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                Purpose                 |  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 expenditures ...|$42,279,806 |$63,193,853 |$72,641,301 |$78,945,618 |$85,770,530 |$92,961,093 |$98,847,180 |$104,570,101 |$109,309,541
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Educational and general expenditures ...| 34,173,013 | 50,872,962 | 58,639,468 | 63,444,908 | 69,163,958 | 74,395,428 | 78,554,534 |  83,210,979 |  87,139,226
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  Instruction ..........................| 14,849,822 | 21,880,782 | 24,954,204 | 26,893,691 | 29,257,209 | 31,371,394 | 32,828,420 |  34,260,177 |  35,688,497
  Research .............................|  3,813,350 |  5,705,144 |  6,976,925 |  7,796,952 |  8,542,235 |  9,364,213 |  9,948,580 |  10,604,973 |  11,180,363
  Public service .......................|  1,718,924 |  2,515,734 |  2,986,164 |  3,351,950 |  3,688,664 |  3,990,232 |  4,285,501 |   4,563,397 |   4,741,719
  Academic support .....................|  3,029,284 |  4,693,543 |  5,436,155 |  5,941,906 |  6,535,076 |  6,933,847 |  7,274,159 |   7,613,244 |   8,035,556
    Libraries ..........................|  1,187,116 |  1,685,052 |  1,853,410 |  1,956,497 |  2,102,672 |  2,167,161 |  2,284,520 |   2,329,625 |   2,449,109
  Student services .....................|  1,950,566 |  2,921,758 |  3,482,112 |  3,678,419 |  4,021,328 |  4,398,365 |  4,690,921 |   5,173,239 |   5,315,370
  Institutional support ................|  3,563,194 |  5,667,144 |  6,470,162 |  6,876,360 |  7,490,137 |  8,030,642 |  8,423,156 |   9,049,589 |   9,328,236
  Operation and maintenance of plant ...|  3,681,921 |  5,177,254 |  5,601,732 |  5,913,267 |  6,333,582 |  6,655,605 |  6,790,215 |   7,076,805 |   7,433,185
  Scholarships and fellowships .........|  1,064,864 |  1,575,909 |  1,941,389 |  2,150,350 |  2,386,493 |  2,688,532 |  3,255,660 |   3,727,838 |   4,222,923
    From unrestricted funds ............|    367,476 |    696,973 |    830,195 |    944,001 |  1,099,425 |  1,270,158 |  1,523,721 |   1,745,339 |   1,934,617
    From restricted funds\2\ ...........|    697,388 |    878,935 |  1,111,194 |  1,206,349 |  1,287,068 |  1,418,374 |  1,731,939 |   1,982,498 |   2,288,306
  Mandatory transfers ..................|    501,087 |    735,695 |    790,624 |    842,012 |    909,234 |    962,598 |  1,057,923 |   1,141,717 |   1,193,379
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Auxiliary enterprises ..................|  4,658,140 |  6,830,235 |  7,237,866 |  7,744,725 |  8,282,332 |  9,049,935 |  9,634,131 |  10,024,352 |  10,637,783
  Mandatory transfers ..................|    344,043 |    410,777 |    412,006 |    512,413 |    551,331 |    623,146 |    655,301 |     758,644 |     784,115
Hospitals ............................. |  3,377,972 |  5,358,699 |  6,532,905 |  7,533,912 |  8,113,989 |  9,315,902 | 10,432,773 |  11,100,602 |  11,317,674
  Mandatory transfers ..................|     26,613 |     75,569 |    106,181 |    159,507 |    156,029 |    195,961 |    224,095 |     223,241 |     242,216
Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ......|     70,681 |    131,956 |    231,063 |    222,072 |    210,252 |    199,827 |    225,742 |     234,168 |     214,858
  Mandatory transfers ..................|        322 |        846 |      2,063 |      1,787 |      2,276 |      1,201 |        510 |         462 |         474
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                                        |                                               Percentage distribution
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     Total current-fund expenditures ...|      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |       100.0 |       100.0
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Educational and general expenditures ...|       80.8 |       80.5 |       80.7 |       80.4 |       80.6 |       80.0 |       79.5 |        79.6 |        79.7
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  Instruction ..........................|       35.1 |       34.6 |       34.4 |       34.1 |       34.1 |       33.7 |       33.2 |        32.8 |        32.6
  Research .............................|        9.0 |        9.0 |        9.6 |        9.9 |       10.0 |       10.1 |       10.1 |        10.1 |        10.2
  Public service .......................|        4.1 |        4.0 |        4.1 |        4.2 |        4.3 |        4.3 |        4.3 |         4.4 |         4.3
  Academic support .....................|        7.2 |        7.4 |        7.5 |        7.5 |        7.6 |        7.5 |        7.4 |         7.3 |         7.4
    Libraries ..........................|        2.8 |        2.7 |        2.6 |        2.5 |        2.5 |        2.3 |        2.3 |         2.2 |         2.2
  Student services .....................|        4.6 |        4.6 |        4.8 |        4.7 |        4.7 |        4.7 |        4.7 |         4.9 |         4.9
  Institutional support ................|        8.4 |        9.0 |        8.9 |        8.7 |        8.7 |        8.6 |        8.5 |         8.7 |         8.5
  Operation and maintenance of plant ...|        8.7 |        8.2 |        7.7 |        7.5 |        7.4 |        7.2 |        6.9 |         6.8 |         6.8
  Scholarships and fellowships .........|        2.5 |        2.5 |        2.7 |        2.7 |        2.8 |        2.9 |        3.3 |         3.6 |         3.9
    From unrestricted funds ............|        0.9 |        1.1 |        1.1 |        1.2 |        1.3 |        1.4 |        1.5 |         1.7 |         1.8
    From restricted funds\2\ ...........|        1.6 |        1.4 |        1.5 |        1.5 |        1.5 |        1.5 |        1.8 |         1.9 |         2.1
  Mandatory transfers ..................|        1.2 |        1.2 |        1.1 |        1.1 |        1.1 |        1.0 |        1.1 |         1.1 |         1.1
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Auxiliary enterprises ..................|       11.0 |       10.8 |       10.0 |        9.8 |        9.7 |        9.7 |        9.7 |         9.6 |         9.7
  Mandatory transfers ..................|        0.8 |        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.7 |        0.7 |         0.7 |         0.7
Hospitals ..............................|        8.0 |        8.5 |        9.0 |        9.5 |        9.5 |       10.0 |       10.6 |        10.6 |        10.4
  Mandatory transfers ..................|        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2
Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ......|        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |         0.2 |         0.2
  Mandatory transfers ..................|      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |       (\4\) |       (\4\)
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1 Preliminary data.

2 Excludes Pell Grants.

3 Generally includes only those expenditures 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.)