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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 ....|$4,694,593 |$1,784,975 |  $621,733 |  $156,457 |  $988,656 |$195,146 | $105,011 |    $411,340 |   $380,821 | $50,453
1977-78 ....| 5,120,125 | 1,943,031 |   683,988 |   172,261 | 1,063,906 | 215,068 |  108,201 |     447,743 |    427,907 |  58,019
1978-79 ....| 5,675,608 | 2,120,800 |   796,751 |   195,238 | 1,175,657 | 221,676 |  119,082 |     510,819 |    460,200 |  75,385
1979-80 ....| 6,408,288 | 2,426,312 |   908,580 |   215,646 | 1,315,469 | 236,184 |  148,028 |     568,806 |    507,257 |  82,006
1980-81 ....| 7,249,102 | 2,763,320 | 1,009,957 |   254,872 | 1,436,318 | 267,142 |  149,946 |     660,152 |    596,241 | 111,154
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....| 7,951,934 | 3,105,731 | 1,100,088 |   289,398 | 1,505,340 | 294,523 |  160,496 |     752,673 |    650,285 |  93,401
1982-83 ....| 8,198,167 | 3,227,925 | 1,214,617 |   304,617 | 1,464,809 | 295,709 |  169,382 |     754,480 |    670,390 |  96,238
1983-84 ....| 9,491,967 | 3,660,650 | 1,445,910 |   350,096 | 1,683,020 | 360,238 |  187,615 |     859,065 |    833,108 | 112,266
1984-85 ....|10,431,950 | 3,965,165 | 1,556,854 |   393,526 | 1,892,570 | 366,356 |  253,010 |     930,229 |    931,027 | 143,212
1985-86 ....|11,407,571 | 4,308,432 | 1,711,155 |   438,678 | 2,108,731 | 397,745 |  271,271 |     981,131 |  1,040,677 | 149,751
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|13,013,183 | 4,998,565 | 1,977,175 |   502,291 | 2,399,976 | 397,460 |  332,223 |   1,006,334 |  1,218,002 | 181,159
1987-88 ....|13,876,586 | 5,209,101 | 2,107,206 |   529,261 | 2,597,435 | 484,987 |  340,475 |   1,073,880 |  1,328,775 | 205,464
1988-89 ....|15,123,369 | 5,743,104 | 2,293,256 |   565,903 | 2,786,178 | 510,820 |  377,820 |   1,135,273 |  1,472,675 | 238,340
1989-90 ....|16,363,342 | 6,188,447 | 2,411,051 |   607,623 | 3,048,455 | 555,752 |  414,916 |   1,231,028 |  1,615,096 | 290,974
1990-91 ....|17,827,649 | 6,827,220 | 2,633,605 |   669,160 | 3,170,083 | 567,800 |  456,615 |   1,383,686 |  1,833,124 | 286,357
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|19,307,030 | 7,367,629 | 2,852,739 |   711,041 | 3,364,795 | 624,416 |  484,871 |   1,453,365 |  2,142,466 | 305,707
1992-93 ....|20,435,319 | 7,844,576 | 2,874,208 |   719,657 | 3,648,010 | 644,005 |  547,159 |   1,495,825 |  2,322,331 | 339,547
1993-94\2\ .|21,702,227 | 8,347,500 | 3,009,434 |   772,524 | 3,831,668 | 693,223 |  603,658 |   1,578,840 |  2,481,742 | 383,638
            |=====================================================================================================================
            |                                              Percentage distribution
            |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      38.0 |      13.2 |       3.3 |      21.1 |     4.2 |      2.2 |         8.8 |        8.1 |     1.1
1977-78 ....|     100.0 |      37.9 |      13.4 |       3.4 |      20.8 |     4.2 |      2.1 |         8.7 |        8.4 |     1.1
1978-79 ....|     100.0 |      37.4 |      14.0 |       3.4 |      20.7 |     3.9 |      2.1 |         9.0 |        8.1 |     1.3
1979-80 ....|     100.0 |      37.9 |      14.2 |       3.4 |      20.5 |     3.7 |      2.3 |         8.9 |        7.9 |     1.3
1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      38.1 |      13.9 |       3.5 |      19.8 |     3.7 |      2.1 |         9.1 |        8.2 |     1.5
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|     100.0 |      39.1 |      13.8 |       3.6 |      18.9 |     3.7 |      2.0 |         9.5 |        8.2 |     1.2
1982-83 ....|     100.0 |      39.4 |      14.8 |       3.7 |      17.9 |     3.6 |      2.1 |         9.2 |        8.2 |     1.2
1983-84 ....|     100.0 |      38.6 |      15.2 |       3.7 |      17.7 |     3.8 |      2.0 |         9.1 |        8.8 |     1.2
1984-85 ....|     100.0 |      38.0 |      14.9 |       3.8 |      18.1 |     3.5 |      2.4 |         8.9 |        8.9 |     1.4
1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      37.8 |      15.0 |       3.8 |      18.5 |     3.5 |      2.4 |         8.6 |        9.1 |     1.3
