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            |                                        Educational and general expenditures
            |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Year    |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |Operation and|Scholarships|
            |   Total   |Instruction|  Admini-  |  Student  | Research  |Libraries|  Public  | maintenance |    and     |Mandatory
            |           |           |stration\2\| services  |           |         | service  |  of plant   |fellowships |transfers
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            |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
            |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1976-77 ....|$5,139,939 |$1,919,574 |$1,047,932 |  $381,428 |  $259,530 |$200,844 | $123,717 |    $574,910 |   $511,907 |$120,097
1977-78 ....| 5,637,836 | 2,114,043 | 1,160,141 |   428,265 |   271,637 | 221,807 |  123,214 |     638,330 |    550,372 | 130,026
1978-79 ....| 6,263,692 | 2,328,418 | 1,299,063 |   483,031 |   328,042 | 240,098 |  136,861 |     704,180 |    598,487 | 145,513
1979-80 ....| 7,063,953 | 2,589,908 | 1,466,556 |   549,639 |   374,520 | 259,969 |  153,056 |     807,943 |    694,791 | 167,570
1980-81 ....| 8,061,774 | 2,907,255 | 1,703,307 |   639,795 |   407,622 | 289,944 |  186,399 |     930,075 |    811,636 | 185,741
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....| 9,061,667 | 3,271,255 | 1,938,727 |   727,382 |   419,283 | 322,702 |  228,368 |   1,036,118 |    913,999 | 203,834
1982-83 ....| 9,805,459 | 3,552,387 | 2,124,446 |   804,943 |   437,286 | 356,768 |  236,142 |   1,092,836 |    983,887 | 216,764
1983-84 ....|10,845,622 | 3,900,082 | 2,347,962 |   890,707 |   480,459 | 388,153 |  259,932 |   1,184,788 |  1,149,813 | 243,726
1984-85 ....|11,835,351 | 4,213,485 | 2,564,844 |   980,416 |   539,322 | 416,539 |  289,124 |   1,251,490 |  1,312,673 | 267,459
1985-86 ....|12,855,040 | 4,507,505 | 2,790,504 | 1,067,717 |   623,050 | 446,766 |  328,827 |   1,317,062 |  1,481,954 | 291,654
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|14,232,003 | 4,886,585 | 3,249,910 | 1,184,395 |   693,450 | 410,013 |  384,594 |   1,386,729 |  1,717,948 | 318,379
1987-88 ....|15,405,503 | 5,248,764 | 3,403,379 | 1,293,302 |   776,022 | 485,517 |  456,111 |   1,462,345 |  1,966,124 | 313,939
1988-89 ....|16,980,645 | 5,738,789 | 3,766,237 | 1,437,829 |   848,094 | 530,032 |  495,683 |   1,596,786 |  2,198,328 | 368,866
1989-90 ....|18,717,398 | 6,276,102 | 4,097,242 | 1,599,951 |   909,822 | 578,520 |  581,730 |   1,712,000 |  2,547,600 | 414,432
1990-91 ....|20,374,743 | 6,809,318 | 4,533,043 | 1,770,071 |   901,357 | 589,052 |  624,663 |   1,809,977 |  2,898,547 | 438,715
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|22,121,380 | 7,320,211 | 4,723,853 | 1,919,662 |   942,407 | 659,416 |  714,728 |   1,896,424 |  3,478,153 | 466,528
1992-93 ....|23,609,625 | 7,743,656 | 4,887,700 | 2,044,830 | 1,036,676 | 680,457 |  821,381 |   1,995,164 |  3,900,807 | 498,954
1993-94\3\ .|25,262,199 | 8,169,221 | 5,199,838 | 2,205,411 | 1,104,561 | 733,711 |  893,500 |   2,112,367 |  4,316,138 | 527,451
            |=====================================================================================================================
            |                                              Percentage distribution
            |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      37.3 |      20.4 |       7.4 |       5.0 |     3.9 |      2.4 |        11.2 |       10.0 |     2.3
1977-78 ....|     100.0 |      37.5 |      20.6 |       7.6 |       4.8 |     3.9 |      2.2 |        11.3 |        9.8 |     2.3
1978-79 ....|     100.0 |      37.2 |      20.7 |       7.7 |       5.2 |     3.8 |      2.2 |        11.2 |        9.6 |     2.3
1979-80 ....|     100.0 |      36.7 |      20.8 |       7.8 |       5.3 |     3.7 |      2.2 |        11.4 |        9.8 |     2.4
1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      36.1 |      21.1 |       7.9 |       5.1 |     3.6 |      2.3 |        11.5 |       10.1 |     2.3
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|     100.0 |      36.1 |      21.4 |       8.0 |       4.6 |     3.6 |      2.5 |        11.4 |       10.1 |     2.2
1982-83 ....|     100.0 |      36.2 |      21.7 |       8.2 |       4.5 |     3.6 |      2.4 |        11.1 |       10.0 |     2.2
1983-84 ....|     100.0 |      36.0 |      21.6 |       8.2 |       4.4 |     3.6 |      2.4 |        10.9 |       10.6 |     2.2
