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Table 323.Current-fund revenue of private 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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     Total current-fund revenue ......|$22,389,172 |$35,432,985 |$42,568,854 |$46,574,267 |$50,724,044 |$54,861,545 |$59,193,006 |$62,694,018 |$66,258,504
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Tuition and fees .....................|  8,202,855 | 13,677,429 | 16,652,124 | 18,370,803 | 20,105,820 | 22,176,439 | 24,098,774 | 25,855,850 | 27,821,149
Federal government ...................|  4,207,485 |  5,852,380 |  7,057,693 |  7,481,396 |  8,083,386 |  8,472,654 |  9,049,476 |  9,359,554 |  9,611,348
  Appropriations .....................|    218,733 |    216,143 |    229,148 |    233,891 |    254,000 |    236,146 |    245,173 |    214,788 |    212,443
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|    597,134 |    842,272 |    990,968 |  1,066,504 |  1,138,283 |  1,185,824 |  1,241,218 |  1,312,056 |  1,434,711
  Restricted grants and contracts\2\ .|  2,193,119 |  2,708,622 |  3,129,219 |  3,353,241 |  3,667,154 |  3,814,493 |  4,134,817 |  4,434,410 |  4,777,978
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ..|  1,198,498 |  2,085,343 |  2,708,358 |  2,827,761 |  3,023,949 |  3,236,192 |  3,428,267 |  3,398,300 |  3,186,216
State governments ....................|    430,253 |    690,914 |  1,079,662 |  1,195,492 |  1,296,932 |  1,240,896 |  1,479,347 |  1,458,314 |  1,373,894
  Appropriations .....................|    259,470 |    331,219 |    381,183 |    357,315 |    364,270 |    356,437 |    272,417 |    240,244 |    258,996
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|     39,458 |     65,330 |    104,004 |    117,193 |    114,419 |    116,038 |    122,992 |    123,158 |     89,554
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|    131,326 |    294,365 |    594,475 |    720,984 |    818,244 |    768,421 |  1,083,938 |  1,094,912 |  1,025,344
Local governments ....................|    167,801 |    218,662 |    274,400 |    337,973 |    375,599 |    399,525 |    381,261 |    403,977 |    489,703
  Appropriations .....................|      4,535 |      2,701 |      5,267 |      6,383 |      9,003 |     17,907 |     16,893 |      5,776 |      2,199
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|     19,714 |     29,123 |     34,698 |     34,332 |     39,999 |     43,701 |     49,878 |     54,907 |     63,393
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|    143,552 |    186,838 |    234,435 |    297,258 |    326,598 |    337,917 |    314,490 |    343,294 |    424,111
Private gifts, grants, and contracts .|  2,076,585 |  3,301,124 |  3,841,860 |  4,111,904 |  4,412,787 |  4,710,158 |  4,938,060 |  5,329,865 |  5,681,610
  Unrestricted .......................|  1,100,441 |  1,832,592 |  1,929,639 |  2,067,568 |  2,198,946 |  2,190,736 |  2,271,529 |  2,543,504 |  2,701,960
  Restricted .........................|    976,144 |  1,468,532 |  1,912,220 |  2,044,336 |  2,213,841 |  2,519,421 |  2,666,531 |  2,786,361 |  2,979,650
Endowment income .....................|  1,149,883 |  1,877,295 |  2,224,896 |  2,492,144 |  2,681,995 |  2,837,394 |  2,848,012 |  2,960,062 |  3,030,193
  Unrestricted .......................|    667,471 |  1,103,570 |  1,212,926 |  1,349,053 |  1,449,846 |  1,374,572 |  1,301,160 |  1,279,398 |  1,298,562
  Restricted .........................|    482,412 |    773,725 |  1,011,970 |  1,143,091 |  1,232,149 |  1,462,822 |  1,546,851 |  1,680,664 |  1,731,631
Sales and services ...................|  5,221,917 |  8,283,595 |  9,640,720 | 10,575,646 | 11,456,804 | 12,561,301 | 13,781,446 | 14,542,653 | 15,387,078
  Educational activities .............|    465,993 |    776,548 |    969,411 |  1,129,171 |  1,208,322 |  1,354,518 |  1,559,910 |  1,801,865 |  1,964,349
  Auxiliary enterprises ..............|  2,672,729 |  3,989,342 |  4,641,476 |  5,046,296 |  5,465,187 |  5,844,382 |  6,103,226 |  6,407,806 |  6,722,710
