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Table 333.10.Total revenue of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source of revenue and level of institution: Selected fiscal years, 2007-08 through 2021-22
Level of institution and year Total Operating revenue Nonoperating revenue Other revenues and additions
Tuition and fees1,2 Grants and contracts Sales and services of auxiliary enterprises1,3 Hospital revenue4 Independent oper-
ations5
Other operating revenues6 Appropriations Nonoperating grants Gifts Investment return (gain or loss) Other non-operating revenues7 Capital appropriations Capital grants and gifts Additions to permanent endowments Other8
Federal2 State Local and private Federal State Local Federal State Local
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
In thousands of current dollars
All levels
2007-08 $273,070,439 $48,068,614 $25,499,038 $7,831,049 $8,699,401 $20,487,684 $25,183,379 $1,174,836 $14,085,890 $1,849,775 $68,394,962 $9,302,794 $10,045,255 $1,925,994 $177,116 $6,053,147 $5,278,656 $2,234,287 $7,575,827 $3,092,817 $1,151,300 $4,958,618
2011-12 317,289,436 65,396,118 29,133,188 6,830,670 10,161,247 24,276,751 33,508,840 1,356,861 16,296,364 1,835,767 58,789,575 10,214,576 23,204,292 3,559,591 232,167 6,522,320 6,170,822 4,193,110 5,544,504 3,724,162 825,587 5,512,923
2018-19 415,893,914 82,777,233 31,237,970 9,200,614 14,950,396 29,559,201 58,099,250 1,888,247 24,049,655 1,984,634 73,980,202 13,900,650 20,980,693 5,756,256 381,799 9,678,055 10,832,979 6,745,194 6,106,671 4,169,298 1,468,592 8,146,324
2019-20 428,158,921 83,630,088 33,257,109 9,708,799 15,475,906 25,705,927 59,511,541 1,950,804 24,876,226 2,147,956 76,606,956 14,595,331 26,252,897 6,419,686 463,957 9,692,891 11,558,172 7,191,540 5,994,006 4,082,002 1,181,125 7,856,003
2020-21 503,080,038 81,892,302 36,779,840 9,526,186 15,927,536 19,703,765 66,727,712 2,158,786 25,900,877 2,257,162 75,522,183 15,263,407 36,252,829 7,435,249 527,677 9,497,818 59,309,372 12,874,165 6,077,171 3,831,501 1,648,466 13,966,036
2021-22 474,514,980 83,362,330 40,984,172 10,582,677 17,176,090 28,871,924 72,809,088 1,978,770 29,868,023 2,676,407 83,528,207 15,829,632 41,947,355 6,552,931 542,460 12,154,765 -12,158,207 13,012,720 7,097,852 4,573,322 1,846,277 11,278,184
 
4-year
2007-08 223,530,092 40,083,063 23,500,633 5,715,188 8,106,887 18,507,688 25,183,379 1,174,836 13,112,536 1,776,452 53,268,648 436,856 5,194,645 1,217,818 103,824 5,781,369 4,430,479 1,773,078 5,635,746 2,764,505 1,138,323 4,624,141
2011-12 261,158,738 55,978,667 27,235,518 5,352,808 9,590,518 22,240,828 33,508,840 1,356,861 15,343,535 1,715,489 45,755,610 517,219 11,263,074 2,398,688 130,598 6,255,956 5,994,582 3,492,667 3,884,832 3,356,930 815,973 4,969,547
2018-19 360,332,988 74,122,570 29,810,706 6,614,695 14,408,926 28,287,838 58,099,250 1,888,247 23,119,855 1,905,351 59,600,782 2,241,627 12,965,760 4,114,881 267,843 9,371,434 10,227,379 5,941,751 4,387,335 3,716,945 1,422,503 7,817,311
2019-20 372,344,479 75,566,818 31,574,616 7,118,948 14,951,620 24,646,398 59,511,541 1,950,804 23,989,688 2,012,026 62,143,298 3,004,940 17,680,799 4,535,178 308,611 9,395,923 11,045,530 6,150,362 4,224,435 3,811,013 1,169,939 7,551,991
2020-21 444,548,201 74,371,031 34,019,710 6,715,076 15,432,501 18,878,292 66,727,712 2,158,786 24,926,185 2,074,435 61,533,437 3,326,581 25,776,039 5,461,611 367,105 9,021,817 58,910,929 11,677,208 4,410,756 3,588,328 1,614,190 13,556,473
2021-22 412,200,505 76,371,720 37,495,925 7,647,083 16,586,948 27,961,833 72,809,088 1,978,770 28,898,026 2,370,661 68,627,997 3,535,680 29,201,462 4,809,405 381,702 11,788,469 -11,748,211 11,347,375 5,424,124 4,076,039 1,831,500 10,804,907
 
