Current-fund expenditures of private institutions of higher education, by purpose: 1980-81 to 1992-93

Table 331.
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               Purpose                |  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 expenditures .|$21,773,132 |$34,341,889 |$38,109,719 |$41,145,174 |$44,921,566 |$48,885,041 |$53,126,743 |$57,341,982 | $60,670,938
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Educational and general expenditures .| 15,900,792 | 25,255,003 | 28,596,121 | 30,517,962 | 33,358,469 | 36,421,118 | 39,744,472 | 43,012,623 |  45,766,989
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  Instruction ........................|  5,883,343 |  9,151,318 | 10,352,089 | 10,879,358 | 11,918,999 | 12,888,779 | 14,124,723 | 15,168,776 |  16,080,736
  Research ...........................|  1,844,369 |  2,732,222 |  3,093,684 |  3,374,006 |  3,635,218 |  3,963,726 |  4,079,827 |  4,312,973 |   4,686,336
  Public service .....................|    338,845 |    603,799 |    720,860 |    800,198 |    875,373 |  1,001,094 |  1,085,945 |  1,203,797 |   1,371,697
  Academic support ...................|  1,244,002 |  1,973,849 |  2,527,219 |  2,705,426 |  2,962,374 |  2,902,568 |  3,116,927 |  3,302,859 |   3,459,726
    Libraries ........................|    572,667 |    866,279 |    821,831 |    983,087 |  1,053,372 |  1,151,567 |  1,176,731 |  1,311,314 |   1,355,227
  Student services ...................|    958,432 |  1,641,180 |  1,816,922 |  1,914,409 |  2,102,418 |  2,366,819 |  2,627,117 |  2,818,174 |   2,991,840
  Institutional support ..............|  2,209,321 |  3,683,642 |  4,042,069 |  4,304,333 |  4,652,759 |  5,183,893 |  5,695,842 |  6,051,868 |   6,200,308
  Operation and maintenance of plant .|  1,668,389 |  2,427,972 |  2,510,400 |  2,629,254 |  2,826,628 |  3,124,680 |  3,406,975 |  3,556,365 |   3,706,923
  Scholarships and fellowships  ......|  1,439,661 |  2,584,266 |  3,024,430 |  3,383,968 |  3,768,316 |  4,269,051 |  4,862,651 |  5,804,340 |   6,420,536
    From unrestricted funds ..........|    713,138 |  1,588,143 |  1,893,684 |  2,110,948 |  2,338,697 |  2,754,479 |  3,174,947 |  3,682,076 |   4,203,697
    From restricted funds\3\ .........|    726,523 |    996,123 |  1,130,746 |  1,273,021 |  1,429,619 |  1,514,572 |  1,687,704 |  2,122,264 |   2,216,838
  Mandatory transfers ................|    314,429 |    456,754 |    508,448 |    527,009 |    616,385 |    720,508 |    744,465 |    793,471 |     848,886
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Auxiliary enterprises ................|  2,629,948 |  3,698,067 |  3,901,940 |  4,162,087 |  4,535,337 |  4,921,653 |  5,222,312 |  5,331,969 |   5,537,156
  Mandatory transfers ................|    164,335 |    206,394 |    223,736 |    217,364 |    262,339 |    285,521 |    313,730 |    347,999 |     350,905
Hospitals ............................|  2,055,139 |  3,333,414 |  3,268,802 |  3,873,556 |  4,290,869 |  4,565,297 |  5,009,963 |  5,671,540 |   5,949,070
  Mandatory transfers ................|     31,349 |     53,264 |     48,449 |     72,291 |     80,771 |     66,164 |     78,491 |    109,619 |      84,818
Independent operations (FFRDC)\4\ ....|  1,187,253 |  2,055,405 |  2,342,856 |  2,591,569 |  2,736,890 |  2,976,973 |  3,149,996 |  3,325,850 |   3,417,723
  Mandatory transfers ................|        321 |      2,586 |      2,098 |      2,244 |      5,200 |      3,535 |      4,444 |      2,886 |       1,808
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                                      |                                               Percentage distribution
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     Total current-fund expenditures .|      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |       100.0
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Educational and general expenditures .|       73.0 |       73.5 |       75.0 |       74.2 |       74.3 |       74.5 |       74.8 |       75.0 |        75.4
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  Instruction ........................|       27.0 |       26.6 |       27.2 |       26.4 |       26.5 |       26.4 |       26.6 |       26.5 |        26.5
  Research ...........................|        8.5 |        8.0 |        8.1 |        8.2 |        8.1 |        8.1 |        7.7 |        7.5 |         7.7
  Public service .....................|        1.6 |        1.8 |        1.9 |        1.9 |        1.9 |        2.0 |        2.0 |        2.1 |         2.3
  Academic support ...................|        5.7 |        5.7 |        6.6 |        6.6 |        6.6 |        5.9 |        5.9 |        5.8 |         5.7
    Libraries ........................|        2.6 |        2.5 |        2.2 |        2.4 |        2.3 |        2.4 |        2.2 |        2.3 |         2.2
  Student services ...................|        4.4 |        4.8 |        4.8 |        4.7 |        4.7 |        4.8 |        4.9 |        4.9 |         4.9
  Institutional support ..............|       10.1 |       10.7 |       10.6 |       10.5 |       10.4 |       10.6 |       10.7 |       10.6 |        10.2
  Operation and maintenance of plant .|        7.7 |        7.1 |        6.6 |        6.4 |        6.3 |        6.4 |        6.4 |        6.2 |         6.1
  Scholarships and fellowships .......|        6.6 |        7.5 |        7.9 |        8.2 |        8.4 |        8.7 |        9.2 |       10.1 |        10.6
    From unrestricted funds ..........|        3.3 |        4.6 |        5.0 |        5.1 |        5.2 |        5.6 |        6.0 |        6.4 |         6.9
    From restricted funds\3\ .........|        3.3 |        2.9 |        3.0 |        3.1 |        3.2 |        3.1 |        3.2 |        3.7 |         3.7
  Mandatory transfers ................|        1.4 |        1.3 |        1.3 |        1.3 |        1.4 |        1.5 |        1.4 |        1.4 |         1.4
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Auxiliary enterprises ................|       12.1 |       10.8 |       10.2 |       10.1 |       10.1 |       10.1 |        9.8 |        9.3 |         9.1
  Mandatory transfers ................|        0.8 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.5 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |         0.6
Hospitals  ...........................|        9.4 |        9.7 |        8.6 |        9.4 |        9.6 |        9.3 |        9.4 |        9.9 |         9.8
  Mandatory transfers ................|        0.1 |        0.2 |        0.1 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.2 |         0.1
Independent operations (FFRDC)\4\ ....|        5.5 |        6.0 |        6.1 |        6.3 |        6.1 |        6.1 |        5.9 |        5.8 |         5.6
  Mandatory transfers ................|      (\5\) |      (\5\) |      (\5\) |      (\5\) |      (\5\) |      (\5\) |      (\5\) |      (\5\) |       (\5\)
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\1\Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
\2\Preliminary data.
\3\Excludes Pell Grants.
\4\Generally includes only those expenditures 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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