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Table 338.Educational and general expenditures of private (nonprofit) universities, by purpose: 1976-77 to 1992-93

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            |                                        Educational and general expenditures
            |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    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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     1      |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |    7    |    8     |      9      |     10     |   11
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            |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
            |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1976-77 ....|$4,694,593 |$1,784,975 |  $621,733 |  $156,457 |  $988,656 |$195,146 | $105,011 |    $411,340 |   $380,821 | $50,453
1977-78 ....| 5,120,125 | 1,943,031 |   683,988 |   172,261 | 1,063,906 | 215,068 |  108,201 |     447,743 |    427,907 |  58,019
1978-79 ....| 5,675,608 | 2,120,800 |   796,751 |   195,238 | 1,175,657 | 221,676 |  119,082 |     510,819 |    460,200 |  75,385
1979-80 ....| 6,408,288 | 2,426,312 |   908,580 |   215,646 | 1,315,469 | 236,184 |  148,028 |     568,806 |    507,257 |  82,006
1980-81 ....| 7,249,102 | 2,763,320 | 1,009,957 |   254,872 | 1,436,318 | 267,142 |  149,946 |     660,152 |    596,241 | 111,154
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....| 7,951,934 | 3,105,731 | 1,100,088 |   289,398 | 1,505,340 | 294,523 |  160,496 |     752,673 |    650,285 |  93,401
1982-83 ....| 8,198,167 | 3,227,925 | 1,214,617 |   304,617 | 1,464,809 | 295,709 |  169,382 |     754,480 |    670,390 |  96,238
1983-84 ....| 9,491,967 | 3,660,650 | 1,445,910 |   350,096 | 1,683,020 | 360,238 |  187,615 |     859,065 |    833,108 | 112,266
1984-85 ....|10,431,950 | 3,965,165 | 1,556,854 |   393,526 | 1,892,570 | 366,356 |  253,010 |     930,229 |    931,027 | 143,212
1985-86 ....|11,407,571 | 4,308,432 | 1,711,155 |   438,678 | 2,108,731 | 397,745 |  271,271 |     981,131 |  1,040,677 | 149,751
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|13,013,183 | 4,998,565 | 1,977,175 |   502,291 | 2,399,976 | 397,460 |  332,223 |   1,006,334 |  1,218,002 | 181,159
1987-88 ....|13,876,586 | 5,209,101 | 2,107,206 |   529,261 | 2,597,435 | 484,987 |  340,475 |   1,073,880 |  1,328,775 | 205,464
1988-89 ....|15,123,369 | 5,743,104 | 2,293,256 |   565,903 | 2,786,178 | 510,820 |  377,820 |   1,135,273 |  1,472,675 | 238,340
1989-90 ....|16,363,342 | 6,188,447 | 2,411,051 |   607,623 | 3,048,455 | 555,752 |  414,916 |   1,231,028 |  1,615,096 | 290,974
1990-91 ....|17,827,649 | 6,827,220 | 2,633,605 |   669,160 | 3,170,083 | 567,800 |  456,615 |   1,383,686 |  1,833,124 | 286,357
1991-92 ....|19,307,030 | 7,367,629 | 2,852,739 |   711,041 | 3,364,795 | 624,416 |  484,871 |   1,453,365 |  2,142,466 | 305,707
1992-93\2\ .|20,435,319 | 7,844,576 | 2,874,208 |   719,657 | 3,648,010 | 644,005 |  547,159 |   1,495,825 |  2,322,331 | 339,547
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            |                                              Percentage distribution
            |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1976-77 ....|     100.0 |      38.0 |      13.2 |       3.3 |      21.1 |     4.2 |      2.2 |         8.8 |        8.1 |     1.1
1977-78 ....|     100.0 |      37.9 |      13.4 |       3.4 |      20.8 |     4.2 |      2.1 |         8.7 |        8.4 |     1.1
1978-79 ....|     100.0 |      37.4 |      14.0 |       3.4 |      20.7 |     3.9 |      2.1 |         9.0 |        8.1 |     1.3
1979-80 ....|     100.0 |      37.9 |      14.2 |       3.4 |      20.5 |     3.7 |      2.3 |         8.9 |        7.9 |     1.3
1980-81 ....|     100.0 |      38.1 |      13.9 |       3.5 |      19.8 |     3.7 |      2.1 |         9.1 |        8.2 |     1.5
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|     100.0 |      39.1 |      13.8 |       3.6 |      18.9 |     3.7 |      2.0 |         9.5 |        8.2 |     1.2
1982-83 ....|     100.0 |      39.4 |      14.8 |       3.7 |      17.9 |     3.6 |      2.1 |         9.2 |        8.2 |     1.2
