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Table 334.20. Total expenditures of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of institution, purpose of expenditure, and state or jurisdiction: 2016-17 through 2019-20
[In thousands of current dollars]
State or jurisdiction Total,
2016-17
Total,
2017-18
Total, 2018-19 2019-20
All institutions 4-year institutions 2-year institutions
All institutions 4-year institutions 2-year institutions Total1 Instruction Total1 Instruction Total1 Instruction
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
United States $371,705,042 $386,707,398 $401,140,313 $347,865,754 $53,274,559 $420,190,050 $115,509,229 $366,592,994 $94,658,460 $53,597,056 $20,850,769
Alabama 7,785,726 8,208,437 8,492,895 7,730,087 762,808 8,602,109 1,771,560 7,827,369 1,477,843 774,740 293,717
Alaska 839,381 804,290 814,596 814,596 723,907 222,403 723,907 222,403
Arizona 6,507,273 6,826,212 7,144,163 5,709,533 1,434,631 7,660,126 2,463,250 6,138,548 1,922,272 1,521,578 540,979
Arkansas 4,106,519 4,264,757 4,314,512 3,855,674 458,838 4,415,007 964,694 3,951,644 778,106 463,363 186,588
California 57,844,991 61,868,678 68,499,254 55,787,485 12,711,769 74,808,023 16,946,933 61,237,764 12,501,312 13,570,259 4,445,621

Colorado
7,781,063 8,445,117 7,556,481 7,349,499 206,982 7,731,273 2,573,613 7,521,450 2,487,380 209,823 86,233
Connecticut 3,798,052 3,908,139 3,958,354 3,444,046 514,308 4,357,140 1,202,598 3,838,969 973,436 518,171 229,162
Delaware 1,264,208 1,335,450 1,411,985 1,411,985 1,398,485 616,960 1,398,485 616,960
District of Columbia 141,861 158,530 169,811 169,811 171,028 36,176 171,028 36,176
Florida 12,415,119 13,163,072 13,777,417 13,573,814 203,603 14,475,595 4,419,392 14,253,341 4,337,339 222,254 82,052

Georgia
8,496,265 8,958,011 9,231,963 8,317,363 914,601 9,925,865 2,494,377 8,925,940 2,116,356 999,925 378,021
Hawaii 1,847,752 1,821,603 1,883,015 1,590,097 292,918 1,921,764 655,942 1,629,251 504,771 292,513 151,171
Idaho 1,306,952 1,359,948 1,389,006 1,236,893 152,113 1,414,611 504,203 1,254,017 437,484 160,594 66,718
Illinois 12,961,076 13,280,125 12,126,873 8,681,522 3,445,351 12,841,127 4,253,327 9,262,389 2,830,024 3,578,738 1,423,303
Indiana 6,805,880 6,949,227 7,626,973 7,081,007 545,966 7,699,680 3,021,008 7,148,006 2,793,416 551,673 227,592

Iowa
5,789,532 6,383,620 6,196,456 5,248,386 948,070 6,313,198 1,251,307 5,351,587 849,846 961,611 401,461
Kansas 3,498,812 3,709,891 3,815,135 3,031,215 783,920 3,853,893 1,326,996 3,043,189 1,034,609 810,704 292,387
Kentucky 6,113,027 6,168,117 6,198,995 5,684,447 514,548 6,280,784 1,299,874 5,761,653 1,120,065 519,131 179,809
Louisiana 4,108,399 4,133,564 4,314,604 3,852,270 462,334 4,634,110 1,334,546 4,126,248 1,155,674 507,862 178,871
Maine 869,566 894,187 910,639 778,325 132,314 908,810 294,833 777,036 228,794 131,774 66,038

Maryland
6,724,452 6,960,719 7,296,230 5,808,126 1,488,104 7,429,606 2,090,745 5,941,209 1,501,831 1,488,397 588,914
Massachusetts 5,246,452 5,416,440 5,455,808 4,547,955 907,852 5,531,681 1,926,656 4,618,037 1,551,842 913,644 374,814
Michigan 16,259,165 17,589,767 17,769,322 16,248,738 1,520,584 18,215,321 4,391,539 16,609,423 3,814,195 1,605,898 577,344
Minnesota 5,927,210 5,952,483 5,368,483 4,433,227 935,257 5,878,370 1,808,804 4,768,572 1,293,604 1,109,798 515,200
Mississippi 4,623,103 6,338,523 4,762,746 3,820,575 942,170 4,878,271 1,063,287 3,917,712 736,816 960,559 326,470

Missouri
5,175,185 5,202,013 5,471,976 4,709,504 762,471 5,662,775 1,466,198 4,858,483 1,141,670 804,292 324,528
Montana 1,101,301 1,101,233 1,137,503 1,026,129 111,374 1,179,727 329,745 1,074,458 291,613 105,269 38,132
Nebraska 2,574,085 2,643,655 2,706,198 2,239,983 466,215 2,890,056 903,163 2,418,669 698,669 471,387 204,494
Nevada 1,701,829 1,794,822 1,892,079 1,892,079 2,048,027 821,584 2,048,027 821,584
New Hampshire 989,727 1,010,063 980,226 850,107 130,119 976,885 318,535 841,458 269,415 135,427 49,120

