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Table 334.50. Total expenditures of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and level of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2019-20
Year and level of institution Total Instruc-
tion1
Research and
public service2
Academic support,
student services,
and institutional
support3
Auxiliary enter-
prises4
Net grant
aid to stu-
dents5
Other6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  In thousands of current dollars
All levels              
1999-2000 $3,846,246 $1,171,732 $24,738 $2,041,594 $144,305 $26,278 $437,599
2006-07 12,165,629 2,883,207 6,087 7,776,210 332,887 67,090 1,100,148
2007-08 13,939,251 3,273,627 9,695 9,299,306 421,714 82,072 852,837
2008-09 16,375,034 3,876,258 9,939 11,069,416 396,715 44,440 978,267
2009-10 19,973,034 4,759,300 13,257 13,230,271 466,040 120,032 1,384,134

2010-11
22,632,244 5,656,167 19,327 14,853,799 486,433 87,151 1,529,368
2011-12 22,713,683 5,538,070 42,657 15,111,978 489,409 54,579 1,476,991
2012-13 21,923,722 5,467,671 27,729 14,294,090 467,973 53,555 1,612,705
2013-14 20,644,593 5,536,025 16,447 13,103,182 472,204 36,569 1,480,166
2014-15 18,441,030 4,917,479 20,028 11,624,796 504,091 35,524 1,339,112

2015-16
16,000,640 4,248,320 17,453 10,081,942 399,110 25,277 1,228,537
2016-17 14,698,133 3,923,606 17,027 9,196,550 318,897 26,649 1,215,403
2017-18 12,165,398 3,304,987 19,403 7,712,011 232,192 15,417 881,389
2018-19 12,362,130 3,426,931 21,476 7,957,308 234,012 15,033 707,370
2019-20 12,560,693 3,514,278 25,672 8,139,329 207,129 17,283 657,001

4-year
             
1999-2000 2,022,622 595,976 4,393 1,104,001 92,071 11,805 214,377
2006-07 8,850,759 1,856,614 4,303 5,925,855 228,624 56,930 778,433
2007-08 10,422,080 2,184,872 7,682 7,312,117 312,834 71,324 533,252
2008-09 12,409,748 2,585,133 7,629 8,893,714 276,211 33,417 613,644
2009-10 15,286,893 3,268,070 10,726 10,732,002 337,499 72,082 866,514

2010-11
17,141,926 3,925,347 15,582 12,031,073 343,319 74,921 751,684
2011-12 17,407,585 3,928,903 37,912 12,153,860 349,405 51,818 885,687
2012-13 16,759,402 3,939,227 24,432 11,377,216 359,987 46,446 1,012,095
2013-14 16,017,246 4,078,270 15,190 10,545,883 371,018 32,306 974,579
2014-15 14,628,734 3,729,921 17,904 9,617,433 334,087 33,089 896,300

2015-16
12,564,815 3,199,028 15,489 8,199,419 323,247 22,834 804,796
2016-17 11,680,961 2,995,663 15,090 7,592,227 261,821 24,039 792,122
2017-18 9,748,366 2,539,652 18,026 6,418,623 175,954 13,803 582,308
2018-19 10,094,599 2,643,150 20,620 6,741,012 188,659 13,583 487,576
2019-20 10,162,386 2,680,639 24,575 6,843,230 173,669 16,604 423,669

2-year
             
1999-2000 1,823,624 575,756 20,345 937,593 52,234 14,473 223,223
2006-07 3,314,870 1,026,592 1,784 1,850,355 104,264 10,160 321,715
2007-08 3,517,171 1,088,755 2,014 1,987,189 108,880 10,747 319,586
2008-09 3,965,287 1,291,124 2,310 2,175,703 120,504 11,023 364,623
2009-10 4,686,142 1,491,230 2,531 2,498,269 128,542 47,950 517,619

2010-11
5,490,318 1,730,820 3,744 2,822,726 143,113 12,230 777,685
2011-12 5,306,098 1,609,167 4,745 2,958,118 140,004 2,761 591,304
2012-13 5,164,320 1,528,444 3,297 2,916,874 107,986 7,109 600,609
2013-14 4,627,347 1,457,755 1,257 2,557,299 101,186 4,263 505,588
2014-15 3,812,297 1,187,558 2,124 2,007,363 170,004 2,435 442,812