1983-84 ....|     100.0 |      38.6 |      15.2 |       3.7 |      17.7 |     3.8 |      2.0 |         9.1 |        8.8 |     1.2
1984-85 ....|     100.0 |      38.0 |      14.9 |       3.8 |      18.1 |     3.5 |      2.4 |         8.9 |        8.9 |     1.4
1985-86 ....|     100.0 |      37.8 |      15.0 |       3.8 |      18.5 |     3.5 |      2.4 |         8.6 |        9.1 |     1.3
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|     100.0 |      38.4 |      15.2 |       3.9 |      18.4 |     3.1 |      2.6 |         7.7 |        9.4 |     1.4
1987-88 ....|     100.0 |      37.5 |      15.2 |       3.8 |      18.7 |     3.5 |      2.5 |         7.7 |        9.6 |     1.5
1988-89 ....|     100.0 |      38.0 |      15.2 |       3.7 |      18.4 |     3.4 |      2.5 |         7.5 |        9.7 |     1.6
1989-90 ....|     100.0 |      37.8 |      14.7 |       3.7 |      18.6 |     3.4 |      2.5 |         7.5 |        9.9 |     1.8
1990-91 ....|     100.0 |      38.3 |      14.8 |       3.8 |      17.8 |     3.2 |      2.6 |         7.8 |       10.3 |     1.6
1991-92 ....|     100.0 |      38.2 |      14.8 |       3.7 |      17.4 |     3.2 |      2.5 |         7.5 |       11.1 |     1.6
1992-93\2\ .|     100.0 |      38.4 |      14.1 |       3.5 |      17.9 |     3.2 |      2.7 |         7.3 |       11.4 |     1.7
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            |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1992-93 dollars
            |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1976-77 ....|   $21,287 |    $8,094 |    $2,819 |      $709 |    $4,483 |    $885 |     $476 |      $1,865 |     $1,727 |    $229
1977-78 ....|    21,072 |     7,997 |     2,815 |       709 |     4,379 |     885 |      445 |       1,843 |      1,761 |     239
1978-79 ....|    21,341 |     7,975 |     2,996 |       734 |     4,421 |     834 |      448 |       1,921 |      1,730 |     283
1979-80 ....|    21,680 |     8,209 |     3,074 |       730 |     4,450 |     799 |      501 |       1,924 |      1,716 |     277
1980-81 ....|    21,920 |     8,356 |     3,054 |       771 |     4,343 |     808 |      453 |       1,996 |      1,803 |     336
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ....|    21,837 |     8,529 |     3,021 |       795 |     4,134 |     809 |      441 |       2,067 |      1,786 |     256
1982-83 ....|    22,037 |     8,677 |     3,265 |       819 |     3,937 |     795 |      455 |       2,028 |      1,802 |     259
1983-84 ....|    23,674 |     9,130 |     3,606 |       873 |     4,198 |     898 |      468 |       2,143 |      2,078 |     280
1984-85 ....|    24,681 |     9,381 |     3,683 |       931 |     4,478 |     867 |      599 |       2,201 |      2,203 |     339
1985-86 ....|    25,700 |     9,706 |     3,855 |       988 |     4,751 |     896 |      611 |       2,210 |      2,345 |     337
            |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ....|    27,998 |    10,755 |     4,254 |     1,081 |     5,164 |     855 |      715 |       2,165 |      2,621 |     390
1987-88 ....|    28,306 |    10,626 |     4,298 |     1,080 |     5,298 |     989 |      695 |       2,191 |      2,710 |     419
1988-89 ....|    28,790 |    10,933 |     4,366 |     1,077 |     5,304 |     972 |      719 |       2,161 |      2,804 |     454
1989-90 ....|    29,176 |    11,034 |     4,299 |     1,083 |     5,435 |     991 |      740 |       2,195 |      2,880 |     519
1990-91 ....|    30,054 |    11,509 |     4,440 |     1,128 |     5,344 |     957 |      770 |       2,333 |      3,090 |     483
1991-92 ....|    31,028 |    11,840 |     4,585 |     1,143 |     5,407 |   1,003 |      779 |       2,336 |      3,443 |     491
1992-93\2\ .|    31,771 |    12,196 |     4,469 |     1,119 |     5,672 |   1,001 |      851 |       2,326 |      3,611 |     528
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\1\Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.
\2\Preliminary data.

NOTE.--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. 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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys; and Research Associates of Washington, unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 1995.)


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