Table 334.30.

Total expenditures of private nonprofit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and level of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2019-20

Level of institution and year	Total	Instruc- tion1	Research2	Public service3	Academic support4	Student ser- vices5	Institu- tional support6	Auxiliary enter- prises7	Net grant aid to students8	Hospital ser- vices9	Indepen- dent opera- tions10	Other11
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	In thousands of current dollars
All levels
1999-2000	$80,613,037	$26,012,599	$8,381,926	$1,446,958	$6,510,951	$5,688,499	$10,585,850	$8,300,021	$1,180,882	$7,355,110	$2,753,679	$2,396,563
2006-07	124,558,591	41,224,316	13,704,450	2,036,662	10,881,954	9,591,801	16,831,560	12,449,053	728,200	10,400,055	4,680,393	2,030,146
2007-08	133,501,778	44,227,021	14,474,152	2,182,525	11,883,707	10,361,344	18,366,446	13,317,944	720,764	10,752,821	4,887,609	2,327,446
2008-09	141,363,564	46,456,178	15,264,804	2,298,520	12,585,948	11,016,097	19,403,346	13,713,701	754,752	11,930,840	5,158,480	2,780,898
2009-10	145,115,244	47,566,210	16,221,823	2,090,243	12,953,023	11,422,737	19,438,608	13,890,396	826,379	13,174,405	5,154,851	2,376,569
2010-11	152,501,429	49,759,574	17,362,082	2,255,075	13,601,137	12,198,263	20,214,683	14,460,084	759,683	14,239,347	5,376,016	2,275,486
2011-12	159,831,378	52,163,647	17,483,157	2,333,298	14,215,689	12,881,102	21,175,119	14,948,315	845,525	15,474,737	5,450,038	2,860,752
2012-13	165,515,671	54,296,267	17,597,379	2,317,116	14,924,886	13,692,561	21,766,760	15,349,949	844,435	16,726,819	5,437,783	2,561,716
2013-14	172,529,736	56,711,775	17,736,647	2,459,956	15,454,493	14,555,421	22,623,170	15,984,991	867,482	17,377,766	5,693,990	3,064,047
2014-15	181,419,541	58,769,788	18,310,027	2,636,019	15,557,155	15,421,897	23,845,927	16,358,009	887,495	20,529,450	6,063,555	3,040,219
2015-16	188,689,819	60,227,646	18,386,969	2,730,335	16,011,794	16,061,062	24,829,855	16,723,913	914,001	21,267,887	6,192,792	5,343,565
2016-17	197,171,304	62,161,805	21,059,795	2,890,409	16,261,179	16,868,202	25,517,409	17,224,876	942,542	24,090,294	5,810,625	4,344,168
2017-18	206,730,257	63,472,219	21,878,386	3,092,058	17,980,517	17,577,904	26,533,678	17,827,537	986,591	26,496,768	6,294,807	4,589,791
2018-19	218,906,174	66,184,827	22,671,075	3,130,678	19,172,359	18,404,597	27,480,171	17,364,313	915,764	30,628,140	7,004,778	5,949,473
2019-20	222,979,055	67,262,379	23,208,685	3,191,818	19,453,811	18,572,652	27,838,834	16,584,359	1,061,321	32,660,569	6,944,290	6,200,337
4-year