2-year
2007-08 49,540,347 7,985,551 1,998,404 2,115,861 592,513 1,979,996 0 0 973,353 73,324 15,126,314 8,865,938 4,850,610 708,176 73,292 271,778 848,177 461,209 1,940,082 328,312 12,978 334,477
2011-12 56,130,698 9,417,451 1,897,670 1,477,862 570,729 2,035,923 0 0 952,830 120,279 13,033,965 9,697,357 11,941,218 1,160,903 101,569 266,364 176,240 700,443 1,659,672 367,232 9,614 543,376
2018-19 55,560,926 8,654,663 1,427,264 2,585,919 541,470 1,271,364 0 0 929,800 79,283 14,379,420 11,659,024 8,014,933 1,641,375 113,956 306,621 605,600 803,443 1,719,336 452,354 46,089 329,013
2019-20 55,814,443 8,063,270 1,682,493 2,589,851 524,286 1,059,529 0 0 886,538 135,930 14,463,659 11,590,391 8,572,097 1,884,508 155,346 296,968 512,642 1,041,178 1,769,571 270,989 11,186 304,011
2020-21 58,531,837 7,521,271 2,760,130 2,811,109 495,036 825,473 0 0 974,692 182,726 13,988,746 11,936,826 10,476,791 1,973,638 160,572 476,002 398,442 1,196,957 1,666,415 243,173 34,276 409,563
2021-22 62,314,475 6,990,610 3,488,247 2,935,594 589,142 910,091 0 0 969,997 305,746 14,900,209 12,293,951 12,745,894 1,743,526 160,758 366,296 -409,996 1,665,345 1,673,729 497,283 14,777 473,277
Percentage distribution
 
All levels
2007-08 100.00 17.60 9.34 2.87 3.19 7.50 9.22 0.43 5.16 0.68 25.05 3.41 3.68 0.71 0.06 2.22 1.93 0.82 2.77 1.13 0.42 1.82
2011-12 100.00 20.61 9.18 2.15 3.20 7.65 10.56 0.43 5.14 0.58 18.53 3.22 7.31 1.12 0.07 2.06 1.94 1.32 1.75 1.17 0.26 1.74
2018-19 100.00 19.90 7.51 2.21 3.59 7.11 13.97 0.45 5.78 0.48 17.79 3.34 5.04 1.38 0.09 2.33 2.60 1.62 1.47 1.00 0.35 1.96
2019-20 100.00 19.53 7.77 2.27 3.61 6.00 13.90 0.46 5.81 0.50 17.89 3.41 6.13 1.50 0.11 2.26 2.70 1.68 1.40 0.95 0.28 1.83
2020-21 100.00 16.28 7.31 1.89 3.17 3.92 13.26 0.43 5.15 0.45 15.01 3.03 7.21 1.48 0.10 1.89 11.79 2.56 1.21 0.76 0.33 2.78
2021-22 100.00 17.57 8.64 2.23 3.62 6.08 15.34 0.42 6.29 0.56 17.60 3.34 8.84 1.38 0.11 2.56 -2.56 2.74 1.50 0.96 0.39 2.38
 
4-year
2007-08 100.00 17.93 10.51 2.56 3.63 8.28 11.27 0.53 5.87 0.79 23.83 0.20 2.32 0.54 0.05 2.59 1.98 0.79 2.52 1.24 0.51 2.07
2011-12 100.00 21.43 10.43 2.05 3.67 8.52 12.83 0.52 5.88 0.66 17.52 0.20 4.31 0.92 0.05 2.40 2.30 1.34 1.49 1.29 0.31 1.90
2018-19 100.00 20.57 8.27 1.84 4.00 7.85 16.12 0.52 6.42 0.53 16.54 0.62 3.60 1.14 0.07 2.60 2.84 1.65 1.22 1.03 0.39 2.17
2019-20 100.00 20.29 8.48 1.91 4.02 6.62 15.98 0.52 6.44 0.54 16.69 0.81 4.75 1.22 0.08 2.52 2.97 1.65 1.13 1.02 0.31 2.03
2020-21 100.00 16.73 7.65 1.51 3.47 4.25 15.01 0.49 5.61 0.47 13.84 0.75 5.80 1.23 0.08 2.03 13.25 2.63 0.99 0.81 0.36 3.05
2021-22 100.00 18.53 9.10 1.86 4.02 6.78 17.66 0.48 7.01 0.58 16.65 0.86 7.08 1.17 0.09 2.86 -2.85 2.75 1.32 0.99 0.44 2.62
 
2-year
2007-08 100.00 16.12 4.03 4.27 1.20 4.00 0.00 0.00 1.96 0.15 30.53 17.90 9.79 1.43 0.15 0.55 1.71 0.93 3.92 0.66 0.03 0.68
2011-12 100.00 16.78 3.38 2.63 1.02 3.63 0.00 0.00 1.70 0.21 23.22 17.28 21.27 2.07 0.18 0.47 0.31 1.25 2.96 0.65 0.02 0.97
2018-19 100.00 15.58 2.57 4.65 0.97 2.29 0.00 0.00 1.67 0.14 25.88 20.98 14.43 2.95 0.21 0.55 1.09 1.45 3.09 0.81 0.08 0.59
2019-20 100.00 14.45 3.01 4.64 0.94 1.90 0.00 0.00 1.59 0.24 25.91 20.77 15.36 3.38 0.28 0.53 0.92 1.87 3.17 0.49 0.02 0.54
2020-21 100.00 12.85 4.72 4.80 0.85 1.41 0.00 0.00 1.67 0.31 23.90 20.39 17.90 3.37 0.27 0.81 0.68 2.04 2.85 0.42 0.06 0.70
2021-22 100.00 11.22 5.60 4.71 0.95 1.46 0.00 0.00 1.56 0.49 23.91 19.73 20.45 2.80 0.26 0.59 -0.66 2.67 2.69 0.80 0.02 0.76
Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2022-23 dollars9
 