2015-16
3,435,825 1,049,292 1,964 1,882,523 75,863 2,443 423,740
2016-17 3,017,172 927,944 1,937 1,604,323 57,076 2,610 423,281
2017-18 2,417,033 765,335 1,377 1,293,388 56,238 1,615 299,080
2018-19 2,267,531 783,781 856 1,216,296 45,353 1,450 219,794
2019-20 2,398,307 833,639 1,097 1,296,099 33,461 679 233,332
  Percentage distribution
All levels              
1999-2000 100.00 30.46 0.64 53.08 3.75 0.68 11.38
2006-07 100.00 23.70 0.05 63.92 2.74 0.55 9.04
2007-08 100.00 23.48 0.07 66.71 3.03 0.59 6.12
2008-09 100.00 23.67 0.06 67.60 2.42 0.27 5.97
2009-10 100.00 23.83 0.07 66.24 2.33 0.60 6.93

2010-11
100.00 24.99 0.09 65.63 2.15 0.39 6.76
2011-12 100.00 24.38 0.19 66.53 2.15 0.24 6.50
2012-13 100.00 24.94 0.13 65.20 2.13 0.24 7.36
2013-14 100.00 26.82 0.08 63.47 2.29 0.18 7.17
2014-15 100.00 26.67 0.11 63.04 2.73 0.19 7.26

2015-16
100.00 26.55 0.11 63.01 2.49 0.16 7.68
2016-17 100.00 26.69 0.12 62.57 2.17 0.18 8.27
2017-18 100.00 27.17 0.16 63.39 1.91 0.13 7.25
2018-19 100.00 27.72 0.17 64.37 1.89 0.12 5.72
2019-20 100.00 27.98 0.20 64.80 1.65 0.14 5.23

4-year
             
1999-2000 100.00 29.47 0.22 54.58 4.55 0.58 10.60
2006-07 100.00 20.98 0.05 66.95 2.58 0.64 8.80
2007-08 100.00 20.96 0.07 70.16 3.00 0.68 5.12
2008-09 100.00 20.83 0.06 71.67 2.23 0.27 4.94
2009-10 100.00 21.38 0.07 70.20 2.21 0.47 5.67

2010-11
100.00 22.90 0.09 70.19 2.00 0.44 4.39
2011-12 100.00 22.57 0.22 69.82 2.01 0.30 5.09
2012-13 100.00 23.50 0.15 67.89 2.15 0.28 6.04
2013-14 100.00 25.46 0.09 65.84 2.32 0.20 6.08
2014-15 100.00 25.50 0.12 65.74 2.28 0.23 6.13

2015-16
100.00 25.46 0.12 65.26 2.57 0.18 6.41
2016-17 100.00 25.65 0.13 65.00 2.24 0.21 6.78
2017-18 100.00 26.05 0.18 65.84 1.80 0.14 5.97
2018-19 100.00 26.18 0.20 66.78 1.87 0.13 4.83
2019-20 100.00 26.38 0.24 67.34 1.71 0.16 4.17

2-year
             
1999-2000 100.00 31.57 1.12 51.41 2.86 0.79 12.24
2006-07 100.00 30.97 0.05 55.82 3.15 0.31 9.71
2007-08 100.00 30.96 0.06 56.50 3.10 0.31 9.09
2008-09 100.00 32.56 0.06 54.87 3.04 0.28 9.20
2009-10 100.00 31.82 0.05 53.31 2.74 1.02 11.05

2010-11
100.00 31.52 0.07 51.41 2.61 0.22 14.16
2011-12 100.00 30.33 0.09 55.75 2.64 0.05 11.14
2012-13 100.00 29.60 0.06 56.48 2.09 0.14 11.63
2013-14 100.00 31.50 0.03 55.26 2.19 0.09 10.93
2014-15 100.00 31.15 0.06 52.65 4.46 0.06 11.62