1999-2000	79,699,659	25,744,199	8,376,568	1,438,544	6,476,338	5,590,978	10,398,914	8,228,409	1,162,570	7,355,110	2,752,019	2,176,011
2006-07	124,062,344	41,057,423	13,703,502	2,028,438	10,850,196	9,523,002	16,694,195	12,412,575	714,459	10,400,055	4,680,393	1,998,105
2007-08	132,965,591	44,041,854	14,473,179	2,176,544	11,847,284	10,284,649	18,218,103	13,280,036	711,180	10,752,821	4,887,609	2,292,334
2008-09	140,866,945	46,289,898	15,264,459	2,294,909	12,544,436	10,947,638	19,261,017	13,676,329	747,586	11,930,840	5,158,480	2,751,352
2009-10	144,624,598	47,400,673	16,221,238	2,085,201	12,910,113	11,353,608	19,303,251	13,855,994	819,196	13,174,405	5,154,851	2,346,068
2010-11	151,878,613	49,550,398	17,361,796	2,252,726	13,547,801	12,111,973	20,048,321	14,430,101	758,318	14,239,347	5,376,016	2,201,817
2011-12	159,245,924	51,959,761	17,482,484	2,331,249	14,164,326	12,795,619	21,024,665	14,924,702	843,453	15,474,737	5,450,038	2,794,891
2012-13	165,015,452	54,115,153	17,597,050	2,315,345	14,885,715	13,624,969	21,628,217	15,323,444	839,753	16,726,819	5,437,783	2,521,204
2013-14	171,974,051	56,513,597	17,736,254	2,458,223	15,405,771	14,462,852	22,499,365	15,953,094	863,119	17,377,766	5,693,990	3,010,020
2014-15	180,583,663	58,497,366	18,309,351	2,633,736	15,460,861	15,226,681	23,669,210	16,323,295	883,309	20,529,450	6,063,555	2,986,850
2015-16	187,829,392	59,962,885	18,386,002	2,728,006	15,907,072	15,846,653	24,654,441	16,684,252	910,455	21,267,887	6,192,792	5,288,945
2016-17	196,311,110	61,907,159	21,058,634	2,889,051	16,157,576	16,652,370	25,330,274	17,187,656	941,362	24,090,294	5,810,625	4,286,108
2017-18	205,944,488	63,251,494	21,877,641	3,090,693	17,882,465	17,362,130	26,355,068	17,797,476	985,036	26,496,768	6,294,807	4,550,909
2018-19	218,108,552	65,956,671	22,670,411	3,129,162	19,075,745	18,181,380	27,303,015	17,336,763	913,176	30,628,140	7,004,778	5,909,309
2019-20	222,211,535	67,046,803	23,207,961	3,190,600	19,363,355	18,353,781	27,669,455	16,559,581	1,058,400	32,660,569	6,944,290	6,156,740
2-year
1999-2000	913,378	268,400	5,358	8,415	34,612	97,521	186,936	71,612	18,311	0	1,660	220,553
2006-07	496,247	166,893	947	8,224	31,758	68,799	137,366	36,478	13,741	0	0	32,041
2007-08	536,187	185,167	973	5,982	36,423	76,696	148,343	37,908	9,584	0	0	35,112
2008-09	496,620	166,280	345	3,612	41,511	68,459	142,330	37,372	7,165	0	0	29,546
2009-10	490,645	165,538	585	5,041	42,909	69,129	135,357	34,402	7,183	0	0	30,502
2010-11	622,815	209,176	285	2,349	53,336	86,290	166,362	29,983	1,365	0	0	73,669
2011-12	585,454	203,885	673	2,049	51,363	85,483	150,455	23,613	2,072	0	0	65,861
2012-13	500,218	181,113	329	1,771	39,171	67,591	138,543	26,505	4,682	0	0	40,512
