| Institutional characteristic | Total number of libraries | Operating expenditures | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer hardware and software | Bibliographic utilities, networks, consortia | Other operating expenditures | ||
| All U.S. academic libraries | 3,827 | $158,698,289 | $113,427,308 | $508,252,993 |
| Control | ||||
| Public | 1,576 | 100,238,695 | 64,961,468 | 282,045,299 |
| Private | 2,251 | 58,459,594 | 48,465,840 | 226,207,694 |
| Level1 | ||||
| Total 4-year and above | 2,393 | 145,700,680 | 102,599,799 | 479,279,128 |
| Doctor's | 721 | 116,716,438 | 69,272,729 | 403,109,443 |
| Master's | 911 | 20,556,845 | 23,950,333 | 53,549,645 |
| Bachelor's | 730 | 7,754,354 | 8,882,074 | 20,883,824 |
| Less than 4-year | 1,434 | 12,997,609 | 10,827,509 | 28,973,865 |
| Size (FTE enrollment)2 | ||||
| Less than 1,000 | 1,455 | 7,498,617 | 7,633,480 | 17,349,253 |
| 1,000 to 2,999 | 1,136 | 19,733,441 | 20,911,102 | 50,150,562 |
| 3,000 to 4,999 | 475 | 10,785,184 | 13,140,667 | 34,979,770 |
| 5,000 to 9,999 | 405 | 21,876,581 | 17,793,978 | 63,483,353 |
| 10,000 to 19,999 | 238 | 32,779,259 | 23,321,664 | 139,049,792 |
| 20,000 or more | 118 | 66,025,207 | 30,626,417 | 203,240,263 |
| Carnegie classification1 | ||||
| Doctoral/Research | 275 | 95,522,406 | 52,717,863 | 349,169,660 |
| Master's I and II | 603 | 27,495,288 | 26,535,158 | 67,094,777 |
| Baccalaureate | 557 | 10,786,492 | 14,441,053 | 33,735,638 |
| Baccalaureate/Associates | 96 | 673,465 | 833,177 | 1,460,229 |
| Associates | 1,474 | 13,515,036 | 11,672,662 | 31,213,829 |
| Specialized | 645 | 10,115,556 | 6,974,203 | 24,359,759 |
| Not classified | 177 | 590,046 | 253,192 | 1,219,101 |
| 1 While "level" and "Carnegie classification" are similar, there is not complete overlap in the two classifications. "Level" refers to the highest level of any degree offered by the institution. The "Carnegie classification" is based on criteria such as institutional mission and research funding in addition to highest level of degree awarded. The Carnegie classification was developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and published in A Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, 2005 Edition. | ||||
| 2 Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment is calculated by adding one-third of part-time enrollment to full-time enrollment. | ||||
| NOTE: The number of doctoral, master's, and bachelor's level institutions does not sum to the total number of 4-year and above institutions because there are 4-year and above institutions that grant "other" degrees and are thus not included in the breakdown. | ||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), 2008. | ||||
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