Educational and general expenditures of public universities, by purpose: 1976-77 to 1994-95

Table 341.
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             |                                        Educational and general expenditures
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    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
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1976-77 .....|$9,413,626 |$3,670,554 |$1,222,410 |  $346,906 |$1,727,807 | $331,614 | $763,809 |    $857,677 |   $377,749 |$115,099
1977-78 .....|10,220,191 | 4,009,870 | 1,344,538 |   388,262 | 1,896,578 |  343,198 |  803,309 |     938,952 |    389,682 | 105,803
1978-79 .....|11,284,191 | 4,408,025 | 1,478,568 |   419,231 | 2,136,135 |  363,875 |  920,726 |   1,046,740 |    396,356 | 114,533
1979-80 .....|12,540,072 | 4,860,411 | 1,572,523 |   473,460 | 2,444,471 |  463,642 |1,012,376 |   1,148,942 |    439,461 | 124,786
1980-81 .....|13,951,029 | 5,374,271 | 1,795,504 |   525,891 | 2,743,145 |  451,978 |1,158,512 |   1,270,339 |    492,225 | 139,164
             |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1981-82 .....|15,077,263 | 5,852,958 | 1,974,219 |   566,366 | 2,903,178 |  488,939 |1,223,417 |   1,412,557 |    525,498 | 130,131
1982-83 .....|16,089,168 | 6,247,358 | 2,107,933 |   604,657 | 3,086,846 |  528,470 |1,300,353 |   1,512,947 |    562,903 | 137,702
1983-84 .....|17,234,711 | 6,646,501 | 2,263,565 |   643,614 | 3,295,053 |  577,136 |1,385,191 |   1,627,702 |    624,642 | 171,306
1984-85 .....|18,960,810 | 7,257,618 | 2,598,784 |   701,451 | 3,682,755 |  609,365 |1,519,324 |   1,745,825 |    677,533 | 168,155
1985-86 .....|20,716,657 | 7,807,522 | 2,882,006 |   762,324 | 4,076,258 |  669,253 |1,664,917 |   1,831,618 |    780,080 | 242,679
             |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1986-87 .....|22,023,387 | 8,368,187 | 3,088,348 |   819,829 | 4,399,405 |  677,531 |1,725,613 |   1,829,880 |    847,328 | 267,266
1987-88 .....|23,848,427 | 8,902,624 | 3,311,806 |   889,528 | 4,911,929 |  762,858 |1,857,008 |   1,934,489 |    949,438 | 328,746
1988-89 .....|26,138,665 | 9,623,797 | 3,638,424 |   975,801 | 5,476,936 |  813,888 |2,096,267 |   2,069,744 |  1,096,447 | 347,362
1989-90 .....|28,077,757 |10,269,007 | 3,867,818 | 1,028,463 | 5,997,942 |  860,981 |2,263,623 |   2,200,111 |  1,199,643 | 390,170
1990-91 .... |30,367,325 |11,012,373 | 4,157,677 | 1,103,058 | 6,599,209 |  906,506 |2,479,956 |   2,305,115 |  1,367,754 | 435,676
             |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1991-92 .... |31,565,791 |11,373,749 | 4,198,990 | 1,161,633 | 6,937,360 |  946,098 |2,609,520 |   2,323,220 |  1,556,868 | 458,354
1992-93 .... |32,836,061 |11,708,500 | 4,317,605 | 1,211,143 | 7,330,922 |  959,306 |2,714,785 |   2,365,942 |  1,734,530 | 493,328
1993-94 .....|34,318,548 |12,115,695 | 4,578,770 | 1,273,008 | 7,676,832 |1,006,301 |2,784,869 |   2,459,895 |  1,909,173 | 514,006
1994-95\2\ ..|36,255,063 |12,837,030 | 4,814,366 | 1,348,617 | 8,082,388 |1,096,566 |2,943,284 |   2,526,104 |  2,057,116 | 549,593
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             |                                              Percentage distribution
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1976-77 .....|     100.0 |      39.0 |      13.0 |       3.7 |      18.4 |      3.5 |      8.1 |         9.1 |        4.0 |     1.2
1977-78 .....|     100.0 |      39.2 |      13.2 |       3.8 |      18.6 |      3.4 |      7.9 |         9.2 |        3.8 |     1.0
1978-79 .....|     100.0 |      39.1 |      13.1 |       3.7 |      18.9 |      3.2 |      8.2 |         9.3 |        3.5 |     1.0
1979-80 .....|     100.0 |      38.8 |      12.5 |       3.8 |      19.5 |      3.7 |      8.1 |         9.2 |        3.5 |     1.0
1980-81 .....|     100.0 |      38.5 |      12.9 |       3.8 |      19.7 |      3.2 |      8.3 |         9.1 |        3.5 |     1.0
             |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1981-82 .....|     100.0 |      38.8 |      13.1 |       3.8 |      19.3 |      3.2 |      8.1 |         9.4 |        3.5 |     0.9
1982-83 .....|     100.0 |      38.8 |      13.1 |       3.8 |      19.2 |      3.3 |      8.1 |         9.4 |        3.5 |     0.9
1983-84 .....|     100.0 |      38.6 |      13.1 |       3.7 |      19.1 |      3.3 |      8.0 |         9.4 |        3.6 |     1.0
1984-85 .....|     100.0 |      38.3 |      13.7 |       3.7 |      19.4 |      3.2 |      8.0 |         9.2 |        3.6 |     0.9
