 20,938,758 --- --- 6,273,767 4,837,355 12,892,828 13,298,642 7,577,331
2008-09 68,617,705 53,399,912 20,967,794 2,370,169 17,624,319 --- --- -64,172,755 4,781,845 13,542,690 14,790,231 5,313,500
2009-10 168,169,216 56,087,965 22,843,520 2,179,050 17,968,453 4,185,607 13,782,846 28,406,397 4,814,283 14,044,652 16,541,461 5,283,434

2010-11
206,473,105 59,603,541 24,260,568 2,150,124 22,057,300 4,376,381 17,680,919 53,557,782 4,975,158 14,762,888 17,521,091 7,584,652
2011-12 161,246,877 62,571,879 24,098,863 1,953,307 21,580,612 4,444,004 17,136,608 4,532,992 5,079,866 15,471,860 18,658,649 7,298,849
2012-13 201,526,648 65,213,804 23,664,427 1,925,893 22,293,530 4,831,951 17,461,579 38,519,232 5,527,564 15,939,735 19,011,711 9,430,753
2013-14 228,233,305 67,325,986 23,578,760 1,959,405 25,792,211 5,149,819 20,642,392 57,105,397 6,278,456 16,376,022 20,667,484 9,149,584
2014-15 199,546,338 69,519,464 24,127,099 2,102,335 26,895,138 5,518,411 21,376,727 21,267,202 6,696,900 16,840,357 23,880,282 8,217,562

2015-16
181,729,580 71,425,134 23,427,914 2,155,610 28,581,387 5,816,843 22,764,544 -2,736,188 7,037,367 17,562,236 24,107,516 10,168,604
2016-17 241,772,907 73,307,606 25,206,303 2,097,462 28,824,410 6,194,800 22,629,610 48,824,390 7,511,347 17,964,144 26,744,919 11,292,325
2017-18 247,594,563 75,226,042 26,405,245 2,177,670 30,593,184 6,551,318 24,041,866 45,434,420 7,980,448 18,290,231 29,449,927 12,037,397
2018-19 241,332,284 77,755,027 27,625,511 2,363,233 33,465,841 7,027,687 26,438,154 27,985,851 8,415,010 18,407,068 32,522,752 12,791,991
2019-20 236,142,484 79,159,951 29,901,577 2,374,872 31,199,174 7,174,690 24,024,485 23,751,845 8,588,401 15,303,870 32,791,077 13,071,717

2-year
                       
1999-2000 917,181 394,289 57,998 24,272 142,368 --- --- 65,299 27,822 56,100 0 149,033
2004-05 621,953 348,815 77,202 26,900 67,899 --- --- 22,976 13,690 39,802 0 24,668
2007-08 501,297 304,651 60,689 24,377 53,162 --- --- -12,214 11,080 38,091 0 21,462
2008-09 446,635 298,981 58,927 21,069 46,323 --- --- -32,187 5,515 36,816 0 11,191
2009-10 519,264 298,930 70,235 14,012 50,847 3,967 46,880 20,795 7,400 35,677 0 21,368

2010-11
659,244 466,149 59,095 15,460 39,553 2,825 36,727 16,388 4,437 34,712 0 23,450
2011-12 596,326 438,994 48,269 11,614 38,858 2,513 36,345 5,161 3,007 28,325 0 22,099
2012-13 515,683 348,427 45,863 13,524 41,815 2,307 39,508 13,550 2,865 29,498 0 20,140
2013-14 573,571 355,392 61,269 12,409 50,766 2,965 47,800 42,376 2,311 30,991 0 18,058
2014-15 849,197 661,646 59,740 10,852 37,171 1,694 35,477 7,704 5,619 43,121 0 23,344

