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Table 319.Current-fund revenue of public institutions of higher education, by source: 1980-81 to 1992-93

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               Source                |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1986-87   |  1987-88   |  1988-89   |  1989-90   |   1990-91   | 1991-92 \1\ | 1992-93 \2\
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                  1                  |     2      |     3      |     4      |     5      |     6      |     7      |      8      |      9      |     10
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                                     |                                       In thousands
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     Total current-fund revenue .....|$43,195,617 |$65,004,632 |$69,613,289 |$74,771,255 |$81,927,371 |$88,911,433 | $94,904,506 |$102,202,890 |$108,186,484
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Tuition and fees ....................|  5,570,404 |  9,439,177 | 10,198,633 | 11,184,657 | 12,435,763 | 13,820,240 |  15,258,024 |  17,460,263 |  19,490,221
Federal government ..................|  5,540,101 |  6,852,370 |  7,227,995 |  7,714,261 |  8,412,582 |  9,171,488 |   9,763,427 |  10,783,842 |  11,655,011
  Appropriations ....................|  1,128,101 |  1,401,367 |  1,434,295 |  1,434,906 |  1,443,539 |  1,636,047 |   1,604,548 |   1,662,229 |   1,658,052
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|    529,424 |    816,364 |    907,299 |    989,781 |  1,083,575 |  1,214,836 |   1,319,035 |   1,462,372 |   1,601,201
  Restricted grants and contracts\3\ |  3,812,197 |  4,481,723 |  4,662,798 |  5,095,910 |  5,656,468 |  6,106,112 |   6,629,484 |   7,426,627 |   8,155,317
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\4\ .|     70,379 |    152,916 |    223,602 |    193,664 |    228,999 |    214,493 |     210,360 |     232,613 |     240,441
State governments ...................| 19,675,968 | 29,220,586 | 30,439,878 | 32,437,504 | 34,835,716 | 37,052,307 |  38,239,978 |  39,107,560 |  39,789,641
  Appropriations ....................| 19,006,716 | 28,071,070 | 28,974,665 | 30,917,354 | 32,929,719 | 34,858,904 |  35,898,653 |  36,612,540 |  37,073,932
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|     45,390 |     88,779 |    139,059 |    113,204 |    240,028 |    297,338 |     250,168 |     253,184 |     259,046
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|    623,863 |  1,060,737 |  1,326,154 |  1,406,946 |  1,665,969 |  1,896,065 |   2,091,157 |   2,241,836 |   2,456,663
Local governments ...................|  1,622,938 |  2,325,844 |  2,535,014 |  2,731,862 |  3,025,703 |  3,264,303 |   3,531,714 |   3,778,615 |   4,040,897
  Appropriations ....................|  1,478,001 |  2,150,459 |  2,289,420 |  2,465,172 |  2,751,704 |  2,910,444 |   3,159,789 |   3,319,119 |   3,594,207
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|      9,915 |     27,852 |     56,781 |     41,940 |     64,455 |     82,405 |      73,281 |      90,257 |      84,974
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|    135,022 |    147,533 |    188,813 |    224,751 |    209,544 |    271,453 |     298,644 |     369,239 |     361,717
Private gifts, grants, and contracts |  1,100,084 |  2,109,782 |  2,292,985 |  2,517,422 |  2,948,827 |  3,368,635 |   3,651,107 |   4,039,212 |   4,330,112
  Unrestricted ......................|    110,462 |    279,381 |    297,163 |    305,457 |    362,011 |    436,028 |     529,496 |     650,468 |     686,214
  Restricted ........................|    989,622 |  1,830,401 |  1,995,822 |  2,211,966 |  2,586,815 |  2,932,607 |   3,121,611 |   3,388,743 |   3,643,898
Endowment income ....................|    214,561 |    398,603 |    349,779 |    361,545 |    422,252 |    461,701 |     431,235 |     593,998 |     667,711
  Unrestricted ......................|    102,888 |    181,624 |    125,165 |    127,861 |    149,650 |    164,242 |     147,368 |     248,770 |     257,113
  Restricted ........................|    111,673 |    216,979 |    224,614 |    233,684 |    272,602 |    297,459 |     283,867 |     345,228 |     410,598
Sales and services ..................|  8,455,449 | 12,990,670 | 14,775,531 | 15,851,714 | 17,586,819 | 19,330,429 |  21,546,202 |  23,738,382 |  25,282,113
  Educational activities ............|    943,737 |  1,596,946 |  1,771,760 |  1,948,679 |  2,186,448 |  2,423,779 |   2,700,185 |   2,960,980 |   3,236,037
  Auxiliary enterprises .............|  4,614,561 |  6,684,794 |  7,092,985 |  7,306,302 |  7,809,284 |  8,473,282 |   9,058,745 |   9,655,373 |  10,255,044
  Hospitals .........................|  2,897,151 |  4,708,930 |  5,910,785 |  6,596,733 |  7,591,087 |  8,433,369 |   9,787,271 |  11,122,029 |  11,791,033
