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            |                                        Educational and general expenditures
            |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Year    |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |Operation and|Scholarships|
            |   Total   |Instruction|  Admini-  |  Student  | Research  |Libraries|  Public  | maintenance |    and     |Mandatory
            |           |           |stration\1\| services  |           |         | service  |  of plant   |fellowships |transfers
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     1      |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |    7    |    8     |      9      |     10     |   11
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            |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
            |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1976-77 ....|$4,875,998 |$2,490,274 |  $882,813 |  $409,217 |   $15,698 |$171,409 |  $97,635 |    $547,515 |   $142,827 |$118,610
1977-78 ....| 5,336,153 | 2,700,489 | 1,035,206 |   437,060 |     9,333 | 188,201 |  112,944 |     605,464 |    117,996 | 129,458
1978-79 ....| 5,734,611 | 2,877,651 | 1,119,840 |   482,323 |    21,289 | 193,703 |  110,918 |     650,447 |    127,633 | 150,807
1979-80 ....| 6,334,777 | 3,185,815 | 1,204,082 |   547,457 |    26,288 | 202,583 |  141,000 |     743,014 |    147,865 | 136,672
1980-81 ....| 7,063,474 | 3,575,743 | 1,347,020 |   615,869 |    26,591 | 222,391 |  152,597 |     844,781 |    159,474 | 119,008
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....| 7,757,435 | 3,947,065 | 1,473,733 |   684,650 |    15,632 | 262,697 |  147,385 |     952,691 |    160,109 | 113,473
1982-83 ....| 8,292,446 | 4,218,388 | 1,620,644 |   741,179 |    18,090 | 248,682 |  123,722 |   1,016,267 |    175,069 | 130,403
1983-84 ....| 8,820,575 | 4,481,854 | 1,748,535 |   775,084 |    18,189 | 263,485 |  150,109 |   1,076,371 |    178,500 | 128,448
1984-85 ....| 9,560,507 | 4,806,050 | 1,929,968 |   841,101 |    15,591 | 278,363 |  193,903 |   1,156,074 |    207,975 | 131,482
1985-86 ....|10,252,955 | 5,116,884 | 2,122,060 |   920,299 |    10,136 | 295,691 |  202,440 |   1,220,646 |    225,979 | 138,820
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|10,845,969 | 5,382,631 | 2,363,275 | 1,020,496 |    12,508 | 246,131 |  235,115 |   1,252,152 |    243,402 |  90,258
1987-88 ....|11,666,586 | 5,741,049 | 2,479,661 | 1,157,858 |    11,358 | 316,278 |  264,809 |   1,326,748 |    280,247 |  88,578
1988-89 ....|12,666,590 | 6,278,809 | 2,727,058 | 1,197,748 |    14,864 | 328,809 |  314,250 |   1,414,420 |    299,491 |  91,142
1989-90 ....|13,875,566 | 6,909,109 | 2,977,932 | 1,344,339 |    19,213 | 353,165 |  336,927 |   1,526,086 |    314,906 |  93,889
1990-91 ....|15,124,313 | 7,540,344 | 3,265,233 | 1,494,583 |    19,390 | 372,492 |  364,384 |   1,621,542 |    357,343 |  89,001
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|16,267,915 | 8,183,678 | 3,408,080 | 1,660,958 |    24,747 | 393,325 |  365,281 |   1,684,796 |    450,572 |  96,477
1992-93 ....|17,255,624 | 8,645,466 | 3,598,745 | 1,797,787 |    27,510 | 390,684 |  400,927 |   1,750,489 |    535,406 | 108,610
1993-94\2\ .|18,342,808 | 9,053,480 | 3,858,066 | 1,906,802 |    29,560 | 424,504 |  431,444 |   1,888,780 |    627,964 | 122,207
            |=====================================================================================================================
            |                                              Percentage distribution
            |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      51.1 |      18.1 |       8.4 |       0.3 |     3.5 |      2.0 |        11.2 |        2.9 |     2.4
1977-78 ....|     100.0 |      50.6 |      19.4 |       8.2 |       0.2 |     3.5 |      2.1 |        11.3 |        2.2 |     2.4
1978-79 ....|     100.0 |      50.2 |      19.5 |       8.4 |       0.4 |     3.4 |      1.9 |        11.3 |        2.2 |     2.6
1979-80 ....|     100.0 |      50.3 |      19.0 |       8.6 |       0.4 |     3.2 |      2.2 |        11.7 |        2.3 |     2.2
1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      50.6 |      19.1 |       8.7 |       0.4 |     3.1 |      2.2 |        12.0 |        2.3 |     1.7
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|     100.0 |      50.9 |      19.0 |       8.8 |       0.2 |     3.4 |      1.9 |        12.3 |        2.1 |     1.5
1982-83 ....|     100.0 |      50.9 |      19.5 |       8.9 |       0.2 |     3.0 |      1.5 |        12.3 |        2.1 |     1.6
1983-84 ....|     100.0 |      50.8 |      19.8 |       8.8 |       0.2 |     3.0 |      1.7 |        12.2 |        2.0 |     1.5