All levels
2007-08 $39,671 $6,983 $3,704 $1,138 $1,264 $2,976 $3,659 $171 $2,046 $269 $9,936 $1,352 $1,459 $280 $26 $879 $767 $325 $1,101 $449 $167 $720
2011-12 38,143 7,862 3,502 821 1,222 2,918 4,028 163 1,959 221 7,067 1,228 2,790 428 28 784 742 504 667 448 99 663
2018-19 46,758 9,306 3,512 1,034 1,681 3,323 6,532 212 2,704 223 8,317 1,563 2,359 647 43 1,088 1,218 758 687 469 165 916
2019-20 47,564 9,291 3,695 1,079 1,719 2,856 6,611 217 2,764 239 8,510 1,621 2,916 713 52 1,077 1,284 799 666 453 131 873
2020-21 56,905 9,263 4,160 1,078 1,802 2,229 7,548 244 2,930 255 8,543 1,726 4,101 841 60 1,074 6,709 1,456 687 433 186 1,580
2021-22 51,625 9,070 4,459 1,151 1,869 3,141 7,921 215 3,250 291 9,088 1,722 4,564 713 59 1,322 -1,323 1,416 772 498 201 1,227
 
4-year
2007-08 52,803 9,469 5,551 1,350 1,915 4,372 5,949 278 3,097 420 12,583 103 1,227 288 25 1,366 1,047 419 1,331 653 269 1,092
2011-12 51,073 10,947 5,326 1,047 1,876 4,349 6,553 265 3,001 335 8,948 101 2,203 469 26 1,223 1,172 683 760 656 160 972
2018-19 57,801 11,890 4,782 1,061 2,311 4,538 9,320 303 3,709 306 9,561 360 2,080 660 43 1,503 1,641 953 704 596 228 1,254
2019-20 58,363 11,845 4,949 1,116 2,344 3,863 9,328 306 3,760 315 9,741 471 2,771 711 48 1,473 1,731 964 662 597 183 1,184
2020-21 68,299 11,426 5,227 1,032 2,371 2,900 10,252 332 3,830 319 9,454 511 3,960 839 56 1,386 9,051 1,794 678 551 248 2,083
2021-22 60,015 11,119 5,459 1,113 2,415 4,071 10,601 288 4,207 345 9,992 515 4,252 700 56 1,716 -1,710 1,652 790 593 267 1,573
 
2-year
2007-08 18,694 3,013 754 798 224 747 0 0 367 28 5,708 3,346 1,830 267 28 103 320 174 732 124 5 126
2011-12 17,514 2,938 592 461 178 635 0 0 297 38 4,067 3,026 3,726 362 32 83 55 219 518 115 3 170
2018-19 20,882 3,253 536 972 204 478 0 0 349 30 5,404 4,382 3,012 617 43 115 228 302 646 170 17 124
2019-20 21,288 3,075 642 988 200 404 0 0 338 52 5,516 4,421 3,269 719 59 113 196 397 675 103 4 116
2020-21 25,101 3,225 1,184 1,206 212 354 0 0 418 78 5,999 5,119 4,493 846 69 204 171 513 715 104 15 176
2021-22 26,823 3,009 1,501 1,264 254 392 0 0 418 132 6,414 5,292 5,486 750 69 158 -176 717 720 214 6 204
1After deducting discounts and allowances.
2Public institutions typically report Pell grants as revenues from federal grants and as allowances that reduce revenues from tuition and fees.
3Revenues 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.
4Includes all revenue generated by a hospital, such as gifts, grants, appropriations, research revenues, endowment income, and revenues of health clinics that are part of the hospital unless such clinics are part of the student health services program. Also includes sales and service revenues net of patient contractual allowances and all amounts appropriated by governments for the operation of hospitals.
5Revenues associated with operations independent of or unrelated to the primary missions of the institution, although they may contribute indirectly to the enhancement of these programs. Generally includes only those revenues associated with major federally funded research and development centers. Net profit from operations owned and managed as investments of the institution's endowment funds is excluded.
6Includes sales and services of educational activities.
7Includes American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) revenues for institutions that received ARRA revenues during the reporting period.
8Includes all revenue not reported elsewhere.
9Constant 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. Data are for degree-granting institutions and U.S. service academies. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes data for public institutions reporting data according to either Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) or Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) guidance. 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), selected years, Fall Enrollment component, Spring 2008 through Spring 2022 (final data); and Finance component, Spring 2009 through Spring 2022 (final data) and Spring 2023 (provisional data). (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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