Other sources .......................|  1,016,110 |  1,667,600 |  1,793,474 |  1,972,290 |  2,259,709 |  2,442,330 |   2,482,819 |   2,701,019 |   2,930,778
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                                     |             Percentage distribution
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     Total current-fund revenue .....|      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0
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Tuition and fees ....................|       12.9 |       14.5 |       14.7 |       15.0 |       15.2 |       15.5 |        16.1 |        17.1 |        18.0
Federal government ..................|       12.8 |       10.5 |       10.4 |       10.3 |       10.3 |       10.3 |        10.3 |        10.6 |        10.8
  Appropriations ....................|        2.6 |        2.2 |        2.1 |        1.9 |        1.8 |        1.8 |         1.7 |         1.6 |         1.5
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|        1.2 |        1.3 |        1.3 |        1.3 |        1.3 |        1.4 |         1.4 |         1.4 |         1.5
  Restricted grants and contracts\3\ |        8.8 |        6.9 |        6.7 |        6.8 |        6.9 |        6.9 |         7.0 |         7.3 |         7.5
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\4\ .|        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2
State governments ...................|       45.6 |       45.0 |       43.7 |       43.4 |       42.5 |       41.7 |        40.3 |        38.3 |        36.8
  Appropriations ....................|       44.0 |       43.2 |       41.6 |       41.3 |       40.2 |       39.2 |        37.8 |        35.8 |        34.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.3 |         0.3 |         0.2 |         0.2
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|        1.4 |        1.6 |        1.9 |        1.9 |        2.0 |        2.1 |         2.2 |         2.2 |         2.3
Local governments ...................|        3.8 |        3.6 |        3.6 |        3.7 |        3.7 |        3.7 |         3.7 |         3.7 |         3.7
  Appropriations ....................|        3.4 |        3.3 |        3.3 |        3.3 |        3.4 |        3.3 |         3.3 |         3.2 |         3.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|      (\5\) |      (\5\) |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |         0.1 |         0.1 |         0.1
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|        0.3 |        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.3 |         0.3 |         0.4 |         0.3
Private gifts, grants, and contracts |        2.5 |        3.2 |        3.3 |        3.4 |        3.6 |        3.8 |         3.8 |         4.0 |         4.0
  Unrestricted ......................|        0.3 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.5 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.6
  Restricted ........................|        2.3 |        2.8 |        2.9 |        3.0 |        3.2 |        3.3 |         3.3 |         3.3 |         3.4
Endowment income ....................|        0.5 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.5 |        0.5 |        0.5 |         0.5 |         0.6 |         0.6
  Unrestricted ......................|        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2
  Restricted ........................|        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.3 |         0.3 |         0.3 |         0.4
Sales and services ..................|       19.6 |       20.0 |       21.2 |       21.2 |       21.5 |       21.7 |        22.7 |        23.2 |        23.4
  Educational activities ............|        2.2 |        2.5 |        2.5 |        2.6 |        2.7 |        2.7 |         2.8 |         2.9 |         3.0
  Auxiliary enterprises .............|       10.7 |       10.3 |       10.2 |        9.8 |        9.5 |        9.5 |         9.5 |         9.4 |         9.5
  Hospitals .........................|        6.7 |        7.2 |        8.5 |        8.8 |        9.3 |        9.5 |        10.3 |        10.9 |        10.9
Other sources .......................|        2.4 |        2.6 |        2.6 |        2.6 |        2.8 |        2.7 |         2.6 |         2.6 |         2.7
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\1\Revised from previously published data.
\2\Preliminary data.
\3\Excludes Pell Grants. Federally supported student aid that is received through students is included under tuition and auxiliary enterprises.
\4\Generally includes only those revenues associated with major federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC).
\5\Less than 0.05 percent.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared April 1995.)


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