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Table 333.55.Total revenue of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source of revenue and level of institution: Selected fiscal years, 1999-2000 through 2021-22
Level of institution and yearTotalTuition and fees (net of allowances)1Federal appropriations, grants, and contracts1State and local appropriations, grants, and contractsPrivate gifts, grants, and contractsInvestment return (gain or loss)Sales and services of educational activitiesSales and services of auxiliary enterprises (net of allowances)2Other3
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In thousands of current dollars
All levels
  1999-2000$4,321,985$3,721,032$198,923$71,904$2,151$18,537$70,672$156,613$82,153
  2010-1128,285,21625,157,4591,583,370157,29031,27232,551402,206542,622378,447
  2017-1813,233,73012,374,965228,15721,35712,17558,806159,937147,597230,737
  2018-1913,870,30912,618,498217,78616,64215,258430,965185,191146,133239,837
  2019-2014,041,87913,061,260261,85819,72417,42879,536202,468122,410277,196
  2020-2114,491,50213,500,425287,13515,51616,62447,604207,879109,152307,166
  2021-2214,512,22513,523,970274,37814,77816,93726,310262,082107,015286,755
4-year
  1999-20002,381,0422,050,136103,86539,4601,10910,34033,764102,10340,266
  2010-1121,690,06919,483,8951,113,186118,05429,11828,671346,786405,604164,755
  2017-1810,779,28710,190,630111,30212,11811,52151,759138,034121,056142,867
  2018-1911,491,25510,474,932109,7319,04013,943427,167165,375128,398162,670
  2019-2011,472,18210,778,915114,2299,50516,42073,209181,883118,218179,803
  2020-2111,754,57411,045,602132,6247,60515,37942,286185,498103,719221,861
  2021-2211,478,24710,777,361135,3098,17415,27720,910233,288101,660186,268
2-year
  1999-20001,940,9431,670,89695,05832,4441,0428,19736,90854,51041,888
  2010-116,595,1475,673,564470,18339,2362,1543,88055,420137,018213,692
  2017-182,454,4422,184,335116,8559,2406547,04721,90326,54087,869
  2018-192,379,0542,143,566108,0557,6021,3153,79819,81617,73577,167
  2019-202,569,6982,282,345147,62910,2201,0096,32620,5854,19197,393
  2020-212,736,9282,454,823154,5117,9111,2455,31922,3815,43285,305
  2021-223,033,9782,746,609139,0706,6041,6605,40028,7945,355100,487
Percentage distribution
All levels
  1999-2000100.0086.104.601.660.050.431.643.621.90
  2010-11100.0088.945.600.560.110.121.421.921.34
  2017-18100.0093.511.720.160.090.441.211.121.74
  2018-19100.0090.971.570.120.113.111.341.051.73
  2019-20100.0093.021.860.140.120.571.440.871.97
  2020-21100.0093.161.980.110.110.331.430.752.12
  2021-22100.0093.191.890.100.120.181.810.741.98
4-year
  1999-2000100.0086.104.361.660.050.431.424.291.69
  2010-11100.0089.835.130.540.130.131.601.870.76
  2017-18100.0094.541.030.110.110.481.281.121.33
  2018-19100.0091.160.950.080.123.721.441.121.42
  2019-20100.0093.961.000.080.140.641.591.031.57
  2020-21100.0093.971.130.060.130.361.580.881.89
  2021-22100.0093.891.180.070.130.182.030.891.62
2-year
  1999-2000100.0086.094.901.670.050.421.902.812.16
  2010-11100.0086.037.130.590.030.060.842.083.24
  2017-18100.0089.004.760.380.030.290.891.083.58
  2018-19100.0090.104.540.320.060.160.830.753.24
  2019-20100.0088.825.750.400.040.250.800.163.79
  2020-21100.0089.695.650.290.050.190.820.203.12
  2021-22100.0090.534.580.220.050.180.950.183.31
Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2022-23 dollars4
All levels
  1999-2000$19,892$17,126$916$331$10$85$325$721$378
  2010-1123,18720,6231,2981292627330445310
  2017-1821,28519,904367342095257237371
  2018-1922,34520,3283512725694298235386
  2019-2021,58620,0794033027122311188426
  2020-2120,62319,213409222468296155437
  2021-2220,01118,648378202336361148395
4-year
  1999-200020,19017,384881335988286866341
  2010-1123,37620,9981,2001273131374437178
  2017-1821,49620,3222222423103275241285
  2018-1922,79820,7822181828847328255323
  2019-2022,03620,7052191832141349227345
  2020-2121,37220,083241142877337189403
  2021-2220,33619,095240142737413180330
2-year
  1999-200019,53916,8209573271083372549422
  2010-1122,58519,4291,610134713190469732
  2017-1820,40718,16297277559182221731
  2018-1920,38918,371926651133170152661
  2019-2019,78317,5711,1377984915832750
  2020-2117,92816,0801,0125283514736559
  2021-2218,86717,08086541103417933625
1Private institutions typically report Pell grants as revenues from tuition and fees rather than as revenues from federal grants.
2Revenues 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, although not necessarily equal, to the cost of the service. Auxiliary enterprises are managed as essentially self-supporting activities.
3Other revenue includes all revenue not reported elsewhere. Excludes gains or other unusual or nonrecurring items.
4Constant 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); selected years, Fall Enrollment component, Spring 2011 through Spring 2022 (final data); and Finance component, Spring 2001 through Spring 2022 (final data) and Spring 2023 (provisional data). (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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