Table 334.10.

Total expenditures of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and level of institution: 2009-10 through 2019-20

Level of institution and year	Total	Instruction1		Research2	Public service3	Academic support4	Student services5	Institu- tional support6	Auxiliary enter- prises7	Net grant aid to students8	Hospital services9	Indepen- dent oper- ations10	Other11
		Total12	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	401,140,313	114,060,004	66,791,518	40,121,030	15,914,358	32,557,038	22,342,618	36,235,566	34,285,584	16,336,983	54,920,796	1,701,943	32,664,393
2019-20	420,190,050	115,509,229	68,774,837	41,404,426	16,694,879	33,483,530	22,643,685	37,847,126	32,883,337	19,770,960	59,437,957	1,781,456	38,733,466
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	347,865,754	92,581,445	54,268,127	40,091,835	15,107,212	27,906,883	16,401,247	27,612,177	32,306,091	11,632,035	54,920,796	1,701,943	27,604,089
2019-20	366,592,994	94,658,460	56,465,240	41,373,945	15,942,574	28,973,222	16,751,632	29,419,312	31,088,428	14,471,436	59,437,957	1,781,456	32,694,573
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	53,274,559	21,478,559	12,523,391	29,195	807,145	4,650,156	5,941,370	8,623,389	1,979,493	4,704,948	0	0	5,060,304
2019-20	53,597,056	20,850,769	12,309,598	30,481	752,306	4,510,308	5,892,053	8,427,814	1,794,909	5,299,525	0	0	6,038,893
	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	28.43	16.65	10.00	3.97	8.12	5.57	9.03	8.55	4.07	13.69	0.42	8.14
2019-20	100.00	27.49	16.37	9.85	3.97	7.97	5.39	9.01	7.83	4.71	14.15	0.42	9.22
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	26.61	15.60	11.53	4.34	8.02	4.71	7.94	9.29	3.34	15.79	0.49	7.94
2019-20	100.00	25.82	15.40	11.29	4.35	7.90	4.57	8.03	8.48	3.95	16.21	0.49	8.92
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	40.32	23.51	0.05	1.52	8.73	11.15	16.19	3.72	8.83	0.00	0.00	9.50
2019-20	100.00	38.90	22.97	0.06	1.40	8.42	10.99	15.72	3.35	9.89	0.00	0.00	11.27
	Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2020-21 dollars13
All levels
2009-10	$31,792	$10,082	$5,853	$3,646	$1,467	$2,575	$1,769	$3,113	$2,935	$1,751	$3,218	$148	$1,088
2010-11	32,068	10,056	5,788	3,658	1,450	2,532	1,758	3,138	2,987	1,889	3,239	133	1,227
2011-12	32,252	10,038	5,736	3,619	1,432	2,609	1,797	3,115	3,006	1,754	3,490	137	1,256
2012-13	32,854	10,309	5,861	3,654	1,424	2,714	1,865	3,255	3,060	1,712	3,609	139	1,114
2013-14	33,908	10,603	6,029	3,602	1,456	2,831	1,954	3,392	3,144	1,673	3,870	158	1,225
2014-15	35,125	11,014	6,211	3,683	1,476	2,967	2,046	3,484	3,245	1,662	4,174	168	1,206
2015-16	37,070	11,316	6,449	3,775	1,542	3,096	2,119	3,602	3,286	1,621	4,708	176	1,829
2016-17	38,129	11,472	6,548	3,832	1,599	3,189	2,175	3,690	3,406	1,577	5,027	176	1,988
2017-18	38,806	11,253	6,515	3,861	1,588	3,194	2,176	3,563	3,393	1,621	5,072	176	2,909
2018-19	39,601	11,260	6,594	3,961	1,571	3,214	2,206	3,577	3,385	1,613	5,422	168	3,225
2019-20	40,989	11,268	6,709	4,039	1,629	3,266	2,209	3,692	3,208	1,929	5,798	174	3,778
4-year
2009-10	43,319	12,729	7,345	6,068	2,271	3,485	1,964	3,695	4,378	1,713	5,360	247	1,410
2010-11	43,513	12,650	7,250	6,070	2,242	3,415	1,958	3,724	4,459	1,810	5,378	221	1,588
2011-12	43,191	12,442	7,098	5,883	2,170	3,477	1,983	3,613	4,417	1,672	5,678	223	1,633
2012-13	43,309	12,584	7,153	5,820	2,120	3,557	2,037	3,725	4,429	1,652	5,752	222	1,410
2013-14	44,507	12,894	7,350	5,670	2,151	3,676	2,141	3,879	4,530	1,635	6,096	249	1,585
2014-15	45,365	13,206	7,463	5,673	2,139	3,792	2,193	3,919	4,605	1,622	6,435	259	1,522
2015-16	47,736	13,621	7,727	5,720	2,211	3,953	2,289	4,060	4,629	1,648	7,139	268	2,198
2016-17	47,694	13,417	7,654	5,605	2,215	3,961	2,287	4,008	4,660	1,597	7,359	257	2,329
2017-18	48,303	13,053	7,579	5,579	2,170	3,939	2,269	3,893	4,601	1,637	7,333	254	3,576
2018-19	48,999	13,041	7,644	5,647	2,128	3,931	2,310	3,889	4,550	1,638	7,736	240	3,888
2019-20	50,457	13,028	7,772	5,695	2,194	3,988	2,306	4,049	4,279	1,992	8,181	245	4,500
2-year
2009-10	14,470	6,106	3,612	7	257	1,208	1,477	2,239	767	1,807	0	0	604
2010-11	14,738	6,128	3,575	7	252	1,196	1,455	2,252	758	2,009	0	0	681
2011-12	14,800	6,202	3,564	6	255	1,224	1,499	2,321	755	1,884	0	0	655
2012-13	15,252	6,478	3,686	6	251	1,295	1,576	2,463	755	1,813	0	0	616
2013-14	15,485	6,622	3,733	8	248	1,360	1,630	2,545	734	1,738	0	0	601
2014-15	16,216	6,966	3,899	7	253	1,443	1,773	2,681	735	1,735	0	0	623
2015-16	16,417	6,853	3,972	8	246	1,436	1,789	2,717	686	1,569	0	0	1,113
2016-17	17,517	7,282	4,163	9	272	1,526	1,933	3,003	704	1,534	0	0	1,253
2017-18	17,506	7,217	4,129	9	283	1,523	1,968	2,822	686	1,586	0	0	1,412
2018-19	17,582	7,089	4,133	10	266	1,535	1,961	2,846	653	1,553	0	0	1,670
2019-20	17,950	6,983	4,123	10	252	1,511	1,973	2,823	601	1,775	0	0	2,022

