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Table 344. -  Educational and general expenditures of public 2-year colleges, by purpose: 1976-77 to 1995-96
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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 ....|$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 ....|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
 1995-96\2\ .|20,161,543 | 9,701,637 | 4,349,565 | 2,163,469 |    23,676 | 445,660 |  472,767 |   2,070,286 |    781,770 | 152,713
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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
 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 ....|     100.0 |      49.0 |      21.0 |      10.5 |       0.2 |     2.2 |      2.3 |        10.2 |        3.7 |     0.7
 1995-96\2\ .|     100.0 |      48.1 |      21.6 |      10.7 |       0.1 |     2.2 |      2.3 |        10.3 |        3.9 |     0.8
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             |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1995-96 dollars
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 1976-77 ....|    $5,939 |    $3,033 |    $1,075 |      $498 |       $19 |    $209 |     $119 |        $667 |       $174 |    $144
 1977-78 ....|     5,971 |     3,022 |     1,158 |       489 |        10 |     211 |      126 |         677 |        132 |     145
 1978-79 ....|     6,174 |     3,098 |     1,206 |       519 |        23 |     209 |      119 |         700 |        137 |     162
 1979-80 ....|     6,071 |     3,053 |     1,154 |       525 |        25 |     194 |      135 |         712 |        142 |     131
 1980-81 ....|     5,818 |     2,945 |     1,109 |       507 |        22 |     183 |      126 |         696 |        131 |      98
             |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
 1981-82 ....|     5,812 |     2,957 |     1,104 |       513 |        12 |     197 |      110 |         714 |        120 |      85
 1982-83 ....|     5,499 |     2,797 |     1,075 |       491 |        12 |     165 |       82 |         674 |        116 |      86
 1983-84 ....|     5,576 |     2,833 |     1,105 |       490 |        11 |     167 |       95 |         680 |        113 |      81
 1984-85 ....|     6,111 |     3,072 |     1,234 |       538 |        10 |     178 |      124 |         739 |        133 |      84
 1985-86 ....|     6,292 |     3,140 |     1,302 |       565 |         6 |     181 |      124 |         749 |        139 |      85
             |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
 1986-87 ....|     6,394 |     3,173 |     1,393 |       602 |         7 |     145 |      139 |         738 |        143 |      53
 1987-88 ....|     6,309 |     3,104 |     1,341 |       626 |         6 |     171 |      143 |         717 |        152 |      48
 1988-89 ....|     6,379 |     3,162 |     1,373 |       603 |         7 |     166 |      158 |         712 |        151 |      46
 1989-90 ....|     6,206 |     3,090 |     1,332 |       601 |         9 |     158 |      151 |         683 |        141 |      42
 1990-91 ....|     6,276 |     3,129 |     1,355 |       620 |         8 |     155 |      151 |         673 |        148 |      37
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 1991-92 ....|     5,988 |     3,012 |     1,254 |       611 |         9 |     145 |      134 |         620 |        166 |      36
 1992-93 ....|     6,078 |     3,045 |     1,268 |       633 |        10 |     138 |      141 |         617 |        189 |      38
 1993-94 ....|     6,390 |     3,154 |     1,344 |       664 |        10 |     148 |      150 |         658 |        219 |      43
 1994-95 ....|     6,534 |     3,203 |     1,375 |       689 |        10 |     147 |      150 |         668 |        245 |      48
 1995-96\2\ .|     6,733 |     3,240 |     1,452 |       722 |         8 |     149 |      158 |         691 |        261 |      51
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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 October 1998.)


1998 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest