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Table 332.Current-fund expenditures and educational and general expenditures of institutions of higher education, by purpose and per student: 1929-30 to 1993-94 [Columns 2 through 17 in thousands]

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            |   Current-    |                                                   Educational and general expenditures                                                      |           |             |           |              |  Educational and                    
    Year    |     fund      |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|           |             |           |    Other     |general expenditures                    
            | expenditures  |   Total    |Administra-| Instruction |    Organized |Libraries |   Plant   |    Organized |             |  Extension | Scholar-  |  Other   | Auxiliary | Independent | Hospitals |   current    | per student in                    
            |               |            | tion and  |     and     |    research  |          | operation |   activities |     Other   |     and    | ships and | general  |enterprises|operations\2\|           |   expendi-   |fall enrollment\3\                    
            |               |            |  general  |departmental |              |          |    and    |     related  |   sponsored |    public  |  fellow-  | expendi- |           |             |           |    tures     |--------------------                    
            |               |            |  expense  |  research   |              |          |  mainte-  |   to instruc-|programs\1\  |   service  |   ships   |  tures   |           |             |           |              | Current | Constant                    
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |   nance   |     tional   |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              | dollars | 1993-94                    
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |   departments|             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |dollars\4\                    
------------|---------------|------------|-----------|-------------|--------------|----------|-----------|--------------|-------------|------------|-----------|----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------------|---------|----------                    
     1      |       2       |     3      |     4     |       5     |        6     |    7     |     8     |        9     |       10    |      11    |    12     |    13    |    14     |     15      |    16     |       17     |   18    |    19                
------------|---------------|------------|-----------|-------------|--------------|----------|-----------|--------------|-------------|------------|-----------|----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------------|---------|----------                
1929-30 ... |      $507,142 |   $377,903 |   $42,633 |    $221,598 |\5\   $18,007 |   $9,622 |   $61,061 |        (\6\) |         --- |    $24,982 |     (\6\) |      --- |    $3,127 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |     $126,112 |    $343 |   $2,933                
1931-32 ... |       536,523 |    420,633 |    47,232 |     232,645 |\5\    21,978 |   11,379 |    56,797 |\7\   $21,297 |         --- |     24,066 |     (\6\) |   $5,239 |    90,897 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |       24,993 |     364 |    3,696                
1933-34 ....|       469,329 |    369,661 |    43,155 |     203,332 |\5\    17,064 |   13,387 |    51,046 |\7\    14,155 |         --- |     20,020 |     (\6\) |    7,502 |    78,730 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |       20,938 |     350 |    3,868                
1935-36 ... |       541,391 |    419,883 |    48,069 |     225,143 |\5\    22,091 |   15,531 |    56,802 |\7\    20,241 |         --- |     29,426 |     (\6\) |    2,580 |    95,332 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |       26,176 |     348 |    3,698                
1937-38 ... |       614,385 |    475,191 |    56,406 |     253,006 |\5\    25,213 |   17,588 |    62,738 |\7\    24,031 |         --- |     34,189 |     (\6\) |    2,020 |   115,620 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |       23,574 |     352 |    3,590                
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |                