2015-16
842,258 675,053 43,354 6,473 41,256 2,731 38,525 976 4,913 46,058 0 24,174
2016-17 829,766 658,786 38,068 5,587 40,260 2,407 37,853 14,567 5,012 40,241 0 27,245
2017-18 821,309 652,801 35,364 6,139 53,201 2,116 51,085 16,135 5,216 36,438 0 16,014
2018-19 818,998 651,454 31,694 5,231 60,252 4,620 55,632 12,821 2,945 30,326 0 24,274
2019-20 826,026 614,918 37,691 6,541 85,555 3,211 82,344 20,141 2,643 28,372 0 30,165
  Percentage distribution
All levels                        
1999-2000 100.00 24.58 10.11 1.41 13.67 --- --- 31.31 2.38 6.90 5.98 3.68
2004-05 100.00 29.54 14.06 1.40 11.94 --- --- 21.71 2.57 7.72 7.40 3.66
2007-08 100.00 36.44 14.51 1.71 15.07 --- --- 4.50 3.48 9.29 9.55 5.46
2008-09 100.00 77.75 30.45 3.46 25.59 --- --- -92.96 6.93 19.66 21.42 7.71
2009-10 100.00 33.43 13.58 1.30 10.68 2.48 8.20 16.85 2.86 8.35 9.81 3.14

2010-11
100.00 29.00 11.74 1.05 10.67 2.11 8.55 25.86 2.40 7.14 8.46 3.67
2011-12 100.00 38.93 14.92 1.21 13.36 2.75 10.61 2.80 3.14 9.58 11.53 4.52
2012-13 100.00 32.45 11.74 0.96 11.05 2.39 8.66 19.07 2.74 7.90 9.41 4.68
2013-14 100.00 29.58 10.33 0.86 11.29 2.25 9.04 24.98 2.75 7.17 9.03 4.01
2014-15 100.00 35.02 12.07 1.05 13.44 2.75 10.68 10.62 3.34 8.43 11.92 4.11

2015-16
100.00 39.49 12.86 1.18 15.68 3.19 12.49 -1.50 3.86 9.64 13.20 5.58
2016-17 100.00 30.49 10.41 0.87 11.90 2.55 9.34 20.13 3.10 7.42 11.02 4.67
2017-18 100.00 30.55 10.64 0.88 12.34 2.64 9.70 18.30 3.21 7.38 11.86 4.85
2018-19 100.00 32.38 11.42 0.98 13.85 2.90 10.94 11.56 3.48 7.61 13.43 5.29
2019-20 100.00 33.66 12.63 1.00 13.20 3.03 10.17 10.03 3.63 6.47 13.84 5.53

4-year
                       
1999-2000 100.00 24.44 10.14 1.40 13.66 --- --- 31.49 2.37 6.90 6.02 3.58
2004-05 100.00 29.42 14.06 1.38 11.95 --- --- 21.79 2.57 7.73 7.44 3.66
2007-08 100.00 36.35 14.52 1.70 15.09 --- --- 4.52 3.49 9.29 9.58 5.46
2008-09 100.00 77.82 30.56 3.45 25.68 --- --- -93.52 6.97 19.74 21.55 7.74
2009-10 100.00 33.35 13.58 1.30 10.68 2.49 8.20 16.89 2.86 8.35 9.84 3.14

2010-11
100.00 28.87 11.75 1.04 10.68 2.12 8.56 25.94 2.41 7.15 8.49 3.67
2011-12 100.00 38.81 14.95 1.21 13.38 2.76 10.63 2.81 3.15 9.60 11.57 4.53
2012-13 100.00 32.36 11.74 0.96 11.06 2.40 8.66 19.11 2.74 7.91 9.43 4.68
2013-14 100.00 29.50 10.33 0.86 11.30 2.26 9.04 25.02 2.75 7.18 9.06 4.01
2014-15 100.00 34.84 12.09 1.05 13.48 2.77 10.71 10.66 3.36 8.44 11.97 4.12

2015-16
100.00 39.30 12.89 1.19 15.73 3.20 12.53 -1.51 3.87 9.66 13.27 5.60
2016-17 100.00 30.32 10.43 0.87 11.92 2.56 9.36 20.19 3.11 7.43 11.06 4.67
2017-18 100.00 30.38 10.66 0.88 12.36 2.65 9.71 18.35 3.22 7.39 11.89 4.86
2018-19 100.00 32.22 11.45 0.98 13.87 2.91 10.96 11.60 3.49 7.63 13.48 5.30
2019-20 100.00 33.52 12.66 1.01 13.21 3.04 10.17 10.06 3.64 6.48 13.89 5.54