2013-14	555,685	198,178	393	1,732	48,722	92,569	123,804	31,897	4,364	0	0	54,027
2014-15	835,878	272,422	677	2,283	96,294	195,216	176,718	34,714	4,186	0	0	53,369
2015-16	860,427	264,761	967	2,329	104,722	214,409	175,414	39,660	3,546	0	0	54,620
2016-17	860,194	254,647	1,160	1,358	103,603	215,833	187,135	37,219	1,180	0	0	58,060
2017-18	785,770	220,725	745	1,366	98,052	215,774	178,610	30,061	1,555	0	0	38,882
2018-19	797,623	228,156	664	1,516	96,614	223,217	177,155	27,550	2,588	0	0	40,163
2019-20	767,521	215,576	724	1,218	90,456	218,871	169,379	24,778	2,921	0	0	43,597
	Percentage distribution
All levels
1999-2000	100.00	32.27	10.40	1.79	8.08	7.06	13.13	10.30	1.46	9.12	3.42	2.97
2006-07	100.00	33.10	11.00	1.64	8.74	7.70	13.51	9.99	0.58	8.35	3.76	1.63
2007-08	100.00	33.13	10.84	1.63	8.90	7.76	13.76	9.98	0.54	8.05	3.66	1.74
2008-09	100.00	32.86	10.80	1.63	8.90	7.79	13.73	9.70	0.53	8.44	3.65	1.97
2009-10	100.00	32.78	11.18	1.44	8.93	7.87	13.40	9.57	0.57	9.08	3.55	1.64
2010-11	100.00	32.63	11.38	1.48	8.92	8.00	13.26	9.48	0.50	9.34	3.53	1.49
2011-12	100.00	32.64	10.94	1.46	8.89	8.06	13.25	9.35	0.53	9.68	3.41	1.79
2012-13	100.00	32.80	10.63	1.40	9.02	8.27	13.15	9.27	0.51	10.11	3.29	1.55
2013-14	100.00	32.87	10.28	1.43	8.96	8.44	13.11	9.27	0.50	10.07	3.30	1.78
2014-15	100.00	32.39	10.09	1.45	8.58	8.50	13.14	9.02	0.49	11.32	3.34	1.68
2015-16	100.00	31.92	9.74	1.45	8.49	8.51	13.16	8.86	0.48	11.27	3.28	2.83
2016-17	100.00	31.53	10.68	1.47	8.25	8.56	12.94	8.74	0.48	12.22	2.95	2.20
2017-18	100.00	30.70	10.58	1.50	8.70	8.50	12.83	8.62	0.48	12.82	3.04	2.22
2018-19	100.00	30.23	10.36	1.43	8.76	8.41	12.55	7.93	0.42	13.99	3.20	2.72
2019-20	100.00	30.17	10.41	1.43	8.72	8.33	12.48	7.44	0.48	14.65	3.11	2.78
4-year
1999-2000	100.00	32.30	10.51	1.80	8.13	7.02	13.05	10.32	1.46	9.23	3.45	2.73
2006-07	100.00	33.09	11.05	1.64	8.75	7.68	13.46	10.01	0.58	8.38	3.77	1.61
2007-08	100.00	33.12	10.88	1.64	8.91	7.73	13.70	9.99	0.53	8.09	3.68	1.72
2008-09	100.00	32.86	10.84	1.63	8.91	7.77	13.67	9.71	0.53	8.47	3.66	1.95
2009-10	100.00	32.77	11.22	1.44	8.93	7.85	13.35	9.58	0.57	9.11	3.56	1.62
2010-11	100.00	32.63	11.43	1.48	8.92	7.97	13.20	9.50	0.50	9.38	3.54	1.45
2011-12	100.00	32.63	10.98	1.46	8.89	8.04	13.20	9.37	0.53	9.72	3.42	1.76
2012-13	100.00	32.79	10.66	1.40	9.02	8.26	13.11	9.29	0.51	10.14	3.30	1.53
2013-14	100.00	32.86	10.31	1.43	8.96	8.41	13.08	9.28	0.50	10.10	3.31	1.75
2014-15	100.00	32.39	10.14	1.46	8.56	8.43	13.11	9.04	0.49	11.37	3.36	1.65
2015-16	100.00	31.92	9.79	1.45	8.47	8.44	13.13	8.88	0.48	11.32	3.30	2.82
2016-17	100.00	31.54	10.73	1.47	8.23	8.48	12.90	8.76	0.48	12.27	2.96	2.18