1984-85 ....|     100.0 |      50.3 |      20.2 |       8.8 |       0.2 |     2.9 |      2.0 |        12.1 |        2.2 |     1.4
1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      49.9 |      20.7 |       9.0 |       0.1 |     2.9 |      2.0 |        11.9 |        2.2 |     1.4
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      49.6 |      21.8 |       9.4 |       0.1 |     2.3 |      2.2 |        11.5 |        2.2 |     0.8
1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      49.2 |      21.3 |       9.9 |       0.1 |     2.7 |      2.3 |        11.4 |        2.4 |     0.8
1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      49.6 |      21.5 |       9.5 |       0.1 |     2.6 |      2.5 |        11.2 |        2.4 |     0.7
1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      49.8 |      21.5 |       9.7 |       0.1 |     2.5 |      2.4 |        11.0 |        2.3 |     0.7
1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      49.9 |      21.6 |       9.9 |       0.1 |     2.5 |      2.4 |        10.7 |        2.4 |     0.6
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      50.3 |      20.9 |      10.2 |       0.2 |     2.4 |      2.2 |        10.4 |        2.8 |     0.6
1992-93 ....|     100.0 |      50.1 |      20.9 |      10.4 |       0.2 |     2.3 |      2.3 |        10.1 |        3.1 |     0.6
1993-94\2\ .|     100.0 |      49.4 |      21.0 |      10.4 |       0.2 |     2.3 |      2.4 |        10.3 |        3.4 |     0.7
            |=====================================================================================================================
            |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1993-94 dollars
            |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1976-77 ....|    $5,593 |    $2,857 |    $1,013 |      $469 |       $18 |    $197 |     $112 |        $628 |       $164 |    $136
1977-78 ....|     5,623 |     2,846 |     1,091 |       461 |        10 |     198 |      119 |         638 |        124 |     136
1978-79 ....|     5,815 |     2,918 |     1,135 |       489 |        22 |     196 |      112 |         660 |        129 |     153
1979-80 ....|     5,717 |     2,875 |     1,087 |       494 |        24 |     183 |      127 |         671 |        133 |     123
1980-81 ....|     5,479 |     2,774 |     1,045 |       478 |        21 |     172 |      118 |         655 |        124 |      92
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|     5,473 |     2,785 |     1,040 |       483 |        11 |     185 |      104 |         672 |        113 |      80
1982-83 ....|     5,178 |     2,634 |     1,012 |       463 |        11 |     155 |       77 |         635 |        109 |      81
1983-84 ....|     5,251 |     2,668 |     1,041 |       461 |        11 |     157 |       89 |         641 |        106 |      76
1984-85 ....|     5,761 |     2,896 |     1,163 |       507 |         9 |     168 |      117 |         697 |        125 |      79
1985-86 ....|     5,930 |     2,960 |     1,227 |       532 |         6 |     171 |      117 |         706 |        131 |      80
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     6,031 |     2,993 |     1,314 |       567 |         7 |     137 |      131 |         696 |        135 |      50
1987-88 ....|     5,946 |     2,926 |     1,264 |       590 |         6 |     161 |      135 |         676 |        143 |      45
1988-89 ....|     6,017 |     2,982 |     1,295 |       569 |         7 |     156 |      149 |         672 |        142 |      43
1989-90 ....|     5,849 |     2,912 |     1,255 |       567 |         8 |     149 |      142 |         643 |        133 |      40
1990-91 ....|     5,914 |     2,949 |     1,277 |       584 |         8 |     146 |      142 |         634 |        140 |      35
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|     5,650 |     2,842 |     1,184 |       577 |         9 |     137 |      127 |         585 |        156 |      34
1992-93 ....|     5,728 |     2,870 |     1,195 |       597 |         9 |     130 |      133 |         581 |        178 |      36
1993-94\2\ .|     6,021 |     2,972 |     1,266 |       626 |        10 |     139 |      142 |         620 |        206 |      40
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1 Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.

2 Preliminary data.

NOTE.--Data in this table may differ slightly from data appearing in other tables. Data for 1976-77 through 1985-86 include only institutions which provided both enrollment and finance data. The Higher Education Price Index was used to convert the per student figures to constant dollars. 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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys; and Research Associates of Washington, unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1996.)