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Table 30.Total expenditures of educational institutions related to the gross domestic product, by level of institution: 1959-60 to 1995-96

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      |         |           |Total expenditures for education (amounts in millions of current dollars)
      |         |           |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |         |           |    All educational    | All elementary and    |     All colleges and
      |  Gross  |           |     institutions      | secondary schools     |      universities
 Year |domestic |  School   |-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------
      | product |   year    |           |   As a    |           |   As a    |              |   As a
      |   (in   |           |           |  percent  |           |  percent  |              |  percent
      |billions)|           |  Amount   | of gross  |  Amount   | of gross  |     Amount   | of gross
      |         |           |           | domestic  |           | domestic  |              | domestic
      |         |           |           |  product  |           |  product  |              |  product
------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|-----------
  1   |    2    |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7     |        8     |    9
------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|-----------
1959 .|  $507.2 | 1959-60   |   $23,860 |       4.7 |   $16,713 |       3.3 |       $7,147 |       1.4
1961 .|   544.8 | 1961-62   |    28,503 |       5.2 |    19,673 |       3.6 |        8,830 |       1.6
1963 .|   617.4 | 1963-64   |    34,440 |       5.6 |    22,825 |       3.7 |       11,615 |       1.9
1965 .|   719.1 | 1965-66   |    43,682 |       6.1 |    28,048 |       3.9 |       15,634 |       2.2
1967 .|   833.6 | 1967-68   |    55,652 |       6.7 |    35,077 |       4.2 |       20,575 |       2.5
      |         |           |           |           |           |           |              |
1969 .|   982.2 | 1969-70   |    68,459 |       7.0 |    43,183 |       4.4 |       25,276 |       2.6
1970 .| 1,035.6 | 1970-71   |    75,741 |       7.3 |    48,200 |       4.7 |       27,541 |       2.7
1971 .| 1,125.4 | 1971-72   |    80,672 |       7.2 |    50,950 |       4.5 |       29,722 |       2.6
1972 .| 1,237.3 | 1972-73   |    86,875 |       7.0 |    54,952 |       4.4 |       31,923 |       2.6
1973 .| 1,382.6 | 1973-74   |    95,396 |       6.9 |    60,370 |       4.4 |       35,026 |       2.5
      |         |           |           |           |           |           |              |
1974 .| 1,496.9 | 1974-75   |   108,664 |       7.3 |    68,846 |       4.6 |       39,818 |       2.7
1975 .| 1,630.6 | 1975-76   |   118,706 |       7.3 |    75,101 |       4.6 |       43,605 |       2.7
1976 .| 1,819.0 | 1976-77   |   126,417 |       6.9 |    79,194 |       4.4 |       47,223 |       2.6
1977 .| 2,026.9 | 1977-78   |   137,042 |       6.8 |    86,544 |       4.3 |       50,498 |       2.5
1978 .| 2,291.4 | 1978-79   |   148,308 |       6.5 |    93,012 |       4.1 |       55,296 |       2.4
      |         |           |           |           |           |           |              |
1979 .| 2,557.5 | 1979-80   |   165,627 |       6.5 |   103,162 |       4.0 |       62,465 |       2.4
1980 .| 2,784.2 | 1980-81   |   182,849 |       6.6 |   112,325 |       4.0 |       70,524 |       2.5
1981 .| 3,115.9 | 1981-82   |   197,801 |       6.3 |   120,486 |       3.9 |       77,315 |       2.5
1982 .| 3,242.1 | 1982-83   |   212,081 |       6.5 |   128,725 |       4.0 |       83,356 |       2.6
1983 .| 3,514.5 | 1983-84   |   228,597 |       6.5 |   139,000 |       4.0 |       89,597 |       2.5
      |         |           |           |           |           |           |              |
1984 .| 3,902.4 | 1984-85   |   247,657 |       6.3 |   149,400 |       3.8 |       98,257 |       2.5
1985 .| 4,180.7 | 1985-86   |   269,485 |       6.4 |   161,800 |       3.9 |      107,685 |       2.6
1986 .| 4,422.2 | 1986-87   |   291,974 |       6.6 |   175,200 |       4.0 |      116,774 |       2.6
1987 .| 4,692.3 | 1987-88   |   313,375 |       6.7 |   187,999 |       4.0 |      125,376 |       2.7
1988 .| 5,049.6 | 1988-89   |   346,883 |       6.9 |   209,377 |       4.1 |      137,506 |       2.7
      |         |           |           |           |           |           |              |
1989 .| 5,438.7 | 1989-90   |   381,228 |       7.0 |   230,673 |       4.2 |      150,555 |       2.8
1990 .| 5,743.8 | 1990-91   |   412,652 |       7.2 |   248,930 |       4.3 |      163,722 |       2.9
1991 .| 5,916.7 | 1991-92   |   434,102 |       7.3 |   261,262 |       4.4 |      172,840 |       2.9
1992 .| 6,244.4 | 1992-93\1\|   457,124 |       7.3 |   274,435 |       4.4 |      182,689 |       2.9
1993 .| 6,550.2 | 1993-94\2\|   479,069 |       7.3 |   287,485 |       4.4 |      191,584 |       2.9
1994 .| 6,931.4 | 1994-95\3\|   504,500 |       7.3 |   302,900 |       4.4 |      201,600 |       2.9
1995 .| 7,245.8 | 1995-96\3\|   529,600 |       7.3 |   318,400 |       4.4 |      211,200 |       2.9
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\1\Revised from previously published data.

\2\Preliminary.

\3\Estimated.

NOTE.--Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools include current expenditures, interest on school debt, and capital outlay. Data for private elementary and secondary schools are estimated. Total expenditures for colleges and universities include current-fund expenditures and additions to plant value. Excludes expenditures of noncollegiate postsecondary institutions. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education; Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education; Common Core of Data survey; "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" survey, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) "Finance" survey, and unpublished data; Council of Economic Advisers, Economic Indicators; and National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, various years. (This table was prepared June 1996.)


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