2017-18	100.00	30.71	10.62	1.50	8.68	8.43	12.80	8.64	0.48	12.87	3.06	2.21
2018-19	100.00	30.24	10.39	1.43	8.75	8.34	12.52	7.95	0.42	14.04	3.21	2.71
2019-20	100.00	30.17	10.44	1.44	8.71	8.26	12.45	7.45	0.48	14.70	3.13	2.77
2-year
1999-2000	100.00	29.39	0.59	0.92	3.79	10.68	20.47	7.84	2.00	0.00	0.18	24.15
2006-07	100.00	33.63	0.19	1.66	6.40	13.86	27.68	7.35	2.77	0.00	0.00	6.46
2007-08	100.00	34.53	0.18	1.12	6.79	14.30	27.67	7.07	1.79	0.00	0.00	6.55
2008-09	100.00	33.48	0.07	0.73	8.36	13.78	28.66	7.53	1.44	0.00	0.00	5.95
2009-10	100.00	33.74	0.12	1.03	8.75	14.09	27.59	7.01	1.46	0.00	0.00	6.22
2010-11	100.00	33.59	0.05	0.38	8.56	13.85	26.71	4.81	0.22	0.00	0.00	11.83
2011-12	100.00	34.83	0.11	0.35	8.77	14.60	25.70	4.03	0.35	0.00	0.00	11.25
2012-13	100.00	36.21	0.07	0.35	7.83	13.51	27.70	5.30	0.94	0.00	0.00	8.10
2013-14	100.00	35.66	0.07	0.31	8.77	16.66	22.28	5.74	0.79	0.00	0.00	9.72
2014-15	100.00	32.59	0.08	0.27	11.52	23.35	21.14	4.15	0.50	0.00	0.00	6.38
2015-16	100.00	30.77	0.11	0.27	12.17	24.92	20.39	4.61	0.41	0.00	0.00	6.35
2016-17	100.00	29.60	0.13	0.16	12.04	25.09	21.75	4.33	0.14	0.00	0.00	6.75
2017-18	100.00	28.09	0.09	0.17	12.48	27.46	22.73	3.83	0.20	0.00	0.00	4.95
2018-19	100.00	28.60	0.08	0.19	12.11	27.99	22.21	3.45	0.32	0.00	0.00	5.04
2019-20	100.00	28.09	0.09	0.16	11.79	28.52	22.07	3.23	0.38	0.00	0.00	5.68
	Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2020-21 dollars12
All levels
1999-2000	$49,354	$15,926	$5,132	$886	$3,986	$3,483	$6,481	$5,082	$723	$4,503	$1,686	$1,467
2006-07	54,218	17,944	5,965	887	4,737	4,175	7,326	5,419	317	4,527	2,037	884
2007-08	54,661	18,108	5,926	894	4,866	4,242	7,520	5,453	295	4,403	2,001	953
2008-09	56,242	18,483	6,073	914	5,007	4,383	7,720	5,456	300	4,747	2,052	1,106
2009-10	55,668	18,247	6,223	802	4,969	4,382	7,457	5,329	317	5,054	1,977	912
2010-11	55,258	18,030	6,291	817	4,928	4,420	7,325	5,240	275	5,160	1,948	825
2011-12	55,780	18,205	6,101	814	4,961	4,495	7,390	5,217	295	5,401	1,902	998
2012-13	56,172	18,427	5,972	786	5,065	4,647	7,387	5,209	287	5,677	1,845	869
2013-14	57,571	18,924	5,918	821	5,157	4,857	7,549	5,334	289	5,799	1,900	1,022
2014-15	59,221	19,184	5,977	860	5,078	5,034	7,784	5,340	290	6,701	1,979	992
2015-16	60,706	19,377	5,915	878	5,151	5,167	7,988	5,380	294	6,842	1,992	1,719
2016-17	61,857	19,502	6,607	907	5,101	5,292	8,005	5,404	296	7,558	1,823	1,363
2017-18	63,285	19,430	6,698	947	5,504	5,381	8,123	5,457	302	8,111	1,927	1,405
2018-19	64,792	19,589	6,710	927	5,675	5,447	8,134	5,139	271	9,065	2,073	1,761
2019-20	64,861	19,565	6,751	928	5,659	5,402	8,098	4,824	309	9,500	2,020	1,804
4-year