2-year
                       
1999-2000 100.00 42.99 6.32 2.65 15.52 --- --- 7.12 3.03 6.12 0.00 16.25
2004-05 100.00 56.08 12.41 4.33 10.92 --- --- 3.69 2.20 6.40 0.00 3.97
2007-08 100.00 60.77 12.11 4.86 10.60 --- --- -2.44 2.21 7.60 0.00 4.28
2008-09 100.00 66.94 13.19 4.72 10.37 --- --- -7.21 1.23 8.24 0.00 2.51
2009-10 100.00 57.57 13.53 2.70 9.79 0.76 9.03 4.00 1.43 6.87 0.00 4.12

2010-11
100.00 70.71 8.96 2.35 6.00 0.43 5.57 2.49 0.67 5.27 0.00 3.56
2011-12 100.00 73.62 8.09 1.95 6.52 0.42 6.09 0.87 0.50 4.75 0.00 3.71
2012-13 100.00 67.57 8.89 2.62 8.11 0.45 7.66 2.63 0.56 5.72 0.00 3.91
2013-14 100.00 61.96 10.68 2.16 8.85 0.52 8.33 7.39 0.40 5.40 0.00 3.15
2014-15 100.00 77.91 7.03 1.28 4.38 0.20 4.18 0.91 0.66 5.08 0.00 2.75

2015-16
100.00 80.15 5.15 0.77 4.90 0.32 4.57 0.12 0.58 5.47 0.00 2.87
2016-17 100.00 79.39 4.59 0.67 4.85 0.29 4.56 1.76 0.60 4.85 0.00 3.28
2017-18 100.00 79.48 4.31 0.75 6.48 0.26 6.22 1.96 0.64 4.44 0.00 1.95
2018-19 100.00 79.54 3.87 0.64 7.36 0.56 6.79 1.57 0.36 3.70 0.00 2.96
2019-20 100.00 74.44 4.56 0.79 10.36 0.39 9.97 2.44 0.32 3.43 0.00 3.65
  Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2020-21 dollars5
All levels                        
1999-2000 $73,852 $18,154 $7,464 $1,040 $10,095 --- --- $23,120 $1,754 $5,092 $4,413 $2,718
2004-05 67,049 19,803 9,424 937 8,008 --- --- 14,559 1,720 5,178 4,965 2,455
2007-08 57,020 20,776 8,272 977 8,595 --- --- 2,564 1,985 5,294 5,445 3,111
2008-09 27,478 21,364 8,366 951 7,030 --- --- -25,544 1,905 5,403 5,884 2,118
2009-10 64,711 21,631 8,790 841 6,912 $1,607 $5,305 10,905 1,850 5,401 6,346 2,035

2010-11
75,054 21,766 8,812 785 8,007 1,587 6,420 19,412 1,804 5,362 6,349 2,757
2011-12 56,482 21,990 8,427 686 7,545 1,552 5,993 1,584 1,774 5,409 6,512 2,555
2012-13 68,569 22,250 8,047 658 7,580 1,641 5,939 13,077 1,877 5,420 6,452 3,207
2013-14 76,350 22,584 7,888 658 8,623 1,719 6,904 19,070 2,096 5,475 6,896 3,059
2014-15 65,415 22,909 7,895 690 8,792 1,802 6,990 6,945 2,188 5,511 7,795 2,690

2015-16
58,737 23,196 7,551 696 9,209 1,872 7,336 -880 2,266 5,665 7,756 3,279
2016-17 76,110 23,205 7,920 660 9,055 1,944 7,111 15,322 2,358 5,648 8,390 3,551
2017-18 76,046 23,228 8,094 669 9,382 2,006 7,375 13,914 2,445 5,610 9,015 3,690
2018-19 71,672 23,207 8,186 701 9,923 2,081 7,842 8,287 2,492 5,457 9,626 3,793
2019-20 68,930 23,205 8,709 693 9,100 2,088 7,012 6,915 2,499 4,460 9,538 3,811

