Educational and general expenditures of public 2-year colleges, by purpose: 1976-77 to 1994-95

Table 343.
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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
_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_________|__________|_____________|____________|_________
       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 ...... |$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 .....  |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
1994-95\2\ ....|19,258,872 | 9,440,773 | 4,053,662 | 2,029,268 |    29,313 | 433,098 |  443,306 |   1,967,485 |    720,624 | 141,342
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               |                                              Percentage distribution
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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 .....  |     100.0 |      49.4 |      21.0 |      10.4 |       0.2 |     2.3 |      2.4 |        10.3 |        3.4 |     0.7
1994-95\2\ ....|     100.0 |      49.0 |      21.0 |      10.5 |       0.2 |     2.2 |      2.3 |        10.2 |        3.7 |     0.7
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               |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1994-95 dollars
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1976-77 ...... |    $5,765 |    $2,944 |    $1,044 |      $484 |       $19 |    $203 |     $115 |        $647 |       $169 |    $140
1977-78 .......|     5,795 |     2,933 |     1,124 |       475 |        10 |     204 |      123 |         658 |        128 |     141
1978-79 ...... |     5,993 |     3,007 |     1,170 |       504 |        22 |     202 |      116 |         680 |        133 |     158
1979-80 ...... |     5,892 |     2,963 |     1,120 |       509 |        24 |     188 |      131 |         691 |        138 |     127
1980-81 ...... |     5,647 |     2,859 |     1,077 |       492 |        21 |     178 |      122 |         675 |        127 |      95     
               |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ...... |     5,641 |     2,870 |     1,072 |       498 |        11 |     191 |      107 |         693 |        116 |      83
1982-83 ...... |     5,337 |     2,715 |     1,043 |       477 |        12 |     160 |       80 |         654 |        113 |      84
1983-84 .......|     5,412 |     2,750 |     1,073 |       476 |        11 |     162 |       92 |         660 |        110 |      79
1984-85 .......|     5,932 |     2,982 |     1,197 |       522 |        10 |     173 |      120 |         717 |        129 |      82
1985-86 ...... |     6,107 |     3,048 |     1,264 |       548 |         6 |     176 |      121 |         727 |        135 |      83
               |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ...... |     6,206 |     3,080 |     1,352 |       584 |         7 |     141 |      135 |         716 |        139 |      52
1987-88 ...... |     6,123 |     3,013 |     1,301 |       608 |         6 |     166 |      139 |         696 |        147 |      46
1988-89 .....  |     6,192 |     3,069 |     1,333 |       585 |         7 |     161 |      154 |         691 |        146 |      45
1989-90 .....  |     6,024 |     2,999 |     1,293 |       584 |         8 |     153 |      146 |         663 |        137 |      41
1990-91 .....  |     6,091 |     3,037 |     1,315 |       602 |         8 |     150 |      147 |         653 |        144 |      36
               |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 .....  |     5,816 |     2,926 |     1,218 |       594 |         9 |     141 |      131 |         602 |        161 |      34
1992-93 .....  |     5,903 |     2,958 |     1,231 |       615 |         9 |     134 |      137 |         599 |        183 |      37
1993-94 .....  |     6,202 |     3,061 |     1,304 |       645 |        10 |     144 |      146 |         639 |        212 |      41
1994-95\2\ ....|     6,346 |     3,111 |     1,336 |       669 |        10 |     143 |      146 |         648 |        237 |      47
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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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