1939-40 ....|       674,688 |    521,990 |    62,827 |     280,248 |\5\    27,266 |   19,487 |    69,612 |\7\    27,225 |         --- |     35,325 |     (\6\) |      --- |   124,184 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |       28,514 |     349 |    3,655                
1941-42 ... |       738,169 |    572,465 |    66,968 |     298,558 |\5\    34,287 |   19,763 |    72,594 |\7\    37,771 |         --- |     42,525 |     (\6\) |      --- |   137,328 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |       28,375 |     408 |    3,824                
1943-44 ....|       974,118 |    753,846 |    69,668 |     334,189 |\5\    58,456 |   20,452 |    81,201 |\7\    48,415 |\8\  $97,044 |     44,421 |     (\6\) |      --- |   199,344 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |       20,928 |     653 |    5,475                 
1945-46 ....|     1,088,422 |    820,326 |   104,808 |     375,122 |\5\    86,812 |   26,560 |   110,947 |\7\    60,604 |         --- |     55,473 |     (\6\) |      --- |   242,028 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |       26,068 |     489 |    3,921                 
1947-48 ....|     1,883,269 |  1,391,594 |   171,829 |     657,945 |\5\   159,090 |   44,208 |   201,996 |\7\    85,346 |         --- |     71,180 |     (\6\) |      --- |   438,988 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |       52,687 |     595 |    3,735                 
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |                 
1949-50 ....|     2,245,661 |  1,706,444 |   213,070 |     780,994 |\5\   225,341 |   56,147 |   225,110 |\7\   119,108 |         --- |     86,674 |     (\6\) |      --- |   476,401 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |       62,816 |     698 |    4,309                 
1951-52 ....|     2,471,008 |  1,960,481 |   233,844 |     823,117 |\5\   317,928 |   60,612 |   240,446 |\7\   147,854 |         --- |     97,408 |   $39,272 |      --- |   477,672 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |       32,855 |     933 |    5,189                 
1953-54 ....|     2,882,864 |  2,345,331 |   288,147 |     960,556 |\5\   372,643 |   72,944 |   277,874 |\7\   186,905 |         --- |    112,227 |    74,035 |      --- |   537,533 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |          --- |   1,051 |    5,716                 
1955-56 ....|     3,499,463 |  2,861,858 |   355,207 |   1,140,655 |\5\   500,793 |   85,563 |   324,229 |\7\   222,007 |         --- |    137,914 |    95,490 |      --- |   637,605 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |          --- |   1,079 |    5,867                 
1957-58 ....|     4,509,666 |  3,734,350 |   473,945 |   1,465,603 |\5\   727,776 |  109,715 |   406,226 |\7\   238,455 |         --- |    175,256 |   129,935 |    7,439 |   775,316 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |          --- |   1,124 |    5,752                 
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |                 
1959-60 ....|     5,601,376 |  4,685,258 |   583,224 |   1,793,320 |\5\ 1,022,353 |  135,384 |   469,943 |\7\   294,255 |         --- |    205,595 |   172,050 |    9,134 |   916,117 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |          --- |   1,287 |    6,405                
1961-62 ....|     7,154,526 |  5,997,007 |   730,429 |   2,202,443 |\5\ 1,474,406 |  177,362 |   564,225 |\7\   375,040 |         --- |    244,337 |   228,765 |      --- | 1,157,517 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |          --- |   1,447 |    7,038                
1963-64 ....|     9,177,677 |  7,725,433 |   957,512 |   2,801,707 |\5\ 1,973,383 |  236,718 |   686,054 |\7\   458,507 |         --- |    297,350 |   300,370 |   13,832 | 1,452,244 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |          --- |   1,616 |    7,663                
1965-66 ....|    12,509,489 | 10,376,630 | 1,251,107 |   3,756,175 |\5\ 2,448,300 |  346,248 |   844,506 |\7\   558,170 |     155,202 |    438,385 |   425,524 |  153,013 | 1,887,744 |       (\5\) |     (\7\) |\9\   245,115 |   1,753 |    8,031                
1966-67 ....|    14,230,341 | 10,724,974 | 1,445,074 |   4,356,413 |    1,565,102 |  415,903 |   969,275 |      591,848 |     350,950 |    226,566 |   583,390 |  220,453 | 2,060,130 |    $951,668 |  $253,790 |\9\   239,780 |   1,678 |    7,456                
1967-68 ....|    16,480,786 | 12,847,350 | 1,738,946 |   5,139,179 |    1,933,473 |  493,266 | 1,127,290 |      350,711 |     514,294 |    597,544 |   712,425 |  240,222 | 2,302,419 |     765,495 |   290,000 |\9\   275,523 |   1,859 |    7,992                