4-year
                       
1999-2000 74,861 18,296 7,588 1,047 10,222 --- --- 23,575 1,775 5,166 4,508 2,683
2004-05 67,563 19,875 9,501 935 8,072 --- --- 14,724 1,734 5,222 5,025 2,473
2007-08 57,324 20,836 8,322 976 8,650 --- --- 2,592 1,998 5,326 5,494 3,130
2008-09 27,532 21,426 8,413 951 7,072 --- --- -25,748 1,919 5,434 5,934 2,132
2009-10 65,042 21,693 8,835 843 6,950 1,619 5,331 10,987 1,862 5,432 6,398 2,043

2010-11
75,618 21,829 8,885 787 8,078 1,603 6,475 19,615 1,822 5,407 6,417 2,778
2011-12 56,832 22,054 8,494 688 7,606 1,566 6,040 1,598 1,790 5,453 6,576 2,572
2012-13 68,971 22,319 8,099 659 7,630 1,654 5,976 13,183 1,892 5,455 6,507 3,228
2013-14 76,774 22,647 7,932 659 8,676 1,732 6,944 19,209 2,112 5,509 6,952 3,078
2014-15 66,010 22,997 7,981 695 8,897 1,825 7,071 7,035 2,215 5,571 7,900 2,718

2015-16
59,175 23,258 7,629 702 9,307 1,894 7,413 -891 2,292 5,719 7,850 3,311
2016-17 76,774 23,279 8,004 666 9,153 1,967 7,186 15,504 2,385 5,704 8,493 3,586
2017-18 76,707 23,306 8,181 675 9,478 2,030 7,448 14,076 2,472 5,666 9,124 3,729
2018-19 72,262 23,282 8,272 708 10,021 2,104 7,916 8,380 2,520 5,512 9,738 3,830
2019-20 69,280 23,224 8,773 697 9,153 2,105 7,048 6,968 2,520 4,490 9,620 3,835

2-year
                       
1999-2000 26,767 11,507 1,693 708 4,155 --- --- 1,906 812 1,637 0 4,349
2004-05 24,795 13,906 3,078 1,072 2,707 --- --- 916 546 1,587 0 983
2007-08 23,083 14,028 2,795 1,122 2,448 --- --- -562 510 1,754 0 988
2008-09 21,084 14,114 2,782 995 2,187 --- --- -1,519 260 1,738 0 528
2009-10 24,449 14,075 3,307 660 2,394 187 2,207 979 348 1,680 0 1,006

2010-11
22,496 15,907 2,017 528 1,350 96 1,253 559 151 1,185 0 800
2011-12 21,186 15,597 1,715 413 1,381 89 1,291 183 107 1,006 0 785
2012-13 20,926 14,139 1,861 549 1,697 94 1,603 550 116 1,197 0 817
2013-14 23,867 14,788 2,549 516 2,112 123 1,989 1,763 96 1,290 0 751
2014-15 20,986 16,351 1,476 268 919 42 877 190 139 1,066 0 577

2015-16
22,616 18,126 1,164 174 1,108 73 1,034 26 132 1,237 0 649
2016-17 21,612 17,159 992 146 1,049 63 986 379 131 1,048 0 710
2017-18 21,149 16,810 911 158 1,370 54 1,315 416 134 938 0 412
2018-19 21,031 16,729 814 134 1,547 119 1,429 329 76 779 0 623
2019-20 28,196 20,990 1,287 223 2,920 110 2,811 688 90 968 0 1,030
---Not available.
1 Private institutions typically report Pell grants as revenues from tuition and fees rather than as revenues from federal grants.
2 Includes independent operations.
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 Other revenue includes all revenue not reported elsewhere. Excludes gains or other unusual or nonrecurring items.
5 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); selected years, Spring 2001 through Spring 2007, Enrollment component; Spring 2008 through Spring 2020, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2001 through Spring 2021, Finance component. (This table was prepared December 2021.)

2021 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest