Table 334.30.

Total expenditures of private nonprofit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and level of institution: Selected fiscal years, 1999-2000 through 2020-21

Level of institution and year	Total	Instruction1	Research2	Public service3	Academic support4	Student services5	Institutional support6	Auxiliary enterprises7	Net grant aid to students8	Hospital services9	Independent operations10	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
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	222,981,397	67,239,196	23,190,869	3,186,289	19,481,476	18,570,339	27,872,972	16,588,891	1,063,420	32,660,569	6,943,890	6,183,485
2020-21	222,868,461	64,638,699	24,035,253	3,211,031	19,331,645	18,076,175	28,598,631	15,849,719	1,193,648	34,775,355	6,839,700	6,318,604
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
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	222,213,877	67,023,620	23,190,145	3,185,071	19,391,019	18,351,469	27,703,593	16,564,112	1,060,498	32,660,569	6,943,890	6,139,889
2020-21	222,137,597	64,445,628	24,034,638	3,210,091	19,244,342	17,851,141	28,435,747	15,832,397	1,188,352	34,775,355	6,839,700	6,280,204
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
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
2020-21	730,864	193,071	614	940	87,303	225,035	162,883	17,322	5,296	0	0	38,400
	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
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	30.15	10.40	1.43	8.74	8.33	12.50	7.44	0.48	14.65	3.11	2.77
2020-21	100.00	29.00	10.78	1.44	8.67	8.11	12.83	7.11	0.54	15.60	3.07	2.84
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
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	30.16	10.44	1.43	8.73	8.26	12.47	7.45	0.48	14.70	3.12	2.76
2020-21	100.00	29.01	10.82	1.45	8.66	8.04	12.80	7.13	0.53	15.65	3.08	2.83
2-year
1999-2000	100.00	29.39	0.59	0.92	3.79	10.68	20.47	7.84	2.00	0	0.18	24.15
2007-08	100.00	34.53	0.18	1.12	6.79	14.30	27.67	7.07	1.79	0	0	6.55
2008-09	100.00	33.48	0.07	0.73	8.36	13.78	28.66	7.53	1.44	0	0	5.95
2009-10	100.00	33.74	0.12	1.03	8.75	14.09	27.59	7.01	1.46	0	0	6.22
2010-11	100.00	33.59	0.05	0.38	8.56	13.85	26.71	4.81	0.22	0	0	11.83
2011-12	100.00	34.83	0.11	0.35	8.77	14.60	25.70	4.03	0.35	0	0	11.25
2012-13	100.00	36.21	0.07	0.35	7.83	13.51	27.70	5.30	0.94	0	0	8.10
2013-14	100.00	35.66	0.07	0.31	8.77	16.66	22.28	5.74	0.79	0	0	9.72
2014-15	100.00	32.59	0.08	0.27	11.52	23.35	21.14	4.15	0.50	0	0	6.38
2015-16	100.00	30.77	0.11	0.27	12.17	24.92	20.39	4.61	0.41	0	0	6.35
2016-17	100.00	29.60	0.13	0.16	12.04	25.09	21.75	4.33	0.14	0	0	6.75
2017-18	100.00	28.09	0.09	0.17	12.48	27.46	22.73	3.83	0.20	0	0	4.95
2018-19	100.00	28.60	0.08	0.19	12.11	27.99	22.21	3.45	0.32	0	0	5.04
2019-20	100.00	28.09	0.09	0.16	11.79	28.52	22.07	3.23	0.38	0	0	5.68
2020-21	100.00	26.42	0.08	0.13	11.95	30.79	22.29	2.37	0.72	0	0	5.25
	Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2021-22 dollars12
All levels
1999-2000	$52,894	$17,068	$5,500	$949	$4,272	$3,733	$6,946	$5,446	$775	$4,826	$1,807	$1,573
2007-08	58,582	19,407	6,351	958	5,215	4,547	8,059	5,844	316	4,718	2,145	1,021
2008-09	60,276	19,808	6,509	980	5,367	4,697	8,273	5,847	322	5,087	2,200	1,186
2009-10	59,661	19,556	6,669	859	5,325	4,696	7,992	5,711	340	5,416	2,119	977
2010-11	59,222	19,323	6,742	876	5,282	4,737	7,850	5,615	295	5,530	2,088	884
2011-12	59,780	19,510	6,539	873	5,317	4,818	7,920	5,591	316	5,788	2,038	1,070
2012-13	60,201	19,749	6,401	843	5,428	4,980	7,917	5,583	307	6,084	1,978	932
2013-14	61,700	20,281	6,343	880	5,527	5,205	8,091	5,717	310	6,215	2,036	1,096
2014-15	63,468	20,560	6,406	922	5,443	5,395	8,342	5,723	310	7,182	2,121	1,064
2015-16	65,060	20,766	6,340	941	5,521	5,538	8,561	5,766	315	7,333	2,135	1,842
