Table 334.50.

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

Year and level of institution	Total	Instruction1	Research and public service2	Academic support, student services, and institutional support3	Auxiliary enterprises4	Net grant aid to students5	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
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	12,557,135	3,523,611	25,672	8,142,885	207,129	17,283	640,555
2020-21	12,727,176	3,531,223	25,618	8,267,147	194,760	13,204	695,225
4-year
1999-2000	2,022,622	595,976	4,393	1,104,001	92,071	11,805	214,377
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	10,162,158	2,689,084	24,575	6,851,983	173,669	16,604	406,244
2020-21	10,321,763	2,705,414	24,558	6,889,792	167,929	12,280	521,790
2-year
1999-2000	1,823,624	575,756	20,345	937,593	52,234	14,473	223,223
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	2,394,977	834,527	1,097	1,290,902	33,461	679	234,311
2020-21	2,405,413	825,809	1,060	1,377,355	26,831	924	173,435
	Percentage distribution
All levels
1999-2000	100.00	30.46	0.64	53.08	3.75	0.68	11.38
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	28.06	0.20	64.85	1.65	0.14	5.10
2020-21	100.00	27.75	0.20	64.96	1.53	0.10	5.46
4-year
1999-2000	100.00	29.47	0.22	54.58	4.55	0.58	10.60
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	26.46	0.24	67.43	1.71	0.16	4.00
2020-21	100.00	26.21	0.24	66.75	1.63	0.12	5.06
2-year
1999-2000	100.00	31.57	1.12	51.41	2.86	0.79	12.24
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	34.84	0.05	53.90	1.40	0.03	9.78
2020-21	100.00	34.33	0.04	57.26	1.12	0.04	7.21
	Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2021-22 dollars7
All levels
1999-2000	$16,659	$5,075	$107	$8,843	$625	$114	$1,895
2007-08	18,026	4,233	13	12,026	545	106	1,103
2008-09	17,081	4,043	10	11,547	414	46	1,020
2009-10	17,445	4,157	12	11,555	407	105	1,209
2010-11	17,459	4,363	15	11,459	375	67	1,180
2011-12	17,462	4,258	33	11,618	376	42	1,135
2012-13	18,888	4,711	24	12,315	403	46	1,389
2013-14	23,366	6,266	19	14,830	534	41	1,675
2014-15	18,590	4,957	20	11,719	508	36	1,350
2015-16	19,151	5,085	21	12,067	478	30	1,470
2016-17	19,072	5,091	22	11,934	414	35	1,577
2017-18	18,414	5,003	29	11,673	351	23	1,334
2018-19	18,742	5,195	33	12,064	355	23	1,072
2019-20	18,166	5,098	37	11,780	300	25	927
2020-21	17,045	4,729	34	11,072	261	18	931
4-year
1999-2000	16,140	4,756	35	8,810	735	94	1,711
2007-08	17,591	3,688	13	12,342	528	120	900
2008-09	16,882	3,517	10	12,099	376	45	835
2009-10	17,797	3,805	12	12,494	393	84	1,009
2010-11	17,386	3,981	16	12,202	348	76	762
2011-12	17,218	3,886	37	12,022	346	51	876
2012-13	18,447	4,336	27	12,523	396	51	1,114
2013-14	24,666	6,280	23	16,240	571	50	1,501
2014-15	18,306	4,668	22	12,035	418	41	1,122
2015-16	18,825	4,793	23	12,285	484	34	1,206
2016-17	18,758	4,811	24	12,192	420	39	1,272
2017-18	18,294	4,766	34	12,046	330	26	1,093
2018-19	18,847	4,935	38	12,586	352	25	910
2019-20	18,370	4,861	44	12,386	314	30	734
2020-21	17,661	4,629	42	11,789	287	21	893
2-year
1999-2000	17,276	5,454	193	8,882	495	137	2,115
2007-08	19,454	6,022	11	10,991	602	59	1,768
2008-09	17,735	5,774	10	9,731	539	49	1,631
2009-10	16,385	5,214	9	8,735	449	168	1,810
2010-11	17,694	5,578	12	9,097	461	39	2,506
2011-12	18,313	5,554	16	10,209	483	10	2,041
2012-13	20,474	6,060	13	11,564	428	28	2,381
2013-14	19,762	6,226	5	10,921	432	18	2,159
2014-15	19,765	6,157	11	10,407	881	13	2,296
2015-16	20,448	6,245	12	11,204	451	15	2,522
2016-17	20,395	6,272	13	10,844	386	18	2,861
2017-18	18,912	5,988	11	10,120	440	13	2,340
2018-19	18,288	6,321	7	9,810	366	12	1,773
2019-20	17,351	6,046	8	9,352	242	5	1,698
2020-21	14,828	5,091	7	8,490	165	6	1,069

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.

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.

4Essentially self-supporting operations of institutions that furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff, such as residence halls and food services.

5Scholarship 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.

6The 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.

7Constant 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 2008 and Spring 2009, Enrollment component; Spring 2009 through Spring 2021, Fall Enrollment component; and selected years, Spring 2001 through Spring 2022, Finance component. (This table was prepared December 2022.)