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Table 322.Current-fund revenue of public institutions of higher education, by source: 1980-81 to 1993-94

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               Source                |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1987-88   |  1988-89   |  1989-90   |   1990-91   |   1991-92   |   1992-93   | 1993-94 \1\
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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 |$74,771,255 |$81,927,371 |$88,911,433 | $94,904,506 |$102,202,890 |$108,186,484 |$112,968,097
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Tuition and fees ....................|  5,570,404 |  9,439,177 | 11,184,657 | 12,435,763 | 13,820,240 |  15,258,024 |  17,460,263 |  19,490,221 |  20,825,388
Federal government ..................|  5,540,101 |  6,852,370 |  7,714,261 |  8,412,582 |  9,171,488 |   9,763,427 |  10,783,842 |  11,655,011 |  12,465,038
  Appropriations ....................|  1,128,101 |  1,401,367 |  1,434,906 |  1,443,539 |  1,636,047 |   1,604,548 |   1,662,229 |   1,658,052 |   1,781,837
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|    529,424 |    816,364 |    989,781 |  1,083,575 |  1,214,836 |   1,319,035 |   1,462,372 |   1,601,201 |   1,694,596
  Restricted grants and contracts\2\ |  3,812,197 |  4,481,723 |  5,095,910 |  5,656,468 |  6,106,112 |   6,629,484 |   7,426,627 |   8,155,317 |   8,776,458
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ .|     70,379 |    152,916 |    193,664 |    228,999 |    214,493 |     210,360 |     232,613 |     240,441 |     212,148
State governments ...................| 19,675,968 | 29,220,586 | 32,437,504 | 34,835,716 | 37,052,307 |  38,239,978 |  39,107,560 |  39,789,641 |  40,536,393
  Appropriations ....................| 19,006,716 | 28,071,070 | 30,917,354 | 32,929,719 | 34,858,904 |  35,898,653 |  36,612,540 |  37,073,932 |  37,565,065
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|     45,390 |     88,779 |    113,204 |    240,028 |    297,338 |     250,168 |     253,184 |     259,046 |     271,298
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|    623,863 |  1,060,737 |  1,406,946 |  1,665,969 |  1,896,065 |   2,091,157 |   2,241,836 |   2,456,663 |   2,700,030
Local governments ...................|  1,622,938 |  2,325,844 |  2,731,862 |  3,025,703 |  3,264,303 |   3,531,714 |   3,778,615 |   4,040,897 |   4,508,604
  Appropriations ....................|  1,478,001 |  2,150,459 |  2,465,172 |  2,751,704 |  2,910,444 |   3,159,789 |   3,319,119 |   3,594,207 |   4,021,421
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|      9,915 |     27,852 |     41,940 |     64,455 |     82,405 |      73,281 |      90,257 |      84,974 |      71,098
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|    135,022 |    147,533 |    224,751 |    209,544 |    271,453 |     298,644 |     369,239 |     361,717 |     416,084
Private gifts, grants, and contracts |  1,100,084 |  2,109,782 |  2,517,422 |  2,948,827 |  3,368,635 |   3,651,107 |   4,039,212 |   4,330,112 |   4,521,452
  Unrestricted ......................|    110,462 |    279,381 |    305,457 |    362,011 |    436,028 |     529,496 |     650,468 |     686,214 |     698,497
  Restricted ........................|    989,622 |  1,830,401 |  2,211,966 |  2,586,815 |  2,932,607 |   3,121,611 |   3,388,743 |   3,643,898 |   3,822,955
Endowment income ....................|    214,561 |    398,603 |    361,545 |    422,252 |    461,701 |     431,235 |     593,998 |     667,711 |     639,343
  Unrestricted ......................|    102,888 |    181,624 |    127,861 |    149,650 |    164,242 |     147,368 |     248,770 |     257,113 |     259,172
  Restricted ........................|    111,673 |    216,979 |    233,684 |    272,602 |    297,459 |     283,867 |     345,228 |     410,598 |     380,172
Sales and services ..................|  8,455,449 | 12,990,670 | 15,851,714 | 17,586,819 | 19,330,429 |  21,546,202 |  23,738,382 |  25,282,113 |  26,404,241
  Educational activities ............|    943,737 |  1,596,946 |  1,948,679 |  2,186,448 |  2,423,779 |   2,700,185 |   2,960,980 |   3,236,037 |   3,329,681
  Auxiliary enterprises .............|  4,614,561 |  6,684,794 |  7,306,302 |  7,809,284 |  8,473,282 |   9,058,745 |   9,655,373 |  10,255,044 |  10,814,804