New Jersey
7,999,108 8,645,442 8,647,001 7,335,913 1,311,088 8,540,806 2,626,968 7,287,825 2,136,771 1,252,981 490,197
New Mexico 3,786,755 4,134,037 4,351,700 3,647,361 704,339 3,147,277 746,187 2,638,630 510,780 508,647 235,408
New York 18,073,969 18,485,194 19,048,958 15,617,864 3,431,095 20,550,763 6,589,209 16,954,543 4,975,960 3,596,220 1,613,250
North Carolina 11,144,591 11,479,183 11,535,070 9,302,271 2,232,799 12,017,942 3,789,897 9,684,809 2,787,859 2,333,133 1,002,038
North Dakota 1,194,445 1,164,255 1,180,899 1,078,551 102,347 1,204,624 435,234 1,101,905 394,671 102,719 40,563

Ohio
14,314,104 12,413,738 14,773,295 13,757,104 1,016,192 15,456,036 4,050,774 14,423,759 3,603,902 1,032,277 446,872
Oklahoma 4,364,905 4,411,735 4,372,319 3,925,560 446,759 4,558,439 1,393,314 4,087,818 1,216,365 470,622 176,950
Oregon 6,949,056 7,231,394 7,486,075 6,282,519 1,203,556 7,919,787 1,720,432 6,788,077 1,241,620 1,131,710 478,812
Pennsylvania 14,340,017 14,773,798 15,482,974 14,281,159 1,201,815 16,903,358 3,916,698 15,732,831 3,423,833 1,170,527 492,865
Rhode Island 792,218 827,466 832,275 703,928 128,347 855,775 286,374 719,541 218,864 136,234 67,510

South Carolina
4,646,259 4,899,684 5,086,964 4,379,004 707,960 5,372,510 1,811,976 4,615,221 1,508,484 757,289 303,492
South Dakota 841,747 851,429 881,804 793,771 88,033 891,905 303,643 799,037 261,427 92,869 42,217
Tennessee 4,503,298 4,595,946 4,743,041 3,993,411 749,631 5,021,948 1,889,636 4,228,021 1,572,505 793,927 317,131
Texas 35,461,725 36,449,065 38,850,675 34,032,259 4,818,416 40,711,839 11,281,129 37,154,666 9,946,506 3,557,174 1,334,623
Utah 6,189,020 6,483,500 7,186,888 6,970,910 215,978 7,396,162 1,215,924 7,186,380 1,116,693 209,782 99,231

Vermont
896,401 905,945 919,441 887,012 32,429 927,683 264,940 895,552 255,876 32,131 9,063
Virginia 10,253,120 10,797,243 11,100,297 10,019,070 1,081,228 11,402,897 3,355,746 10,281,388 2,845,277 1,121,509 510,469
Washington 10,229,088 10,227,929 10,522,972 10,178,208 344,764 10,936,198 3,279,340 10,604,494 3,132,065 331,704 147,274
West Virginia 1,889,691 1,866,864 1,899,481 1,768,333 131,148 1,949,526 646,080 1,812,438 593,382 137,088 52,698
Wisconsin 6,598,862 6,626,107 6,854,153 5,571,806 1,282,347 6,908,415 2,296,615 5,672,525 1,614,178 1,235,890 682,437
Wyoming 877,311 819,916 847,277 552,209 295,068 891,636 288,901 688,394 209,970 203,242 78,931

U.S. Service Academies
1,755,387 1,966,837 1,863,054 1,863,054 1,797,273 545,965 1,797,273 545,965

    Other jurisdictions
987,460 1,798,383 1,741,781 1,661,750 80,031 1,872,500 458,721 1,852,140 450,097 20,360 8,624
American Samoa 14,337 15,470 13,720 13,720 15,935 4,754 15,935 4,754
Federated States of
    Micronesia
20,331 19,435 20,520 20,520 19,746 6,996 19,746 6,996
Guam 127,294 132,066 130,682 91,109 39,573 150,222 33,049 150,222 33,049
Marshall Islands 15,022 15,008 16,080 16,080 12,788 3,458 12,788 3,458
Northern Marianas 17,443 17,638 14,821 14,821 15,815 3,796 15,815 3,796
Palau 9,621 8,861 7,975 7,975 7,766 2,855 7,766 2,855
Puerto Rico 701,403 1,513,526 1,447,917 1,435,954 11,963 1,564,470 390,167 1,551,875 384,399 12,594 5,768
U.S. Virgin Islands 82,008 76,378 90,066 90,066 85,759 13,646 85,759 13,646
†Not applicable.
1 Includes other categories not separately shown.
NOTE: 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 2018 through Spring 2021, Finance component. (This table was prepared January 2022.)

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