1999-2000	49,841	16,099	5,238	900	4,050	3,496	6,503	5,146	727	4,600	1,721	1,361
2006-07	54,470	18,026	6,017	891	4,764	4,181	7,330	5,450	314	4,566	2,055	877
2007-08	54,930	18,194	5,979	899	4,894	4,249	7,526	5,486	294	4,442	2,019	947
2008-09	56,521	18,573	6,125	921	5,033	4,393	7,728	5,487	300	4,787	2,070	1,104
2009-10	55,936	18,333	6,274	806	4,993	4,391	7,466	5,359	317	5,095	1,994	907
2010-11	55,623	18,147	6,359	825	4,962	4,436	7,342	5,285	278	5,215	1,969	806
2011-12	56,127	18,313	6,162	822	4,992	4,510	7,410	5,260	297	5,454	1,921	985
2012-13	56,475	18,520	6,022	792	5,095	4,663	7,402	5,244	287	5,725	1,861	863
2013-14	57,850	19,010	5,966	827	5,182	4,865	7,568	5,366	290	5,846	1,915	1,013
2014-15	59,737	19,351	6,057	871	5,114	5,037	7,830	5,400	292	6,791	2,006	988
2015-16	61,162	19,525	5,987	888	5,180	5,160	8,028	5,433	296	6,925	2,017	1,722
2016-17	62,338	19,658	6,687	917	5,131	5,288	8,044	5,458	299	7,650	1,845	1,361
2017-18	63,803	19,596	6,778	958	5,540	5,379	8,165	5,514	305	8,209	1,950	1,410
2018-19	65,308	19,749	6,788	937	5,712	5,444	8,175	5,191	273	9,171	2,097	1,769
2019-20	65,193	19,670	6,809	936	5,681	5,385	8,118	4,858	311	9,582	2,037	1,806
2-year
1999-2000	26,656	7,833	156	246	1,010	2,846	5,456	2,090	534	0	48	6,437
2006-07	25,135	8,453	48	417	1,609	3,485	6,958	1,848	696	0	0	1,623
2007-08	24,690	8,526	45	275	1,677	3,532	6,831	1,746	441	0	0	1,617
2008-09	23,444	7,850	16	170	1,960	3,232	6,719	1,764	338	0	0	1,395
2009-10	23,102	7,794	28	237	2,020	3,255	6,373	1,620	338	0	0	1,436
2010-11	21,253	7,138	10	80	1,820	2,945	5,677	1,023	47	0	0	2,514
2011-12	20,800	7,244	24	73	1,825	3,037	5,345	839	74	0	0	2,340
2012-13	20,299	7,350	13	72	1,590	2,743	5,622	1,076	190	0	0	1,644
2013-14	23,122	8,246	16	72	2,027	3,852	5,152	1,327	182	0	0	2,248
2014-15	20,657	6,732	17	56	2,380	4,824	4,367	858	103	0	0	1,319
2015-16	23,104	7,109	26	63	2,812	5,757	4,710	1,065	95	0	0	1,467
2016-17	22,405	6,633	30	35	2,698	5,622	4,874	969	31	0	0	1,512
2017-18	20,234	5,684	19	35	2,525	5,556	4,599	774	40	0	0	1,001
2018-19	20,482	5,859	17	39	2,481	5,732	4,549	707	66	0	0	1,031
2019-20	26,199	7,359	25	42	3,088	7,471	5,782	846	100	0	0	1,488

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; also excludes agency transactions, such as student awards made from contributed funds or grant funds.

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 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 2007 and Spring 2008, Enrollment component; Spring 2008 through Spring 2020, Fall Enrollment component; and selected years, Spring 2001 through Spring 2021, Finance component. (This table was prepared November 2021.)