Expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected school years, 1899-1900 through 2021-22

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Table 106.20.Expenditures of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected school years, 1899-1900 through 2021-22
[In millions]
School year	Current dollars												Constant 2021-22 dollars¹
	Total	Elementary and secondary schools						Degree-granting postsecondary institutions					Total	Elementary and secondary schools				Degree-granting postsecondary institutions
	Total	Total		Public		Private²		Total		Public	Private		Total	Total		Public		Degree-granting postsecondary institutions
1	2	3		4		5		6		7		8	9	10		11		12
1899-1900	---	---		$215		---		---		---	---		---	---		---		---
1909-10	---	---		426		---		---		---	---		---	---		---		---
1919-20	---	---		1,036		---		---		---	---		---	---		$15,333		---
1929-30	---	---		2,317		---		$632		$292	$341		---	---		38,172		$10,417
1939-40	---	---		2,344		---		758		392	367		---	---		47,305		15,306
1949-50	$8,494	$6,249		5,838		$411		2,246		1,154	1,092		$101,153	$74,411		69,517		26,742
1959-60	22,314	16,713		15,613		1,100		5,601		3,131	2,470		214,175	160,418		149,860		53,757
1969-70	64,227	43,183		40,683		2,500		21,043		13,250	7,794		479,510	322,404		303,739		157,106
1970-71	71,575	48,200		45,500		2,700		23,375		14,996	8,379		508,142	342,192		323,023		165,951
1971-72	76,510	50,950		48,050		2,900		25,560		16,484	9,075		524,367	349,192		329,317		175,175
1972-73	82,908	54,952		51,852		3,100		27,956		18,204	9,752		546,209	362,033		341,610		184,175
1973-74	91,084	60,370		56,970		3,400		30,714		20,336	10,377		550,948	365,168		344,602		185,780
1974-75	103,903	68,846		64,846		4,000		35,058		23,490	11,568		565,789	374,889		353,108		190,900
1975-76	114,004	75,101		70,601		4,500		38,903		26,184	12,719		579,752	381,915		359,031		197,837
1976-77	121,793	79,194		74,194		5,000		42,600		28,635	13,965		585,238	380,539		356,513		204,699
1977-78	132,515	86,544		80,844		5,700		45,971		30,725	15,246		596,692	389,694		364,027		206,998
1978-79	143,733	93,012		86,712		6,300		50,721		33,733	16,988		591,769	382,943		357,005		208,826
1979-80	160,075	103,162		95,962		7,200		56,914		37,768	19,146		581,521	374,765		348,609		206,756
1980-81	176,378	112,325		104,125		8,200		64,053		42,280	21,773		574,234	365,696		339,000		208,537
1981-82	190,825	120,486		111,186		9,300		70,339		46,219	24,120		571,870	361,075		333,205		210,795
1982-83	204,661	128,725		118,425		10,300		75,936		49,573	26,363		588,074	369,879		340,283		218,194
1983-84	220,993	139,000		127,500		11,500		81,993		53,087	28,907		612,339	385,148		353,283		227,191
1984-85	239,351	149,400		137,000		12,400		89,951		58,315	31,637		638,224	398,371		365,307		239,853
1985-86	259,336	161,800		148,600		13,200		97,536		63,194	34,342		672,130	419,343		385,132		252,787
1986-87	280,964	175,200		160,900		14,300		105,764		67,654	38,110		712,367	444,210		407,953		268,158
1987-88	301,786	187,999		172,699		15,300		113,787		72,641	41,145		734,719	457,696		420,447		277,023
1988-89	333,245	209,377		192,977		16,400		123,867		78,946	44,922		775,491	487,241		449,076		288,250
1989-90	365,825	231,170		212,770		18,400		134,656		85,771	48,885		812,537	513,452		472,584		299,084
1990-91	395,318	249,230		229,430		19,800		146,088		92,961	53,127		832,526	524,870		483,172		307,656
1991-92	417,944	261,755		241,055		20,700		156,189		98,847	57,342		852,850	534,133		491,892		318,717
1992-93	439,676	274,435		252,935		21,500		165,241		104,570	60,671		870,020	543,045		500,501		326,975
1993-94	460,757	287,407		265,307		22,100		173,351		109,310	64,041		888,714	554,353		511,726		334,361
1994-95	485,169	302,200		279,000		23,200		182,969		115,465	67,504		909,724	566,646		523,144		343,078
1995-96	508,523	318,046		293,646		24,400		190,476		119,525	70,952		928,260	580,564		536,024		347,696
1996-97	538,854	338,951		313,151		25,800		199,903	²	125,978	73,925	²	956,341	601,560		555,771		354,781	²
1997-98	570,471	361,615		334,315		27,300		208,856	²	132,846	76,010	²	994,714	630,538		582,936		364,176	²
1998-99	603,847	384,638		355,838		28,800		219,209		140,539	78,670		1,034,993	659,269		609,906		375,724