1 Expenses related to colleges, schools, departments, and other instructional divisions of the institution and expenses for departmental research and public service that are not separately budgeted. Includes expenses for both credit and non-credit activities. Excludes expenses for academic administration where the primary function is administration.

2 Activities specifically organized to produce research outcomes and commissioned by an agency either external to the institution or separately budgeted by an organizational unit within the institution.

3 Activities established primarily to provide noninstructional services beneficial to individuals and groups external to the institution. Includes expenses for community services, cooperative extension services, and public broadcasting services.

4 Activities and services that support the institution's primary mission of instruction, research, and public service.

5 Expenses related to admissions, registrar activities, and activities whose primary purpose is to contribute to students' emotional and physical well-being and to their intellectual, cultural, and social development outside the context of the formal instructional program. Intercollegiate athletics and student health services may also be included except when operated as self-supporting auxiliary enterprises.

6 Expenses for the day-to-day operational support of the institution.

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

8 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.

9 Expenses associated with a hospital operated by the postsecondary institution and reported as a part of the institution. Includes nursing expenses, other professional services, general services, administrative services, and fiscal services.

10 Expenses associated with operations that are independent of or unrelated to the primary mission of the institution, although they may contribute indirectly to the enhancement of these programs. This category is generally limited to expenses of a major federally funded research and development center. Expenses related to operations owned and managed as investments of the institution's endowment funds are excluded.

11 The sum of operating and nonoperating expenses not classified as salaries and wages, benefits, operation and maintenance of plant, interest, or depreciation. Prior to fiscal year 2016, this value included operation and maintenance of plant expenses.

12 Includes other categories not separately shown.

13 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 2020, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2011 through Spring 2021, Finance component. (This table was prepared November 2021.)