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Table 319.Pell Grant revenue of institutions of higher education compared to current-fund revenue and tuition, by type and control of institution: 1985-86 to 1993-94 [Amounts in thousands]

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           |                          Total                    |            Public                               |        Private
           |---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
 Year and  |             |            |           |Pell Grants |            |           |           |Pell Grants |            |            |          |Pell Grants
  type of  |Current-fund |  Tuition   |Pell Grant |as a percent|Current-fund|  Tuition  |Pell Grant |as a percent|Current-fund|  Tuition   |Pell Grant|as a percent
institution|   revenue   |            |  revenue  |of current- |  revenue   |           |  revenue  |of current- |  revenue   |            | revenue  |of current-
           |             |            |           |fund revenue|            |           |           |fund revenue|            |            |          |fund revenue
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     1     |      2      |     3      |     4     |     5      |     6      |     7     |     8     |     9      |     10     |     11     |    12    |     13
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1985-86 ...|$100,437,616 |$23,116,605 |$2,565,048 |        2.6 |$65,004,632 |$9,439,177 |$1,873,456 |        2.9 |$35,432,985 |$13,677,429 | $691,592 |        2.0
  4-year ..|  88,144,386 | 20,498,399 | 1,770,042 |        2.0 | 53,746,503 | 7,539,717 | 1,214,303 |        2.3 | 34,397,882 | 12,958,683 |  555,739 |        1.6
  2-year ..|  12,293,231 |  2,618,206 |   795,006 |        6.5 | 11,258,128 | 1,899,460 |   659,153 |        5.9 |  1,035,102 |    718,746 |  135,853 |       13.1
           |             |            |           |            |            |           |           |            |            |            |          |
1987-88 ...| 117,340,109 | 27,836,781 | 2,496,133 |        2.1 | 74,771,255 |11,184,657 | 1,876,777 |        2.5 | 42,568,854 | 16,652,124 |  619,355 |        1.5
  4-year ..| 103,280,070 | 24,779,364 | 1,714,118 |        1.7 | 61,958,780 | 9,032,936 | 1,207,418 |        1.9 | 41,321,290 | 15,746,428 |  506,700 |        1.2
  2-year ..|  14,060,039 |  3,057,417 |   782,015 |        5.6 | 12,812,475 | 2,151,721 |   669,359 |        5.2 |  1,247,564 |    905,696 |  112,656 |        9.0
           |             |            |           |            |            |           |           |            |            |            |          |
1989-90 ...| 139,635,477 | 33,926,060 | 3,348,018 |        2.4 | 88,911,433 |13,820,240 | 2,566,209 |        2.9 | 50,724,044 | 20,105,820 |  781,809 |        1.5
  4-year ..| 122,858,290 | 30,302,689 | 2,253,803 |        1.8 | 73,415,696 |11,090,012 | 1,591,684 |        2.2 | 49,442,595 | 19,212,677 |  662,119 |        1.3
  2-year ..|  16,777,187 |  3,623,371 | 1,094,215 |        6.5 | 15,495,738 | 2,730,229 |   974,525 |        6.3 |  1,281,449 |    893,143 |  119,690 |        9.3
           |             |            |           |            |            |           |           |            |            |            |          |
1990-91 ...| 149,766,051 | 37,434,462 | 3,510,537 |        2.3 | 94,904,506 |15,258,024 | 2,725,357 |        2.9 | 54,861,545 | 22,176,439 |  785,180 |        1.4
  4-year ..| 131,743,973 | 33,405,241 | 2,312,931 |        1.8 | 78,272,989 |12,188,851 | 1,647,376 |        2.1 | 53,470,984 | 21,216,389 |  665,554 |        1.2
  2-year ..|  18,022,078 |  4,029,222 | 1,197,606 |        6.6 | 16,631,517 | 3,069,173 | 1,077,981 |        6.5 |  1,390,562 |    960,049 |  119,625 |        8.6
           |             |            |           |            |            |           |           |            |            |            |          |
1991-92 ...| 161,395,896 | 41,559,037 | 4,238,047 |        2.6 |102,202,890 |17,460,263 | 3,312,386 |        3.2 | 59,193,006 | 24,098,774 |  925,661 |        1.6
  4-year ..| 141,700,893 | 36,910,390 | 2,710,510 |        1.9 | 83,969,040 |13,827,245 | 1,928,623 |        2.3 | 57,731,852 | 23,083,145 |  781,887 |        1.4
  2-year ..|  19,695,003 |  4,648,647 | 1,527,537 |        7.8 | 18,233,850 | 3,633,018 | 1,383,763 |        7.6 |  1,461,153 |  1,015,629 |  143,774 |        9.8
           |             |            |           |            |            |           |           |            |            |            |          |
1992-93 ...| 170,880,503 | 45,346,071 | 4,701,905 |        2.8 |108,186,484 |19,490,221 | 3,663,529 |        3.4 | 62,694,018 | 25,855,850 |1,038,377 |        1.7
  4-year ..| 150,075,119 | 40,127,624 | 2,982,999 |        2.0 | 88,952,983 |15,406,746 | 2,097,638 |        2.4 | 61,122,135 | 24,720,878 |  885,360 |        1.4
  2-year ..|  20,805,384 |  5,218,447 | 1,718,907 |        8.3 | 19,233,501 | 4,083,475 | 1,565,890 |        8.1 |  1,571,883 |  1,134,972 |  153,017 |        9.7
           |             |            |           |            |            |           |           |            |            |            |          |
1993-94\1\ | 179,226,601 | 48,646,538 | 4,564,790 |        2.5 |112,968,097 |20,825,388 | 3,543,643 |        3.1 | 66,258,504 | 27,821,149 |1,021,147 |        1.5
  4-year ..| 157,265,446 | 43,052,545 | 2,674,392 |        1.7 | 92,747,344 |16,457,225 | 1,860,187 |        2.0 | 64,518,102 | 26,595,320 |  814,204 |        1.3
  2-year ..|  21,961,155 |  5,593,993 | 1,890,399 |        8.6 | 20,220,753 | 4,368,164 | 1,683,456 |        8.3 |  1,740,402 |  1,225,829 |  206,942 |       11.9
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1 Preliminary data.

NOTE.--Pell Grants which are spent on campus for tuition, room, board or other college expenses are included in current-fund revenue. 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 1996.)


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