2015-16
100.00 30.54 0.06 54.79 2.21 0.07 12.33
2016-17 100.00 30.76 0.06 53.17 1.89 0.09 14.03
2017-18 100.00 31.66 0.06 53.51 2.33 0.07 12.37
2018-19 100.00 34.57 0.04 53.64 2.00 0.06 9.69
2019-20 100.00 34.76 0.05 54.04 1.40 0.03 9.73
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2020-21 dollars7
All levels              
1999-2000 $15,545 $4,736 $100 $8,251 $583 $106 $1,769
2006-07 16,621 3,939 8 10,624 455 92 1,503
2007-08 16,820 3,950 12 11,221 509 99 1,029
2008-09 15,938 3,773 10 10,774 386 43 952
2009-10 16,277 3,879 11 10,782 380 98 1,128

2010-11
16,291 4,071 14 10,692 350 63 1,101
2011-12 16,293 3,973 31 10,840 351 39 1,059
2012-13 17,624 4,395 22 11,491 376 43 1,296
2013-14 21,802 5,846 17 13,838 499 39 1,563
2014-15 17,346 4,625 19 10,934 474 33 1,260

2015-16
17,870 4,745 19 11,260 446 28 1,372
2016-17 17,796 4,751 21 11,135 386 32 1,472
2017-18 17,182 4,668 27 10,892 328 22 1,245
2018-19 17,488 4,848 30 11,257 331 21 1,001
2019-20 16,955 4,744 35 10,987 280 23 887

4-year
             
1999-2000 15,060 4,437 33 8,220 686 88 1,596
2006-07 16,203 3,399 8 10,848 419 104 1,425
2007-08 16,414 3,441 12 11,516 493 112 840
2008-09 15,753 3,282 10 11,289 351 42 779
2009-10 16,606 3,550 12 11,658 367 78 941

2010-11
16,222 3,715 15 11,385 325 71 711
2011-12 16,066 3,626 35 11,217 322 48 817
2012-13 17,213 4,046 25 11,685 370 48 1,039
2013-14 23,015 5,860 22 15,153 533 46 1,400
2014-15 17,081 4,355 21 11,230 390 39 1,047

2015-16
17,565 4,472 22 11,462 452 32 1,125
2016-17 17,503 4,489 23 11,376 392 36 1,187
2017-18 17,070 4,447 32 11,240 308 24 1,020
2018-19 17,586 4,605 36 11,743 329 24 849
2019-20 17,141 4,521 41 11,542 293 28 715

2-year
             
1999-2000 16,120 5,089 180 8,288 462 128 1,973
2006-07 17,851 5,528 10 9,964 561 55 1,732
2007-08 18,152 5,619 10 10,256 562 55 1,649
2008-09 16,548 5,388 10 9,079 503 46 1,522
2009-10 15,289 4,865 8 8,151 419 156 1,689

2010-11
16,510 5,205 11 8,488 430 37 2,339
2011-12 17,087 5,182 15 9,526 451 9 1,904
2012-13 19,104 5,654 12 10,790 399 26 2,222
2013-14 18,439 5,809 5 10,190 403 17 2,015
2014-15 18,442 5,745 10 9,711 822 12 2,142

2015-16
19,080 5,827 11 10,454 421 14 2,353
2016-17 19,030 5,853 12 10,119 360 16 2,670
2017-18 17,646 5,588 10 9,443 411 12 2,184
2018-19 17,064 5,898 6 9,153 341 11 1,654
2019-20 16,213 5,635 7 8,762 226 5 1,577
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 "Research" includes 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. "Public service" includes 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.
3 "Academic support" includes activities and services that support the institution's primary mission of instruction, research, and public service. "Student services" includes 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. "Institutional support" includes expenses for the day-to-day operational support of the institution.
4 Essentially self-supporting operations of institutions that furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff, such as residence halls and food services.
5 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.
6 The sum of operating and nonoperating expenses not classified as salaries and wages, benefits, operation and maintenance of plant, interest, or depreciation. Includes hospital services. Prior to fiscal year 2016, this value included operation and maintenance of plant expenses.
7 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.)

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