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Table 326. -  Current-fund revenue of private institutions of higher education, by source: 1980-81 to 1995-96 
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                Source                |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1989-90   |  1990-91   |  1991-92   |  1992-93   |  1993-94   |  1994-95   |1995-96 \1\
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     Total current-fund revenue ......|$22,389,172 |$35,432,985 |$50,724,044 |$54,861,545 |$59,193,006 |$62,694,018 |$66,258,504 |$69,808,077 |$74,472,083
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Tuition and fees .....................|  8,202,855 | 13,677,429 | 20,105,820 | 22,176,439 | 24,098,774 | 25,855,850 | 27,821,149 | 29,598,772 | 32,002,839
Federal government ...................|  4,207,485 |  5,852,380 |  8,083,386 |  8,472,654 |  9,049,476 |  9,359,554 |  9,611,348 | 10,051,329 | 10,266,608
  Appropriations .....................|    218,733 |    216,143 |    254,000 |    236,146 |    245,173 |    214,788 |    212,443 |    218,038 |    210,210
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|    597,134 |    842,272 |  1,138,283 |  1,185,824 |  1,241,218 |  1,312,056 |  1,434,711 |  1,494,351 |  1,655,325
  Restricted grants and contracts\2\ .|  2,193,119 |  2,708,622 |  3,667,154 |  3,814,493 |  4,134,817 |  4,434,410 |  4,777,978 |  5,053,347 |  5,114,949
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ..|  1,198,498 |  2,085,343 |  3,023,949 |  3,236,192 |  3,428,267 |  3,398,300 |  3,186,216 |  3,285,593 |  3,286,124
State governments ....................|    430,253 |    690,914 |  1,296,932 |  1,240,896 |  1,479,347 |  1,458,314 |  1,373,894 |  1,488,332 |  1,450,127
  Appropriations .....................|    259,470 |    331,219 |    364,270 |    356,437 |    272,417 |    240,244 |    258,996 |    232,579 |    241,864
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|     39,458 |     65,330 |    114,419 |    116,038 |    122,992 |    123,158 |     89,554 |    143,421 |    166,095
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|    131,326 |    294,365 |    818,244 |    768,421 |  1,083,938 |  1,094,912 |  1,025,344 |  1,112,332 |  1,042,168
Local governments ....................|    167,801 |    218,662 |    375,599 |    399,525 |    381,261 |    403,977 |    489,703 |    409,077 |    533,398
  Appropriations .....................|      4,535 |      2,701 |      9,003 |     17,907 |     16,893 |      5,776 |      2,199 |      3,763 |      3,643
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|     19,714 |     29,123 |     39,999 |     43,701 |     49,878 |     54,907 |     63,393 |     74,488 |    193,156
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|    143,552 |    186,838 |    326,598 |    337,917 |    314,490 |    343,294 |    424,111 |    330,826 |    336,598
Private gifts, grants, and contracts .|  2,076,585 |  3,301,124 |  4,412,787 |  4,710,158 |  4,938,060 |  5,329,865 |  5,681,610 |  6,129,220 |  6,813,782
  Unrestricted .......................|  1,100,441 |  1,832,592 |  2,198,946 |  2,190,736 |  2,271,529 |  2,543,504 |  2,701,960 |  2,872,344 |  3,287,476
  Restricted .........................|    976,144 |  1,468,532 |  2,213,841 |  2,519,421 |  2,666,531 |  2,786,361 |  2,979,650 |  3,256,876 |  3,526,306
Endowment income .....................|  1,149,883 |  1,877,295 |  2,681,995 |  2,837,394 |  2,848,012 |  2,960,062 |  3,030,193 |  3,294,904 |  3,841,091
  Unrestricted .......................|    667,471 |  1,103,570 |  1,449,846 |  1,374,572 |  1,301,160 |  1,279,398 |  1,298,562 |  1,382,336 |  1,759,630
  Restricted .........................|    482,412 |    773,725 |  1,232,149 |  1,462,822 |  1,546,851 |  1,680,664 |  1,731,631 |  1,912,567 |  2,081,461
Sales and services ...................|  5,221,917 |  8,283,595 | 11,456,804 | 12,561,301 | 13,781,446 | 14,542,653 | 15,387,078 | 15,521,899 | 15,610,078
  Educational activities .............|    465,993 |    776,548 |  1,208,322 |  1,354,518 |  1,559,910 |  1,801,865 |  1,964,349 |  1,987,217 |  2,002,153
  Auxiliary enterprises ..............|  2,672,729 |  3,989,342 |  5,465,187 |  5,844,382 |  6,103,226 |  6,407,806 |  6,722,710 |  6,962,448 |  7,272,132
  Hospitals ..........................|  2,083,195 |  3,517,705 |  4,783,295 |  5,362,401 |  6,118,309 |  6,332,982 |  6,700,019 |  6,572,234 |  6,335,792
Other sources ........................|    932,392 |  1,531,586 |  2,310,720 |  2,463,178 |  2,616,632 |  2,783,744 |  2,863,529 |  3,314,546 |  3,954,162
