Table 333.50.

Total revenue of private nonprofit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source of revenue and classification of institution: Academic year 2020-21

Classification of institution	Total	Tuition and fees (net of allowances)1	Federal appropriations, grants, and contracts1,2	State appropriations, grants, and contracts	Local appropriations, grants, and contracts	Private grants and contracts	Private gifts and contributions from affiliated entities3	Investment return (gain or loss)	Sales and services of educational activities4	Sales and services of auxiliary enterprises (net of allowances)5	Sales and services of hospitals	Other
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	In thousands of current dollars
Total	$408,679,829	$77,561,875	$34,563,414	$1,865,654	$565,392	$7,308,080	$26,811,240	$186,227,271	$9,235,428	$12,051,141	$36,948,364	$15,541,969
4-year	407,745,748	76,923,850	34,453,995	1,858,699	564,736	7,303,382	26,752,745	186,157,949	9,232,813	12,031,590	36,948,364	15,517,625
Research university, very high6	245,717,037	22,744,656	23,073,293	959,658	254,767	4,797,589	13,445,506	132,056,828	7,438,332	3,321,371	26,626,712	10,998,324
Research university, high7	31,399,662	9,340,785	2,205,939	153,166	15,485	323,180	2,643,178	8,287,419	848,287	1,210,366	5,237,444	1,134,413
Doctoral/research8	24,113,793	13,043,318	1,311,059	114,024	11,659	128,372	1,434,833	5,849,691	96,739	1,583,470	230	540,398
Master's9	32,149,919	16,743,008	1,971,756	222,814	15,744	135,011	2,092,558	7,183,326	118,855	2,784,534	497	881,815
Baccalaureate10	46,684,729	8,815,626	1,874,909	157,168	11,843	257,141	4,444,916	27,207,816	119,657	2,766,291	0	1,029,361
Special-focus institutions11	27,680,608	6,236,456	4,017,038	251,869	255,239	1,662,090	2,691,754	5,572,869	610,943	365,558	5,083,480	933,314
Arts, music, or design	2,238,919	958,780	110,072	9,247	3,486	34,029	256,130	728,564	8,768	82,257	0	47,586
Business and management	737,121	324,388	29,937	194	0	7,909	42,250	278,087	5,037	44,574	0	4,744
Engineering and other technology-related	11,492,318	266,960	2,752,751	110,613	196,764	1,380,827	1,088,205	1,923,699	439,942	46,801	2,903,603	382,153
Faith related	2,741,068	480,647	217,630	6,081	206	61,797	636,748	1,081,160	13,577	125,544	0	117,677
Law	576,684	294,616	22,765	5,478	241	7,324	34,991	193,302	117	11,058	0	6,792
Medical schools and centers and other       heath professions schools	9,483,601	3,762,067	796,948	116,088	51,941	165,627	563,098	1,310,518	140,797	52,694	2,179,878	343,946
Tribal colleges12	79,748	4,427	58,455	1,112	245	457	8,374	3,995	0	75	0	2,609
Other special focus	331,148	144,570	28,480	3,056	2,354	4,119	61,958	53,544	2,704	2,556	0	27,807
2-year	934,081	638,025	109,419	6,956	656	4,698	58,495	69,322	2,615	19,550	0	24,345
Associate's colleges	895,145	636,942	76,069	6,219	656	2,841	58,495	69,321	2,496	19,508	0	22,598
Tribal colleges12	38,936	1,084	33,350	737	0	1,857	0	1	118	43	0	1,747
	Percentage distribution
Total	100.00	18.98	8.46	0.46	0.14	1.79	6.56	45.57	2.26	2.95	9.04	3.80
4-year	100.00	18.87	8.45	0.46	0.14	1.79	6.56	45.66	2.26	2.95	9.06	3.81
Research university, very high6	100.00	9.26	9.39	0.39	0.10	1.95	5.47	53.74	3.03	1.35	10.84	4.48
Research university, high7	100.00	29.75	7.03	0.49	0.05	1.03	8.42	26.39	2.70	3.85	16.68	3.61
Doctoral/research8	100.00	54.09	5.44	0.47	0.05	0.53	5.95	24.26	0.40	6.57	#	2.24
Master's9	100.00	52.08	6.13	0.69	0.05	0.42	6.51	22.34	0.37	8.66	#	2.74
Baccalaureate10	100.00	18.88	4.02	0.34	0.03	0.55	9.52	58.28	0.26	5.93	0.00	2.20
Special-focus institutions11	100.00	22.53	14.51	0.91	0.92	6.00	9.72	20.13	2.21	1.32	18.36	3.37
Arts, music, or design	100.00	42.82	4.92	0.41	0.16	1.52	11.44	32.54	0.39	3.67	0.00	2.13
Business and management	100.00	44.01	4.06	0.03	0.00	1.07	5.73	37.73	0.68	6.05	0.00	0.64
Engineering and other technology-related	100.00	2.32	23.95	0.96	1.71	12.02	9.47	16.74	3.83	0.41	25.27	3.33
Faith related	100.00	17.54	7.94	0.22	0.01	2.25	23.23	39.44	0.50	4.58	0.00	4.29
Law	100.00	51.09	3.95	0.95	0.04	1.27	6.07	33.52	0.02	1.92	0.00	1.18
Medical schools and centers and other       health professions schools	100.00	39.67	8.40	1.22	0.55	1.75	5.94	13.82	1.48	0.56	22.99	3.63
Tribal colleges12	100.00	5.55	73.30	1.39	0.31	0.57	10.50	5.01	0.00	0.09	0.00	3.27
Other special focus	100.00	43.66	8.60	0.92	0.71	1.24	18.71	16.17	0.82	0.77	0.00	8.40
2-year	100.00	68.31	11.71	0.74	0.07	0.50	6.26	7.42	0.28	2.09	0.00	2.61
Associate's colleges	100.00	71.16	8.50	0.69	0.07	0.32	6.53	7.74	0.28	2.18	0.00	2.52
Tribal colleges12	100.00	2.78	85.65	1.89	0.00	4.77	0.00	#	0.30	0.11	0.00	4.49
	Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
Total	$117,322	$22,266	$9,922	$536	$162	$2,098	$7,697	$53,461	$2,651	$3,460	$10,607	$4,462
4-year	117,991	22,260	9,970	538	163	2,113	7,742	53,869	2,672	3,482	10,692	4,490
Research university, very high6	355,464	32,903	33,379	1,388	369	6,940	19,451	191,038	10,761	4,805	38,519	15,911
Research university, high7	84,701	25,197	5,951	413	42	872	7,130	22,355	2,288	3,265	14,128	3,060
Doctoral/research8	38,083	20,599	2,071	180	18	203	2,266	9,238	153	2,501	0	853
Master's9	30,879	16,081	1,894	214	15	130	2,010	6,899	114	2,674	0	847
Baccalaureate10	95,681	18,068	3,843	322	24	527	9,110	55,763	245	5,670	0	2,110
Special-focus institutions11	119,566	26,938	17,352	1,088	1,103	7,179	11,627	24,072	2,639	1,579	21,958	4,031
Arts, music, or design	62,725	26,861	3,084	259	98	953	7,176	20,411	246	2,304	0	1,333
Business and management	72,604	31,951	2,949	19	0	779	4,161	27,391	496	4,390	0	467
Engineering and other technology-related	1,070,679	24,871	256,459	10,305	18,331	128,644	101,382	179,221	40,987	4,360	270,514	35,603
Faith related	50,026	8,772	3,972	111	4	1,128	11,621	19,732	248	2,291	0	2,148
Law	59,770	30,535	2,359	568	25	759	3,627	20,035	12	1,146	0	704
Medical schools and centers and other       health professions schools	93,668	37,158	7,871	1,147	513	1,636	5,562	12,944	1,391	520	21,530	3,397
Tribal colleges12	83,201	4,618	60,986	1,160	256	476	8,736	4,168	0	78	0	2,722
Other special focus	39,986	17,457	3,439	369	284	497	7,481	6,465	327	309	0	3,358
2-year	33,776	23,071	3,957	252	24	170	2,115	2,507	95	707	0	880
Associate's colleges	32,751	23,304	2,783	228	24	104	2,140	2,536	91	714	0	827
Tribal colleges12	120,347	3,350	103,081	2,278	0	5,739	0	2	366	132	0	5,399

