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Table 320.Current-fund revenue of private institutions of higher education, by source: 1980-81 to 1992-93

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                Source                |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1986-87   |  1987-88   |  1988-89   |  1989-90   |  1990-91   |1991-92 \1\ | 1992-93 \2\
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                  1                   |     2      |     3      |     4      |     5      |     6      |     7      |     8      |     9      |     10
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                                      |                                       In thousands
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     Total current-fund revenue ......|$22,389,172 |$35,432,985 |$39,196,539 |$42,568,854 |$46,574,267 |$50,724,044 |$54,861,545 |$59,193,006 | $62,694,018
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Tuition and fees .....................|  8,202,855 | 13,677,429 | 15,507,194 | 16,652,124 | 18,370,803 | 20,105,820 | 22,176,439 | 24,098,774 |  25,855,850
Federal government ...................|  4,207,485 |  5,852,380 |  6,676,054 |  7,057,693 |  7,481,396 |  8,083,386 |  8,472,654 |  9,049,476 |   9,359,554
  Appropriations .....................|    218,733 |    216,143 |    221,950 |    229,148 |    233,891 |    254,000 |    236,146 |    245,173 |     214,788
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|    597,134 |    842,272 |    970,903 |    990,968 |  1,066,504 |  1,138,283 |  1,185,824 |  1,241,218 |   1,312,056
  Restricted grants and contracts\3\ .|  2,193,119 |  2,708,622 |  3,027,434 |  3,129,219 |  3,353,241 |  3,667,154 |  3,814,493 |  4,134,817 |   4,434,410
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\4\ ..|  1,198,498 |  2,085,343 |  2,455,767 |  2,708,358 |  2,827,761 |  3,023,949 |  3,236,192 |  3,428,267 |   3,398,300
State governments ....................|    430,253 |    690,914 |    869,424 |  1,079,662 |  1,195,492 |  1,296,932 |  1,240,896 |  1,479,347 |   1,458,314
  Appropriations .....................|    259,470 |    331,219 |    362,454 |    381,183 |    357,315 |    364,270 |    356,437 |    272,417 |     240,244
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|     39,458 |     65,330 |     74,402 |    104,004 |    117,193 |    114,419 |    116,038 |    122,992 |     123,158
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|    131,326 |    294,365 |    432,568 |    594,475 |    720,984 |    818,244 |    768,421 |  1,083,938 |   1,094,912
Local governments ....................|    167,801 |    218,662 |    264,307 |    274,400 |    337,973 |    375,599 |    399,525 |    381,261 |     403,977
  Appropriations .....................|      4,535 |      2,701 |      4,713 |      5,267 |      6,383 |      9,003 |     17,907 |     16,893 |       5,776
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|     19,714 |     29,123 |     35,943 |     34,698 |     34,332 |     39,999 |     43,701 |     49,878 |      54,907
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|    143,552 |    186,838 |    223,651 |    234,435 |    297,258 |    326,598 |    337,917 |    314,490 |     343,294
Private gifts, grants, and contracts .|  2,076,585 |  3,301,124 |  3,659,697 |  3,841,860 |  4,111,904 |  4,412,787 |  4,710,158 |  4,938,060 |   5,329,865
  Unrestricted .......................|  1,100,441 |  1,832,592 |  1,937,778 |  1,929,639 |  2,067,568 |  2,198,946 |  2,190,736 |  2,271,529 |   2,543,504
  Restricted .........................|    976,144 |  1,468,532 |  1,721,919 |  1,912,220 |  2,044,336 |  2,213,841 |  2,519,421 |  2,666,531 |   2,786,361
Endowment income .....................|  1,149,883 |  1,877,295 |  2,028,179 |  2,224,896 |  2,492,144 |  2,681,995 |  2,837,394 |  2,848,012 |   2,960,062
  Unrestricted .......................|    667,471 |  1,103,570 |  1,104,778 |  1,212,926 |  1,349,053 |  1,449,846 |  1,374,572 |  1,301,160 |   1,279,398
  Restricted .........................|    482,412 |    773,725 |    923,400 |  1,011,970 |  1,143,091 |  1,232,149 |  1,462,822 |  1,546,851 |   1,680,664
Sales and services ...................|  5,221,917 |  8,283,595 |  8,508,396 |  9,640,720 | 10,575,646 | 11,456,804 | 12,561,301 | 13,781,446 |  14,542,653
  Educational activities .............|    465,993 |    776,548 |    870,145 |    969,411 |  1,129,171 |  1,208,322 |  1,354,518 |  1,559,910 |   1,801,865
  Auxiliary enterprises ..............|  2,672,729 |  3,989,342 |  4,271,203 |  4,641,476 |  5,046,296 |  5,465,187 |  5,844,382 |  6,103,226 |   6,407,806