1985-86 .....|     100.0 |      37.7 |      13.9 |       3.7 |      19.7 |      3.2 |      8.0 |         8.8 |        3.8 |     1.2
             |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1986-87 .....|     100.0 |      38.0 |      14.0 |       3.7 |      20.0 |      3.1 |      7.8 |         8.3 |        3.8 |     1.2
1987-88 .....|     100.0 |      37.3 |      13.9 |       3.7 |      20.6 |      3.2 |      7.8 |         8.1 |        4.0 |     1.4
1988-89 .....|     100.0 |      36.8 |      13.9 |       3.7 |      21.0 |      3.1 |      8.0 |         7.9 |        4.2 |     1.3
1989-90 .....|     100.0 |      36.6 |      13.8 |       3.7 |      21.4 |      3.1 |      8.1 |         7.8 |        4.3 |     1.4
1990-91 .... |     100.0 |      36.3 |      13.7 |       3.6 |      21.7 |      3.0 |      8.2 |         7.6 |        4.5 |     1.4
             |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |             |            |
1991-92 .... |     100.0 |      36.0 |      13.3 |       3.7 |      22.0 |      3.0 |      8.3 |         7.4 |        4.9 |     1.5
1992-93 .... |     100.0 |      35.7 |      13.1 |       3.7 |      22.3 |      2.9 |      8.3 |         7.2 |        5.3 |     1.5
1993-94 .... |     100.0 |      35.3 |      13.3 |       3.7 |      22.4 |      2.9 |      8.1 |         7.2 |        5.6 |     1.5
1994-95\2\ ..|     100.0 |      35.4 |      13.3 |       3.7 |      22.3 |      3.0 |      8.1 |         7.0 |        5.7 |     1.5
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             |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1994-95 dollars
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1976-77 .....|   $14,668 |    $5,719 |    $1,905 |      $541 |    $2,692 |     $517 |   $1,190 |      $1,336 |       $589 |    $179
1977-78 .....|    14,798 |     5,806 |     1,947 |       562 |     2,746 |      497 |    1,163 |       1,360 |        564 |     153
1978-79 .....|    15,336 |     5,991 |     2,009 |       570 |     2,903 |      495 |    1,251 |       1,423 |        539 |     156
1979-80 .....|    15,173 |     5,881 |     1,903 |       573 |     2,958 |      561 |    1,225 |       1,390 |        532 |     151
1980-81 .....|    14,938 |     5,754 |     1,922 |       563 |     2,937 |      484 |    1,240 |       1,360 |        527 |     149
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1981-82 .....|    14,726 |     5,717 |     1,928 |       553 |     2,836 |      478 |    1,195 |       1,380 |        513 |     127
1982-83 .....|    14,693 |     5,705 |     1,925 |       552 |     2,819 |      483 |    1,188 |       1,382 |        514 |     126
1983-84 .....|    15,049 |     5,804 |     1,977 |       562 |     2,877 |      504 |    1,210 |       1,421 |        545 |     150
1984-85 .....|    15,758 |     6,032 |     2,160 |       583 |     3,061 |      506 |    1,263 |       1,451 |        563 |     140
1985-86 .....|    16,371 |     6,170 |     2,277 |       602 |     3,221 |      529 |    1,316 |       1,447 |        616 |     192
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1986-87 .....|    16,657 |     6,329 |     2,336 |       620 |     3,327 |      512 |    1,305 |       1,384 |        641 |     202
1987-88 .....|    17,110 |     6,387 |     2,376 |       638 |     3,524 |      547 |    1,332 |       1,388 |        681 |     236
1988-89 .....|    17,433 |     6,418 |     2,427 |       651 |     3,653 |      543 |    1,398 |       1,380 |        731 |     232
1989-90 .... |    17,388 |     6,359 |     2,395 |       637 |     3,714 |      533 |    1,402 |       1,362 |        743 |     242
1990-91 .... |    17,700 |     6,419 |     2,423 |       643 |     3,847 |      528 |    1,446 |       1,344 |        797 |     254
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1991-92 .... |    17,611 |     6,346 |     2,343 |       648 |     3,870 |      528 |    1,456 |       1,296 |        869 |     256
1992-93 .... |    18,041 |     6,433 |     2,372 |       665 |     4,028 |      527 |    1,492 |       1,300 |        953 |     271
1993-94 .....|    18,399 |     6,496 |     2,455 |       683 |     4,116 |      540 |    1,493 |       1,319 |      1,024 |     276
1994-95\2\ ..|    18,950 |     6,710 |     2,516 |       705 |     4,225 |      573 |    1,538 |       1,320 |      1,075 |     287
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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, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "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 July 1997.)
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