1984-85 ....|     100.0 |      35.6 |      21.7 |       8.3 |       4.6 |     3.5 |      2.4 |        10.6 |       11.1 |     2.3
1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      35.1 |      21.7 |       8.3 |       4.8 |     3.5 |      2.6 |        10.2 |       11.5 |     2.3
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      34.3 |      22.8 |       8.3 |       4.9 |     2.9 |      2.7 |         9.7 |       12.1 |     2.2
1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      34.1 |      22.1 |       8.4 |       5.0 |     3.2 |      3.0 |         9.5 |       12.8 |     2.0
1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      33.8 |      22.2 |       8.5 |       5.0 |     3.1 |      2.9 |         9.4 |       12.9 |     2.2
1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      33.5 |      21.9 |       8.5 |       4.9 |     3.1 |      3.1 |         9.1 |       13.6 |     2.2
1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      33.4 |      22.2 |       8.7 |       4.4 |     2.9 |      3.1 |         8.9 |       14.2 |     2.2
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      33.1 |      21.4 |       8.7 |       4.3 |     3.0 |      3.2 |         8.6 |       15.7 |     2.1
1992-93 ....|     100.0 |      32.8 |      20.7 |       8.7 |       4.4 |     2.9 |      3.5 |         8.5 |       16.5 |     2.1
1993-94\3\ .|     100.0 |      32.3 |      20.6 |       8.7 |       4.4 |     2.9 |      3.5 |         8.4 |       17.1 |     2.1
            |=====================================================================================================================
            |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1993-94 dollars
            |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1976-77 ....|   $10,861 |    $4,056 |    $2,214 |      $806 |      $548 |    $424 |     $261 |      $1,215 |     $1,082 |    $254
1977-78 ....|    10,812 |     4,054 |     2,225 |       821 |       521 |     425 |      236 |       1,224 |      1,056 |     249
1978-79 ....|    10,945 |     4,069 |     2,270 |       844 |       573 |     420 |      239 |       1,231 |      1,046 |     254
1979-80 ....|    11,132 |     4,081 |     2,311 |       866 |       590 |     410 |      241 |       1,273 |      1,095 |     264
1980-81 ....|    11,184 |     4,033 |     2,363 |       888 |       566 |     402 |      259 |       1,290 |      1,126 |     258
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|    11,327 |     4,089 |     2,423 |       909 |       524 |     403 |      285 |       1,295 |      1,142 |     255
1982-83 ....|    11,564 |     4,189 |     2,505 |       949 |       516 |     421 |      278 |       1,289 |      1,160 |     256
1983-84 ....|    11,953 |     4,298 |     2,588 |       982 |       530 |     428 |      286 |       1,306 |      1,267 |     269
1984-85 ....|    12,397 |     4,413 |     2,687 |     1,027 |       565 |     436 |      303 |       1,311 |      1,375 |     280
1985-86 ....|    12,823 |     4,496 |     2,784 |     1,065 |       622 |     446 |      328 |       1,314 |      1,478 |     291
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|    13,592 |     4,667 |     3,104 |     1,131 |       662 |     392 |      367 |       1,324 |      1,641 |     304
1987-88 ....|    13,919 |     4,742 |     3,075 |     1,168 |       701 |     439 |      412 |       1,321 |      1,776 |     284
1988-89 ....|    14,068 |     4,754 |     3,120 |     1,191 |       703 |     439 |      411 |       1,323 |      1,821 |     306
1989-90 ....|    14,293 |     4,793 |     3,129 |     1,222 |       695 |     442 |      444 |       1,307 |      1,945 |     316
1990-91 ....|    14,529 |     4,856 |     3,232 |     1,262 |       643 |     420 |      445 |       1,291 |      2,067 |     313
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ....|    14,910 |     4,934 |     3,184 |     1,294 |       635 |     444 |      482 |       1,278 |      2,344 |     314
1992-93 ....|    15,034 |     4,931 |     3,112 |     1,302 |       660 |     433 |      523 |       1,270 |      2,484 |     318
1993-94\3\ .|    15,397 |     4,979 |     3,169 |     1,344 |       673 |     447 |      545 |       1,288 |      2,631 |     321
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1 Excludes universities. See preceding table.

2 Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.

3 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.)