#Rounds to zero.

1Private institutions typically report Pell grants as revenues from tuition and fees rather than as revenues from federal grants.

2Includes independent operations.

3Includes revenues received from gift or contribution nonexchange transactions except those from affiliated entities. Contributions from affiliated entities includes all revenues received from nonconsolidated affiliated entities, such as fundraising foundations, booster clubs, other institutionally related foundations, and similar organizations created to support the institution or organizational components of the institution.

4Includes all revenues derived from the sales of goods and services that are incidental to the conduct of instruction, research, or public service and revenues of activities that exist to provide instructional and laboratory experience for students and that incidentally create goods and services that may be sold.

5Includes revenues generated by or collected from the auxiliary enterprise operations of the institution that exist to furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff and that charge a fee that is directly related to, although not necessarily equal to, the cost of the service. Auxiliary enterprises are managed as essentially self-supporting activities.

6Research universities with a very high level of research activity.

7Research universities with a high level of research activity.

8Institutions that award at least 20 research/scholarship doctor's degrees per year, but did not have high levels of research activity.

9Institutions that award at least 50 master's and fewer than 20 doctor's degrees per year.

10Institutions that primarily emphasize undergraduate education. In addition to institutions that primarily award bachelor's degrees, also includes institutions classified as 4-year in the IPEDS system, but classified as 2-year baccalaureate/associate's colleges in the Carnegie Classification system because they primarily award associate's degrees.

11Four-year institutions that award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.

12Tribally controlled colleges, which are located on reservations and are members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.

NOTE: Relative levels of research activity for research universities were determined by an analysis of research and development expenditures, science and engineering research staffing, and doctor's degrees conferred, by field. Further information on the Carnegie 2021 classification system used in this table may be obtained from https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CCIHE2021-FactsFigures.pdf. 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. 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 2021, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2022, Finance component. (This table was prepared May 2023.)