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Table 349. Educational and general expenditures of degree-granting public universities, by purpose: 1976-77 to 1996-97

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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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             |                                   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 ....|28,338,312 |10,364,088 | 3,927,198 | 1,047,364 | 6,030,489 |  871,279 |2,273,699 |   2,222,046 |  1,211,690 | 390,458
 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 ....|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
 1995-96 ....|37,693,678 |13,289,323 | 5,146,842 | 1,419,733 | 8,211,609 |1,134,159 |3,082,968 |   2,596,786 |  2,235,290 | 576,968
 1996-97\2\ .|39,368,161 |13,813,628 | 5,404,019 | 1,480,850 | 8,526,355 |1,186,456 |3,246,335 |   2,691,399 |  2,411,021 | 608,098
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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
 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
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 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 |      13.9 |       3.7 |      21.3 |      3.1 |      8.0 |         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 ....|     100.0 |      35.4 |      13.3 |       3.7 |      22.3 |      3.0 |      8.1 |         7.0 |        5.7 |     1.5
 1995-96 ....|     100.0 |      35.3 |      13.7 |       3.8 |      21.8 |      3.0 |      8.2 |         6.9 |        5.9 |     1.5
 1996-97\2\ .|     100.0 |      35.1 |      13.7 |       3.8 |      21.7 |      3.0 |      8.2 |         6.8 |        6.1 |     1.5
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             |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1996-97 dollars
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 1976-77 ....|   $15,574 |    $6,073 |    $2,022 |      $574 |    $2,859 |     $549 |   $1,264 |      $1,419 |       $625 |    $190
 1980-81 ....|    15,861 |     6,110 |     2,041 |       598 |     3,119 |      514 |    1,317 |       1,444 |        560 |     158
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 1981-82 ....|    15,636 |     6,070 |     2,047 |       587 |     3,011 |      507 |    1,269 |       1,465 |        545 |     135
 1982-83 ....|    15,602 |     6,058 |     2,044 |       586 |     2,993 |      512 |    1,261 |       1,467 |        546 |     134
 1983-84 ....|    15,980 |     6,163 |     2,099 |       597 |     3,055 |      535 |    1,284 |       1,509 |        579 |     159
 1984-85 ....|    16,732 |     6,405 |     2,293 |       619 |     3,250 |      538 |    1,341 |       1,541 |        598 |     148
 1985-86 ....|    17,383 |     6,551 |     2,418 |       640 |     3,420 |      562 |    1,397 |       1,537 |        655 |     204
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 1986-87 ....|    17,687 |     6,721 |     2,480 |       658 |     3,533 |      544 |    1,386 |       1,470 |        680 |     215
 1987-88 ....|    18,168 |     6,782 |     2,523 |       678 |     3,742 |      581 |    1,415 |       1,474 |        723 |     250
 1988-89 ....|    18,511 |     6,815 |     2,577 |       691 |     3,879 |      576 |    1,485 |       1,466 |        776 |     246
 1989-90 ....|    18,634 |     6,815 |     2,582 |       689 |     3,965 |      573 |    1,495 |       1,461 |        797 |     257
 1990-91 ....|    18,795 |     6,816 |     2,573 |       683 |     4,084 |      561 |    1,535 |       1,427 |        847 |     270
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 1991-92 ....|    18,688 |     6,734 |     2,486 |       688 |     4,107 |      560 |    1,545 |       1,375 |        922 |     271
 1992-93 ....|    19,145 |     6,827 |     2,517 |       706 |     4,274 |      559 |    1,583 |       1,379 |      1,011 |     288
 1993-94 ....|    19,537 |     6,897 |     2,607 |       725 |     4,370 |      573 |    1,585 |       1,400 |      1,087 |     293
 1994-95 ....|    20,110 |     7,120 |     2,670 |       748 |     4,483 |      608 |    1,633 |       1,401 |      1,141 |     305
 1995-96 ....|    20,303 |     7,158 |     2,772 |       765 |     4,423 |      611 |    1,661 |       1,399 |      1,204 |     311
 1996-97\2\ .|    20,603 |     7,229 |     2,828 |       775 |     4,462 |      621 |    1,699 |       1,409 |      1,262 |     318
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\1\Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.
\2\Preliminary data.

NOTE: Data for 1976-77 to 1995-96 are for institutions of higher education. Institutions of higher education were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate or higher degrees. 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. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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 June 2000.)


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