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                                      |                                   Percentage distribution
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     Total current-fund revenue ......|      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0
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Tuition and fees .....................|       36.6 |       38.6 |       39.6 |       40.4 |       40.7 |       41.2 |       42.0 |       42.4 |       43.0
Federal government ...................|       18.8 |       16.5 |       15.9 |       15.4 |       15.3 |       14.9 |       14.5 |       14.4 |       13.8
  Appropriations .....................|        1.0 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.3 |        0.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        2.7 |        2.4 |        2.2 |        2.2 |        2.1 |        2.1 |        2.2 |        2.1 |        2.2
  Restricted grants and contracts\2\ .|        9.8 |        7.6 |        7.2 |        7.0 |        7.0 |        7.1 |        7.2 |        7.2 |        6.9
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ..|        5.4 |        5.9 |        6.0 |        5.9 |        5.8 |        5.4 |        4.8 |        4.7 |        4.4
State governments ....................|        1.9 |        1.9 |        2.6 |        2.3 |        2.5 |        2.3 |        2.1 |        2.1 |        1.9
  Appropriations .....................|        1.2 |        0.9 |        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.4 |        0.4 |        0.3 |        0.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.1 |        0.2 |        0.2
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|        0.6 |        0.8 |        1.6 |        1.4 |        1.8 |        1.7 |        1.5 |        1.6 |        1.4
Local governments ....................|        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.7 |        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.7
  Appropriations .....................|      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\) |      (\4\)
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.3
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.5 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.5
Private gifts, grants, and contracts .|        9.3 |        9.3 |        8.7 |        8.6 |        8.3 |        8.5 |        8.6 |        8.8 |        9.1
  Unrestricted .......................|        4.9 |        5.2 |        4.3 |        4.0 |        3.8 |        4.1 |        4.1 |        4.1 |        4.4
  Restricted .........................|        4.4 |        4.1 |        4.4 |        4.6 |        4.5 |        4.4 |        4.5 |        4.7 |        4.7
Endowment income .....................|        5.1 |        5.3 |        5.3 |        5.2 |        4.8 |        4.7 |        4.6 |        4.7 |        5.2
  Unrestricted .......................|        3.0 |        3.1 |        2.9 |        2.5 |        2.2 |        2.0 |        2.0 |        2.0 |        2.4
  Restricted .........................|        2.2 |        2.2 |        2.4 |        2.7 |        2.6 |        2.7 |        2.6 |        2.7 |        2.8
Sales and services ...................|       23.3 |       23.4 |       22.6 |       22.9 |       23.3 |       23.2 |       23.2 |       22.2 |       21.0
  Educational activities .............|        2.1 |        2.2 |        2.4 |        2.5 |        2.6 |        2.9 |        3.0 |        2.8 |        2.7
  Auxiliary enterprises ..............|       11.9 |       11.3 |       10.8 |       10.7 |       10.3 |       10.2 |       10.1 |       10.0 |        9.8
  Hospitals ..........................|        9.3 |        9.9 |        9.4 |        9.8 |       10.3 |       10.1 |       10.1 |        9.4 |        8.5
Other sources ........................|        4.2 |        4.3 |        4.6 |        4.5 |        4.4 |        4.4 |        4.3 |        4.7 |        5.3
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\1\Preliminary data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\2\Excludes Pell Grants. Federally supported student aid that is received through students is included under tuition and auxiliary enterprises.
\3\Generally includes only those revenues associated with major federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC).
\4\Less than 0.05 percent.

NOTE.--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; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared October 1998.)


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