Total expenditures of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by purpose and level of institution: Selected fiscal years, 1999-2000 through 2021-22

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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 2021-22
Level of institution and year	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
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	12,727,533	3,539,321	25,618	8,259,922	194,760	13,204	694,708
2021-22	13,008,476	3,640,267	28,013	8,313,921	217,657	13,722	794,896

4-year
1999-2000	2,022,622	595,976	4,393	1,104,001	92,071	11,805	214,377
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	2,713,928	24,558	6,881,277	167,929	12,280	521,790
2021-22	10,256,724	2,746,751	27,336	6,728,511	188,223	13,111	552,793

2-year
1999-2000	1,823,624	575,756	20,345	937,593	52,234	14,473	223,223
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	2,405,770	825,392	1,060	1,378,645	26,831	924	172,918
2021-22	2,751,751	893,516	677	1,585,410	29,434	611	242,102
	Percentage distribution
All levels
1999-2000	100.00	30.46	0.64	53.08	3.75	0.68	11.38
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	27.81	0.20	64.90	1.53	0.10	5.46
2021-22	100.00	27.98	0.22	63.91	1.67	0.11	6.11

4-year
1999-2000	100.00	29.47	0.22	54.58	4.55	0.58	10.60
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	26.29	0.24	66.67	1.63	0.12	5.06
2021-22	100.00	26.78	0.27	65.60	1.84	0.13	5.39

2-year
1999-2000	100.00	31.57	1.12	51.41	2.86	0.79	12.24
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	34.31	0.04	57.31	1.12	0.04	7.19
2021-22	100.00	32.47	0.02	57.61	1.07	0.02	8.80
	Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2022-23 dollars⁷
All levels
1999-2000	$17,703	$5,393	$114	$9,397	$664	$121	$2,014
2008-09	18,151	4,297	11	12,270	440	49	1,084
2009-10	18,537	4,417	12	12,279	433	111	1,285
2010-11	18,553	4,637	16	12,176	399	71	1,254
2011-12	18,555	4,524	35	12,345	400	45	1,207

2012-13	20,071	5,006	25	13,086	428	49	1,476
2013-14	24,829	6,658	20	15,759	568	44	1,780
2014-15	19,754	5,268	21	12,452	540	38	1,434
2015-16	20,351	5,403	22	12,823	508	32	1,563
2016-17	20,267	5,410	23	12,681	440	37	1,676

2017-18	19,567	5,316	31	12,404	373	25	1,418
2018-19	19,915	5,521	35	12,819	377	24	1,140
2019-20	19,304	5,417	39	12,518	318	27	985
2020-21	18,113	5,037	36	11,755	277	19	989
2021-22	17,937	5,019	39	11,464	300	19	1,096

4-year
1999-2000	17,151	5,054	37	9,361	781	100	1,818
2008-09	17,940	3,737	11	12,857	399	48	887
2009-10	18,912	4,043	13	13,277	418	89	1,072
2010-11	18,474	4,230	17	12,966	370	81	810
2011-12	18,296	4,129	40	12,774	367	54	931

2012-13	19,603	4,608	29	13,307	421	54	1,184
2013-14	26,210	6,674	25	17,257	607	53	1,595
2014-15	19,452	4,960	24	12,789	444	44	1,192
2015-16	20,004	5,093	25	13,054	515	36	1,281
2016-17	19,933	5,112	26	12,956	447	41	1,352

2017-18	19,440	5,065	36	12,800	351	28	1,161
2018-19	20,027	5,244	41	13,374	374	27	967
2019-20	19,520	5,165	47	13,162	334	32	780
2020-21	18,767	4,934	45	12,511	305	22	949
2021-22	18,172	4,867	48	11,921	333	23	979

2-year
1999-2000	18,358	5,796	205	9,438	526	146	2,247
2008-09	18,845	6,136	11	10,340	573	52	1,733
2009-10	17,411	5,541	9	9,282	478	178	1,923
2010-11	18,802	5,927	13	9,667	490	42	2,663
2011-12	19,459	5,901	17	10,848	513	10	2,169

2012-13	21,756	6,439	14	12,288	455	30	2,530
2013-14	20,999	6,615	6	11,605	459	19	2,294
2014-15	21,003	6,543	12	11,059	937	13	2,440
2015-16	21,729	6,636	12	11,905	480	15	2,680
2016-17	21,672	6,665	14	11,524	410	19	3,040

2017-18	20,096	6,363	11	10,754	468	13	2,487
2018-19	19,433	6,717	7	10,424	389	12	1,884
2019-20	18,438	6,425	8	9,938	258	5	1,804
2020-21	15,758	5,407	7	9,030	176	6	1,133
2021-22	17,112	5,556	4	9,859	183	4	1,506
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. 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); Enrollment component, Spring 2008 and Spring 2009 (final data); Fall Enrollment component, Spring 2009 through Spring 2022 (final data); and Finance component, selected years, Spring 2001 through Spring 2022 (final data), and Spring 2023 (provisional data). (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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