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      38.4 |      15.2 |       3.9 |      18.4 |     3.1 |      2.6 |         7.7 |        9.4 |     1.4
1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      37.5 |      15.2 |       3.8 |      18.7 |     3.5 |      2.5 |         7.7 |        9.6 |     1.5
1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      38.0 |      15.2 |       3.7 |      18.4 |     3.4 |      2.5 |         7.5 |        9.7 |     1.6
1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      37.8 |      14.7 |       3.7 |      18.6 |     3.4 |      2.5 |         7.5 |        9.9 |     1.8
1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      38.3 |      14.8 |       3.8 |      17.8 |     3.2 |      2.6 |         7.8 |       10.3 |     1.6
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      38.2 |      14.8 |       3.7 |      17.4 |     3.2 |      2.5 |         7.5 |       11.1 |     1.6
1992-93 ....|     100.0 |      38.4 |      14.1 |       3.5 |      17.9 |     3.2 |      2.7 |         7.3 |       11.4 |     1.7
1993-94\2\ .|     100.0 |      38.5 |      13.9 |       3.6 |      17.7 |     3.2 |      2.8 |         7.3 |       11.4 |     1.8
            |=====================================================================================================================
            |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1993-94 dollars
            |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1976-77 ....|   $22,031 |    $8,377 |    $2,918 |      $734 |    $4,640 |    $916 |     $493 |      $1,930 |     $1,787 |    $237
1977-78 ....|    21,771 |     8,262 |     2,908 |       732 |     4,524 |     914 |      460 |       1,904 |      1,819 |     247
1978-79 ....|    22,047 |     8,238 |     3,095 |       758 |     4,567 |     861 |      463 |       1,984 |      1,788 |     293
1979-80 ....|    22,366 |     8,468 |     3,171 |       753 |     4,591 |     824 |      517 |       1,985 |      1,770 |     286
1980-81 ....|    22,639 |     8,630 |     3,154 |       796 |     4,486 |     834 |      468 |       2,062 |      1,862 |     347
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|    22,551 |     8,808 |     3,120 |       821 |     4,269 |     835 |      455 |       2,135 |      1,844 |     265
1982-83 ....|    22,733 |     8,951 |     3,368 |       845 |     4,062 |     820 |      470 |       2,092 |      1,859 |     267
1983-84 ....|    24,399 |     9,410 |     3,717 |       900 |     4,326 |     926 |      482 |       2,208 |      2,142 |     289
1984-85 ....|    25,416 |     9,660 |     3,793 |       959 |     4,611 |     893 |      616 |       2,266 |      2,268 |     349
1985-86 ....|    26,375 |     9,961 |     3,956 |     1,014 |     4,876 |     920 |      627 |       2,268 |      2,406 |     346
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|    28,812 |    11,067 |     4,378 |     1,112 |     5,314 |     880 |      736 |       2,228 |      2,697 |     401
1987-88 ....|    29,154 |    10,944 |     4,427 |     1,112 |     5,457 |   1,019 |      715 |       2,256 |      2,792 |     432
1988-89 ....|    29,812 |    11,321 |     4,521 |     1,116 |     5,492 |   1,007 |      745 |       2,238 |      2,903 |     470
1989-90 ....|    30,119 |    11,391 |     4,438 |     1,118 |     5,611 |   1,023 |      764 |       2,266 |      2,973 |     536
1990-91 ....|    31,046 |    11,889 |     4,586 |     1,165 |     5,521 |     989 |      795 |       2,410 |      3,192 |     499
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|    31,987 |    12,206 |     4,726 |     1,178 |     5,575 |   1,035 |      803 |       2,408 |      3,550 |     506
1992-93 ....|    32,838 |    12,605 |     4,619 |     1,156 |     5,862 |   1,035 |      879 |       2,404 |      3,732 |     546
1993-94\2\ .|    33,806 |    13,003 |     4,688 |     1,203 |     5,969 |   1,080 |      940 |       2,459 |      3,866 |     598
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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.)