  Hospitals .........................|  2,897,151 |  4,708,930 |  6,596,733 |  7,591,087 |  8,433,369 |   9,787,271 |  11,122,029 |  11,791,033 |  12,259,757
Other sources .......................|  1,016,110 |  1,667,600 |  1,972,290 |  2,259,709 |  2,442,330 |   2,482,819 |   2,701,019 |   2,930,778 |   3,067,638
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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 |       15.0 |       15.2 |       15.5 |        16.1 |        17.1 |        18.0 |        18.4
Federal government ..................|       12.8 |       10.5 |       10.3 |       10.3 |       10.3 |        10.3 |        10.6 |        10.8 |        11.0
  Appropriations ....................|        2.6 |        2.2 |        1.9 |        1.8 |        1.8 |         1.7 |         1.6 |         1.5 |         1.6
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|        1.2 |        1.3 |        1.3 |        1.3 |        1.4 |         1.4 |         1.4 |         1.5 |         1.5
  Restricted grants and contracts\2\ |        8.8 |        6.9 |        6.8 |        6.9 |        6.9 |         7.0 |         7.3 |         7.5 |         7.8
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ .|        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2
State governments ...................|       45.6 |       45.0 |       43.4 |       42.5 |       41.7 |        40.3 |        38.3 |        36.8 |        35.9
  Appropriations ....................|       44.0 |       43.2 |       41.3 |       40.2 |       39.2 |        37.8 |        35.8 |        34.3 |        33.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.3 |         0.3 |         0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2
  Restricted grants and contracts ...|        1.4 |        1.6 |        1.9 |        2.0 |        2.1 |         2.2 |         2.2 |         2.3 |         2.4
Local governments ...................|        3.8 |        3.6 |        3.7 |        3.7 |        3.7 |         3.7 |         3.7 |         3.7 |         4.0
  Appropriations ....................|        3.4 |        3.3 |        3.3 |        3.4 |        3.3 |         3.3 |         3.2 |         3.3 |         3.6
  Unrestricted grants and contracts .|      (\4\) |      (\4\) |        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 |         0.4 |         0.3 |         0.4
Private gifts, grants, and contracts |        2.5 |        3.2 |        3.4 |        3.6 |        3.8 |         3.8 |         4.0 |         4.0 |         4.0
  Unrestricted ......................|        0.3 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.5 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.6 |         0.6
  Restricted ........................|        2.3 |        2.8 |        3.0 |        3.2 |        3.3 |         3.3 |         3.3 |         3.4 |         3.4
Endowment income ....................|        0.5 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.5 |        0.5 |         0.5 |         0.6 |         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 |         0.4 |         0.3
Sales and services ..................|       19.6 |       20.0 |       21.2 |       21.5 |       21.7 |        22.7 |        23.2 |        23.4 |        23.4
  Educational activities ............|        2.2 |        2.5 |        2.6 |        2.7 |        2.7 |         2.8 |         2.9 |         3.0 |         2.9
  Auxiliary enterprises .............|       10.7 |       10.3 |        9.8 |        9.5 |        9.5 |         9.5 |         9.4 |         9.5 |         9.6
  Hospitals .........................|        6.7 |        7.2 |        8.8 |        9.3 |        9.5 |        10.3 |        10.9 |        10.9 |        10.9
Other sources .......................|        2.4 |        2.6 |        2.6 |        2.8 |        2.7 |         2.6 |         2.6 |         2.7 |         2.7
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1 Preliminary data.

2 Excludes Pell Grants. Federally supported student aid that is received through students is included under tuition and auxiliary enterprises.

3 Generally includes only those revenues associated with major federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC).

4 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 1996.)


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