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Table 353. Total expenditures of private for-profit degree-granting institutions, by purpose and type of institution: 2003-04 and 2004-05
Year and type of institution Total expenditures, by purpose
Total Instruction Research and public service Student services, academic and institutional support Auxiliary enterprises1 Net grant aid to students2 Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  In thousands of current dollars
2003–04              
Total $7,364,012 $1,883,733 $8,606 $4,592,730 $249,472 $56,467 $573,004
4–year 4,821,864 1,143,050 3,705 3,108,697 168,069 32,603 365,740
Doctoral, intensive3  46,025 17,258 0 28,284 0 0 483
Master's4  1,236,904 218,128 0 780,281 6,067 6,466 225,961
Baccalaureate5  387,191 82,571 141 288,373 15,359 0 747
Specialized institutions6  3,151,744 825,092 3,564 2,011,760 146,642 26,136 138,549
Art, music, or design 653,656 162,586 190 384,543 53,675 9,616 43,045
Business and management 308,455 70,083 235 225,920 4,358 487 7,373
Engineering or technology 674,908 185,103 71 463,071 9,333 162 17,167
Medical or other health 53,114 16,856 254 24,584 773 1,139 9,507
Other specialized 1,461,612 390,464 2,814 913,642 78,503 14,732 61,457
2–year 2,542,148 740,683 4,901 1,484,033 81,403 23,864 207,264
               
2004–05              
Total $8,830,792 $2,313,895 $7,583 $5,693,200 $269,883 $54,819 $491,411
4–year 5,989,792 1,430,196 3,513 4,110,514 180,036 38,639 226,894
Doctoral, intensive3  67,138 23,009 0 44,129 0 0 0
Master's4  1,496,513 301,444 0 1,159,657 20,444 0 14,969
Baccalaureate5  419,419 92,803 0 310,302 10,397 0 5,917
Specialized institutions6  4,006,723 1,012,941 3,513 2,596,426 149,196 38,639 206,009
Art, music, or design 725,410 173,591 346 430,881 49,453 11,745 59,394
Business and management 450,864 95,579 218 327,396 7,326 1,053 19,293
Engineering or technology 773,888 209,759 30 518,833 9,386 89 35,792
Medical or other health 54,642 16,509 533 24,859 1,156 1,118 10,466
Other specialized 2,001,918 517,503 2,387 1,294,456 81,874 24,634 81,064
2–year 2,840,999 883,699 4,070 1,582,687 89,846 16,181 264,517
  Percentage distribution
2004–05              
Total 100.00 26.20 0.09 64.47 3.06 0.62 5.56
4–year 100.00 23.88 0.06 68.63 3.01 0.65 3.79
Doctoral, intensive3  100.00 34.27 0.00 65.73 0.00 0.00 0.00
Master's4  100.00 20.14 0.00 77.49 1.37 0.00 1.00
Baccalaureate5  100.00 22.13 0.00 73.98 2.48 0.00 1.41
Specialized institutions6  100.00 25.28 0.09 64.80 3.72 0.96 5.14
Art, music, or design 100.00 23.93 0.05 59.40 6.82 1.62 8.19
Business and management 100.00 21.20 0.05 72.62 1.62 0.23 4.28
Engineering or technology 100.00 27.10 # 67.04 1.21 0.01 4.62
Medical or other health 100.00 30.21 0.98 45.49 2.12 2.05 19.15
Other specialized 100.00 25.85 0.12 64.66 4.09 1.23 4.05
2–year 100.00 31.11 0.14 55.71 3.16 0.57 9.31
  Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in current dollars
2004–05              
Total $11,205 $2,936 $10 $7,224 $342 $70 $624
4–year 10,818 2,583 6 7,424 325 70 410
Doctoral, intensive3  4,514 1,547 0 2,967 0 0 0
Master's4  6,784 1,367 0 5,257 93 0 68
Baccalaureate5  11,077 2,451 0 8,195 275 0 156
Specialized institutions6  14,291 3,613 13 9,261 532 138 735
Art, music, or design 12,042 2,882 6 7,153 821 195 986
Business and management 10,469 2,219 5 7,602 170 24 448
Engineering or technology 16,000 4,337 1 10,727 194 2 740
Medical or other health 12,354 3,732 121 5,620 261 253 2,366
Other specialized 16,111 4,165 19 10,417 659 198 652
2–year 12,120 3,770 17 6,752 383 69 1,128
# Rounds to zero.
1 Essentially self-supporting operations of institutions that furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff, such as residence halls and food services.
2 Excludes tuition and fee allowances and agency transactions, such as student awards made from contributed funds or grant funds.
3 Doctoral, intensive institutions are committed to education through the doctorate and award at least 10 doctor's degrees per year across 3 or more disciplines or at least 20 doctor's degrees overall.
4 Master's institutions offer a full range of baccalaureate programs and are committed to edu­cation through the master's degree. They award at least 20 master's degrees per year.
5 Baccalaureate institutions primarily emphasize undergraduate education.
6 Specialized 4-year institutions award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering. Includes some institutions that have 4-year programs, but have not reported sufficient data to identify program category. Also includes institutions classified as 4-year under the IPEDS system, which had been classified as 2-year in the Carnegie system because they primarily award associate's degrees.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003–04 and 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2005 and Spring 2006. (This table was prepared July 2007.)

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