2016-17	66,294	20,900	7,081	972	5,467	5,671	8,580	5,791	317	8,100	1,954	1,461
2017-18	67,824	20,824	7,178	1,014	5,899	5,767	8,705	5,849	324	8,693	2,065	1,506
2018-19	69,439	20,994	7,191	993	6,082	5,838	8,717	5,508	290	9,715	2,222	1,887
2019-20	69,513	20,962	7,230	993	6,073	5,789	8,689	5,172	332	10,182	2,165	1,928
2020-21	68,803	19,955	7,420	991	5,968	5,580	8,829	4,893	368	10,736	2,112	1,951
4-year
1999-2000	53,415	17,254	5,614	964	4,341	3,747	6,969	5,515	779	4,929	1,844	1,458
2007-08	58,870	19,499	6,408	964	5,245	4,553	8,066	5,880	315	4,761	2,164	1,015
2008-09	60,575	19,905	6,564	987	5,394	4,708	8,283	5,881	321	5,130	2,218	1,183
2009-10	59,948	19,648	6,724	864	5,351	4,706	8,001	5,743	340	5,461	2,137	972
2010-11	59,613	19,449	6,815	884	5,318	4,754	7,869	5,664	298	5,589	2,110	864
2011-12	60,152	19,627	6,604	881	5,350	4,833	7,942	5,638	319	5,845	2,059	1,056
2012-13	60,526	19,849	6,454	849	5,460	4,997	7,933	5,620	308	6,135	1,995	925
2013-14	61,999	20,374	6,394	886	5,554	5,214	8,111	5,751	311	6,265	2,053	1,085
2014-15	64,021	20,739	6,491	934	5,481	5,398	8,391	5,787	313	7,278	2,150	1,059
2015-16	65,548	20,926	6,416	952	5,551	5,530	8,604	5,822	318	7,422	2,161	1,846
2016-17	66,809	21,068	7,167	983	5,499	5,667	8,620	5,849	320	8,198	1,977	1,459
2017-18	68,380	21,001	7,264	1,026	5,937	5,765	8,751	5,909	327	8,798	2,090	1,511
2018-19	69,992	21,166	7,275	1,004	6,122	5,835	8,762	5,563	293	9,829	2,248	1,896
2019-20	69,870	21,074	7,292	1,001	6,097	5,770	8,711	5,208	333	10,269	2,183	1,931
2020-21	69,145	20,060	7,481	999	5,990	5,557	8,851	4,928	370	10,825	2,129	1,955
2-year
1999-2000	28,568	8,395	168	263	1,083	3,050	5,847	2,240	573	0	52	6,898
2007-08	26,460	9,138	48	295	1,797	3,785	7,321	1,871	473	0	0	1,733
2008-09	25,125	8,413	17	183	2,100	3,464	7,201	1,891	363	0	0	1,495
2009-10	24,759	8,353	30	254	2,165	3,488	6,830	1,736	362	0	0	1,539
2010-11	22,778	7,650	10	86	1,951	3,156	6,084	1,097	50	0	0	2,694
2011-12	22,292	7,763	26	78	1,956	3,255	5,729	899	79	0	0	2,508
2012-13	21,755	7,877	14	77	1,704	2,940	6,025	1,153	204	0	0	1,762
2013-14	24,781	8,838	18	77	2,173	4,128	5,521	1,422	195	0	0	2,409
2014-15	22,139	7,215	18	60	2,550	5,170	4,680	919	111	0	0	1,413
2015-16	24,761	7,619	28	67	3,014	6,170	5,048	1,141	102	0	0	1,572
2016-17	24,012	7,108	32	38	2,892	6,025	5,224	1,039	33	0	0	1,621
2017-18	21,686	6,092	21	38	2,706	5,955	4,929	830	43	0	0	1,073
2018-19	21,951	6,279	18	42	2,659	6,143	4,875	758	71	0	0	1,105
2019-20	28,078	7,886	26	45	3,309	8,007	6,196	906	107	0	0	1,595
2020-21	27,464	7,255	23	35	3,281	8,456	6,121	651	199	0	0	1,443

1Expenses 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.

2Activities 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.

3Activities 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.

4Activities and services that support the institution's primary mission of instruction, research, and public service.

5Expenses 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.

6Expenses for the day-to-day operational support of the institution.

7Essentially self-supporting operations of institutions that furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff, such as residence halls and food services.

8Scholarship 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.

9Expenses 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.

10Expenses 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.

11The 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.

12Constant 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. 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 2021, Fall Enrollment component; and selected years, Spring 2001 through Spring 2022, Finance component. (This table was prepared December 2022.)