1999-2000	649,322	412,538		381,838		30,700		236,784		152,325	84,459		1,081,712	687,251		636,107		394,461
2000-01	705,017	444,811		410,811		34,000		260,206		170,345	89,861		1,135,588	716,468		661,704		419,120
2001-02	752,780	472,064		435,364		36,700		280,715		183,436	97,280		1,191,427	747,138		689,053		444,289
2002-03	795,691	492,807		454,907		37,900		302,884		197,026	105,858		1,232,262	763,195		704,500		469,068
2003-04	830,293	513,542		474,242		39,300		316,751		205,069	111,682		1,258,320	778,279		718,720		480,041
2004-05	875,988	540,969		499,569		41,400		335,019		215,794	119,225		1,288,788	795,895		734,986		492,893
2005-06	925,249	571,669		528,269		43,400		353,580		226,550	127,030		1,311,326	810,208		748,698		501,118
2006-07	984,048	608,495		562,195		46,300		375,553		238,829	136,724		1,359,503	840,660		776,695		518,842
2007-08	1,054,901	646,414		597,314		49,100		408,487		261,046	147,441		1,405,317	861,139		795,729		544,178
2008-09	1,089,683	658,926		610,326		48,600		430,757		273,019	157,739		1,431,663	865,719		801,867		565,944
2009-10	1,100,897	654,418		607,018		47,400		446,479		281,390	165,088		1,432,535	851,558		789,879		580,978
2010-11	1,124,352	652,356		604,356		48,000		471,997		296,863	175,134		1,434,257	832,164		770,934		602,092
2011-12	1,136,876	648,794		601,994		46,800		488,083		305,538	182,545		1,408,949	804,060		746,060		604,889
2012-13	1,153,874	655,013		606,813		48,200		498,861		311,421	187,439		1,406,607	798,481		739,724		608,126
2013-14	1,192,886	675,818		625,018		50,800		517,067		323,893	193,174		1,431,797	811,171		750,197		620,626
2014-15	1,241,626	706,135		651,135		55,000		535,491		335,630	199,861		1,479,525	841,433		775,895		638,092
2015-16	1,296,371	736,905		677,605		59,300		559,466		354,776	204,690		1,534,412	872,217		802,028		662,196
2016-17	1,352,197	768,623		706,823		61,800		583,574		371,705	211,869		1,571,580	893,325		821,499		678,255
2017-18	1,404,183	798,580		734,580		64,000		605,603		386,707	218,896		1,596,022	907,682		834,938		688,341
2018-19	1,468,533	836,125		769,125		67,000		632,409		401,140	231,268		1,635,276	931,061		856,454		704,215
2019-20	1,517,125	861,719		793,719		68,000		655,406		419,868	235,539		1,663,364	944,782		870,227		718,582
2020-21	1,529,000	874,000	³	805,000	³	69,000	³	655,292		419,696	235,596		1,639,000	937,000	³	863,000	³	702,000
2021-22³	1,643,000	945,000		870,000		75,000		698,000		441,000	257,000		1,643,000	945,000		870,000		698,000
---Not available.
¹Constant 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.
²Estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics based on enrollment data for the given year and actual expenditures for prior years.
³Estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics based on teacher and enrollment data and actual expenditures for prior years.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools include current expenditures, interest on school debt, and capital outlay. Expenditures for postsecondary institutions are for the fiscal year. Expenditures for public and private colleges and universities in 1929-30 and 1939-40 include current-fund expenditures and additions to plant value. Public and private degree-granting institutions data for 1949-50 through 1995-96 are for current-fund expenditures. Data for private degree-granting institutions for 1996-97 and later years are for total expenditures. Data for public degree-granting institutions for 1996-97 through 2000-01 are for current expenditures; data for later years are for total expenditures. Postsecondary data through 1995-96 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education, 1899-1900 and 1909-10; Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1949-50; Statistics of State School Systems, 1959-60 and 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1970-71 through 1986-87; Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2019-20; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education, 1965-66 through 1985-86; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance Survey," (IPEDS-F:FY87-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2022, Finance component; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared July 2023.)

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