  Hospitals ..........................|  2,083,195 |  3,517,705 |  4,029,833 |  4,400,178 |  4,783,295 |  5,362,401 |  6,118,309 |  6,332,982 |  6,700,019
Other sources ........................|    932,392 |  1,531,586 |  1,797,498 |  2,008,909 |  2,310,720 |  2,463,178 |  2,616,632 |  2,783,744 |  2,863,529
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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 .....................|       36.6 |       38.6 |       39.1 |       39.4 |       39.6 |       40.4 |       40.7 |       41.2 |       42.0
Federal government ...................|       18.8 |       16.5 |       16.6 |       16.1 |       15.9 |       15.4 |       15.3 |       14.9 |       14.5
  Appropriations .....................|        1.0 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.5 |        0.5 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.3 |        0.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        2.7 |        2.4 |        2.3 |        2.3 |        2.2 |        2.2 |        2.1 |        2.1 |        2.2
  Restricted grants and contracts\2\ .|        9.8 |        7.6 |        7.4 |        7.2 |        7.2 |        7.0 |        7.0 |        7.1 |        7.2
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ..|        5.4 |        5.9 |        6.4 |        6.1 |        6.0 |        5.9 |        5.8 |        5.4 |        4.8
State governments ....................|        1.9 |        1.9 |        2.5 |        2.6 |        2.6 |        2.3 |        2.5 |        2.3 |        2.1
  Appropriations .....................|        1.2 |        0.9 |        0.9 |        0.8 |        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.4 |        0.4
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.1
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|        0.6 |        0.8 |        1.4 |        1.5 |        1.6 |        1.4 |        1.8 |        1.7 |        1.5
Local governments ....................|        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.7 |        0.7 |        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.7
  Appropriations .....................|      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\)
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.5 |        0.6
Private gifts, grants, and contracts .|        9.3 |        9.3 |        9.0 |        8.8 |        8.7 |        8.6 |        8.3 |        8.5 |        8.6
  Unrestricted .......................|        4.9 |        5.2 |        4.5 |        4.4 |        4.3 |        4.0 |        3.8 |        4.1 |        4.1
  Restricted .........................|        4.4 |        4.1 |        4.5 |        4.4 |        4.4 |        4.6 |        4.5 |        4.4 |        4.5
Endowment income .....................|        5.1 |        5.3 |        5.2 |        5.4 |        5.3 |        5.2 |        4.8 |        4.7 |        4.6
  Unrestricted .......................|        3.0 |        3.1 |        2.8 |        2.9 |        2.9 |        2.5 |        2.2 |        2.0 |        2.0
  Restricted .........................|        2.2 |        2.2 |        2.4 |        2.5 |        2.4 |        2.7 |        2.6 |        2.7 |        2.6
Sales and services ...................|       23.3 |       23.4 |       22.6 |       22.7 |       22.6 |       22.9 |       23.3 |       23.2 |       23.2
  Educational activities .............|        2.1 |        2.2 |        2.3 |        2.4 |        2.4 |        2.5 |        2.6 |        2.9 |        3.0
  Auxiliary enterprises ..............|       11.9 |       11.3 |       10.9 |       10.8 |       10.8 |       10.7 |       10.3 |       10.2 |       10.1
  Hospitals ..........................|        9.3 |        9.9 |        9.5 |        9.4 |        9.4 |        9.8 |       10.3 |       10.1 |       10.1
Other sources ........................|        4.2 |        4.3 |        4.2 |        4.3 |        4.6 |        4.5 |        4.4 |        4.4 |        4.3
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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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