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |                
1968-69 ....|    18,481,583 | 14,718,140 | 2,277,585 |   5,941,972 |    2,034,074 |  571,572 | 1,337,903 |      535,269 |     668,483 |    536,527 |   814,755 |      --- | 2,539,183 |     697,317 |   526,943 |          --- |   1,959 |    8,031                
1969-70 ....|    21,043,110 | 16,845,210 | 2,627,993 |   6,883,844 |    2,144,076 |  652,596 | 1,541,698 |      648,089 |     769,253 |    593,067 |   984,594 |      --- | 2,769,276 |     757,388 |   671,236 |          --- |   2,104 |    8,146                
1970-71 ... |    23,375,197 | 18,714,642 | 2,983,911 |   7,804,410 |    2,209,338 |  716,212 | 1,730,664 |      693,011 |     890,507 |    588,390 | 1,098,198 |      --- | 2,988,407 |     829,596 |   842,552 |          --- |   2,181 |    8,028                
1971-72 ... |    25,559,560 | 20,441,878 | 3,344,215 |   8,443,261 |    2,265,282 |  764,481 | 1,927,553 |      779,728 |   1,059,989 |    615,997 | 1,241,372 |      --- | 3,178,272 |     940,825 |   998,585 |          --- |   2,284 |    8,117                   
1972-73 ....|    27,955,624 | 22,400,379 | 3,713,068 |   9,243,641 |    2,394,261 |  840,727 | 2,141,162 |      791,290 |   1,284,085 |    669,735 | 1,322,411 |      --- | 3,337,789 |   1,033,746 | 1,183,709 |          --- |   2,431 |    8,303                   
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |                   
1973-74 ....|    30,713,581 | 24,653,849 | 4,200,955 |  10,219,118 |    2,480,450 |  939,023 | 2,494,057 |      838,170 |   1,355,027 |    730,560 | 1,396,488 |      --- | 3,613,256 |   1,014,872 | 1,431,604 |          --- |   2,568 |    8,052                   
1974-75 ....|    35,057,563 | 27,547,620 | 4,495,391 |  11,797,823 |    3,132,132 |1,001,868 | 2,786,768 |    1,253,824 |         --- |  1,097,788 | 1,449,542 |  532,485 | 4,073,590 |   1,085,590 | 2,350,763 |          --- |   2,694 |    7,607                   
1975-76 ....|    38,903,177 | 30,598,685 | 5,240,066 |  13,094,943 |    3,287,364 |1,223,723 | 3,082,959 |    1,248,670 |         --- |  1,238,603 | 1,635,859 |  546,498 | 4,476,841 |   1,132,016 | 2,695,635 |          --- |   2,736 |    7,213                   
1976-77 ....|    42,599,816 | 33,151,681 | 5,590,669 |  14,031,145 |    3,600,067 |1,250,314 | 3,436,705 |    1,544,646 |         --- |  1,343,404 | 1,770,214 |  584,515 | 4,858,328 |   1,434,738 | 3,155,069 |          --- |   3,010 |    7,500                   
1977-78 ....|    45,970,790 | 36,256,604 | 6,177,029 |  15,336,229 |    3,919,830 |1,348,747 | 3,795,043 |    1,781,160 |         --- |  1,425,294 | 1,839,298 |  633,973 | 5,261,477 |     855,054 | 3,597,655 |          --- |   3,213 |    7,500                   
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |                   
1978-79 ....|    50,720,984 | 39,833,116 | 6,832,004 |  16,662,820 |    4,447,760 |1,426,614 | 4,178,574 |    2,044,386 |         --- |  1,593,097 | 1,944,599 |  703,262 | 5,749,974 |   1,007,119 | 4,130,775 |          --- |   3,538 |    7,551                   
1979-80 ....|    56,913,588 | 44,542,843 | 7,621,143 |  18,496,717 |    5,099,151 |1,623,811 | 4,700,070 |    2,252,577 |         --- |  1,816,521 | 2,200,468 |  732,385 | 6,485,608 |   1,127,728 | 4,757,409 |          --- |   3,850 |    7,251                
1980-81 ... |    64,052,938 | 50,073,805 | 8,681,513 |  20,733,166 |    5,657,719 |1,759,784 | 5,350,310 |    2,513,502 |         --- |  2,057,770 | 2,504,525 |  815,516 | 7,288,089 |   1,257,934 | 5,433,111 |          --- |   4,139 |    6,987                
1981-82 ....|    70,339,448 | 54,848,752 | 9,648,069 |  22,962,527 |    5,929,894 |1,922,416 | 5,979,281 |    2,734,038 |         --- |  2,203,726 | 2,684,945 |  783,854 | 7,997,632 |   1,258,777 | 6,234,287 |          --- |   4,433 |    6,888                
1982-83 ... |    75,935,749 | 58,929,218 |10,412,233 |  24,673,293 |    6,265,280 |2,039,671 | 6,391,596 |    3,047,220 |         --- |  2,320,478 | 2,922,897 |  856,548 | 8,614,316 |   1,406,126 | 6,986,089 |          --- |   4,742 |    7,065                
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |                
1983-84 ... |    81,993,360 | 63,741,276 |11,561,260 |  26,436,308 |    6,723,534 |2,231,149 | 6,729,825 |    3,300,003 |         --- |  2,499,203 | 3,301,673 |  958,321 | 9,250,196 |   1,622,233 | 7,379,654 |          --- |   5,114 |    7,346                