  Hospitals ..........................|  2,083,195 |  3,517,705 |  3,367,048 |  4,029,833 |  4,400,178 |  4,783,295 |  5,362,401 |  6,118,309 |   6,332,982
Other sources ........................|    932,392 |  1,531,586 |  1,683,287 |  1,797,498 |  2,008,909 |  2,310,720 |  2,463,178 |  2,616,632 |   2,783,744
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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 |       39.1 |       39.4 |       39.6 |       40.4 |       40.7 |        41.2
Federal government ...................|       18.8 |       16.5 |       17.0 |       16.6 |       16.1 |       15.9 |       15.4 |       15.3 |        14.9
  Appropriations .....................|        1.0 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.5 |        0.5 |        0.4 |        0.4 |         0.3
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        2.7 |        2.4 |        2.5 |        2.3 |        2.3 |        2.2 |        2.2 |        2.1 |         2.1
  Restricted grants and contracts\3\ .|        9.8 |        7.6 |        7.7 |        7.4 |        7.2 |        7.2 |        7.0 |        7.0 |         7.1
  Independent operations (FFRDC)\4\ ..|        5.4 |        5.9 |        6.3 |        6.4 |        6.1 |        6.0 |        5.9 |        5.8 |         5.4
State governments ....................|        1.9 |        1.9 |        2.2 |        2.5 |        2.6 |        2.6 |        2.3 |        2.5 |         2.3
  Appropriations .....................|        1.2 |        0.9 |        0.9 |        0.9 |        0.8 |        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.5 |         0.4
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.3 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.2 |         0.2
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|        0.6 |        0.8 |        1.1 |        1.4 |        1.5 |        1.6 |        1.4 |        1.8 |         1.7
Local governments ....................|        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.7 |        0.6 |        0.7 |        0.7 |        0.7 |        0.6 |         0.6
  Appropriations .....................|      (\5\) |      (\5\) |      (\5\) |      (\5\) |      (\5\) |      (\5\) |      (\5\) |      (\5\) |       (\5\)
  Unrestricted grants and contracts ..|        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.1 |         0.1
  Restricted grants and contracts ....|        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.5 |         0.5
Private gifts, grants, and contracts .|        9.3 |        9.3 |        9.3 |        9.0 |        8.8 |        8.7 |        8.6 |        8.3 |         8.5
  Unrestricted .......................|        4.9 |        5.2 |        4.9 |        4.5 |        4.4 |        4.3 |        4.0 |        3.8 |         4.1
  Restricted .........................|        4.4 |        4.1 |        4.4 |        4.5 |        4.4 |        4.4 |        4.6 |        4.5 |         4.4
Endowment income .....................|        5.1 |        5.3 |        5.2 |        5.2 |        5.4 |        5.3 |        5.2 |        4.8 |         4.7
  Unrestricted .......................|        3.0 |        3.1 |        2.8 |        2.8 |        2.9 |        2.9 |        2.5 |        2.2 |         2.0
  Restricted .........................|        2.2 |        2.2 |        2.4 |        2.4 |        2.5 |        2.4 |        2.7 |        2.6 |         2.7
Sales and services ...................|       23.3 |       23.4 |       21.7 |       22.6 |       22.7 |       22.6 |       22.9 |       23.3 |        23.2
  Educational activities .............|        2.1 |        2.2 |        2.2 |        2.3 |        2.4 |        2.4 |        2.5 |        2.6 |         2.9
  Auxiliary enterprises ..............|       11.9 |       11.3 |       10.9 |       10.9 |       10.8 |       10.8 |       10.7 |       10.3 |        10.2
  Hospitals ..........................|        9.3 |        9.9 |        8.6 |        9.5 |        9.4 |        9.4 |        9.8 |       10.3 |        10.1
Other sources ........................|        4.2 |        4.3 |        4.3 |        4.2 |        4.3 |        4.6 |        4.5 |        4.4 |         4.4
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\1\Revised from previously published data.
\2\Preliminary data.
\3\Excludes Pell Grants. Federally supported student aid that is received through students is included under tuition and auxiliary enterprises.
\4\Generally includes only those revenues associated with major federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC).
\5\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, "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared April 1995.)


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