1984-85 ....|    89,951,263 | 70,061,324 |12,765,452 |  28,777,183 |    7,551,892 |2,361,793 | 7,345,482 |    3,712,460 |         --- |  2,861,095 | 3,670,355 |1,015,613 |10,012,248 |   1,867,550 | 8,010,141 |          --- |   5,723 |    7,912                
1985-86 ....|    97,535,742 | 76,127,965 |13,913,724 |  31,032,099 |    8,437,367 |2,551,331 | 7,605,226 |    4,116,061 |         --- |  3,119,533 | 4,160,174 |1,192,449 |10,528,303 |   2,187,361 | 8,692,113 |          --- |   6,216 |    8,352                
1986-87 ....|   105,763,557 | 82,955,555 |15,060,576 |  33,711,146 |    9,352,309 |2,441,184 | 7,819,032 |    5,134,267 |         --- |  3,448,453 | 4,776,100 |1,212,488 |11,037,333 |   2,597,655 | 9,173,014 |          --- |   6,635 |    8,721                
1987-88 ....|   113,786,476 | 89,157,430 |16,171,015 |  35,833,563 |   10,350,931 |2,836,498 | 8,230,986 |    5,305,083 |         --- |  3,786,362 | 5,325,358 |1,317,633 |11,399,953 |   2,822,632 |10,406,461 |          --- |   6,984 |    8,815                
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |                 
1988-89 ....|   123,867,184 | 96,803,377 |17,309,956 |  38,812,690 |   11,432,170 |3,009,870 | 8,739,895 |    5,894,409 |         --- |  4,227,323 | 5,918,666 |1,458,397 |12,280,063 |   2,958,962 |11,824,782 |          --- |   7,415 |    8,946                 
1989-90 ....|   134,655,571 |105,585,076 |19,062,179 |  42,145,987 |   12,505,961 |3,254,239 | 9,458,262 |    6,183,405 |         --- |  4,689,758 | 6,655,544 |1,629,742 |13,203,984 |   3,187,224 |12,679,286 |          --- |   7,799 |    8,981                 
1990-91 ....|   146,087,836 |114,139,901 |20,751,966 |  45,496,117 |   13,444,040 |3,343,892 |10,062,581 |    6,706,881 |         --- |  5,076,177 | 7,551,184 |1,707,063 |14,272,247 |   3,349,824 |14,325,865 |          --- |   8,259 |    9,018                 
1991-92 ....|   156,189,161 |121,567,157 |21,984,118 |  47,997,196 |   14,261,554 |3,595,834 |10,346,580 |    6,981,184 |         --- |  5,489,298 | 9,060,000 |1,851,393 |14,966,100 |   3,551,592 |16,104,313 |          --- |   8,466 |    8,957                 
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |                 
1992-93 ....|   165,241,040 |128,977,968 |23,414,977 |  50,340,914 |   15,291,309 |3,684,852 |10,783,727 |    7,388,118 |         --- |  5,935,095 |10,148,373 |1,990,603 |15,561,508 |   3,651,891 |17,049,672 |          --- |   8,903 |    9,133                 
1993-94\10\ |   173,350,617 |136,024,350 |24,489,022 |  52,775,599 |   16,117,610 |3,908,412 |11,368,496 |    7,769,499 |         --- |  6,242,414 |11,238,010 |2,115,288 |16,429,341 |   3,387,323 |17,509,603 |          --- |   9,509 |    9,509                 
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1 Includes all separately budgeted programs, other than research, which are supported by sponsors outside the institution. Examples are training programs, workshops, and training and instructional institutes. For years not shown, most expenditures for these programs are included under "Extension and public service."

2 Generally includes only those expenditures associated with federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs).

3 Data for 1929-30 to 1945-46 are based on school year enrollment.

4 Data adjusted by the consumer price index computed on a school year basis.

5 Expenditures for federally funded research and development centers are included under "Organized research."

6 Included under "Other current expenditures."

7 Expenditures for hospitals included under "Organized activities related to instructional departments."

8 Expenditures were for federal contract courses.

9 Includes current expenditures for physical plant assets. In later years, the educational and general expenditures for physical plant assets are included under "Other general expenditures."

10 Preliminary data.

---Data not available.

NOTE.--The data in this table reflect limitations of data availability and comparability. Major changes in data collection forms in 1965-66 and 1974-75 cause significant data comparability problems among the three mostly consistent time periods, 1929-30 to 1963-64, 1965-66 to 1973-74, and 1974-75 to 1993-94. The largest problems affect Hospitals, Independent operations, Organized research, Other sponsored programs, Extension and public service, and Scholarships and fellowships.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States; Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared April 1996.)


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