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Table 337. Total revenue of private for-profit degree-granting institutions, by source of funds and type of institution: 2001-02 and 2002-03
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                               |     Total|          |    Federal|   State and| Private|       |       |        |
                               |   revenue|          |  appropri-|local appro-|  gifts,|       | Educa-|  Auxil-|
                               |       and|   Student|    ations,|  priations,| grants,|Invest-| tional|    iary|
                               |investment|   tuition|grants, and| grants, and|and con-|   ment|activi-|  enter-|
Type of institution            |    return|  and fees|  contracts|   contracts|  tracts| return|   ties|  prises|   Other
_______________________________|__________|__________|___________|____________|________|_______|_______|________|________
1                              |         2|         3|          4|           5|       6|      7|      8|       9|      10
_______________________________|__________|__________|___________|____________|________|_______|_______|________|________
                               |                                 In thousands of current dollars
                               |_________________________________________________________________________________________
2001-02                        |          |          |           |            |        |       |       |        |
     Total ....................|$6,181,906|$5,423,949|   $211,372|     $47,486|  $5,690|$17,127|$73,085|$216,284|$186,914
                               |__________|__________|___________|____________|________|_______|_______|________|________
4-year ........................| 3,775,017| 3,382,888|     64,761|      13,137|   2,809| 10,691| 46,676| 132,401| 121,655
  Doctoral, intensive\1\ ......|    29,072|    27,842|          0|           0|       0|    577|      0|       0|     653
  Master's\2\ .................| 1,039,050|   998,399|        487|           0|       0|  1,821|  6,304|   7,288|  24,751
  Baccalaureate\3\ ............|   380,403|   348,194|      2,482|       2,006|     188|  2,229|    722|  20,772|   3,810
  Specialized institutions\4\ .| 2,326,493| 2,008,452|     61,793|      11,131|   2,620|  6,064| 39,650| 104,342|  92,441
    Art, music, or design .....|   540,406|   480,845|      9,874|         778|       4|  2,262|  5,552|  33,007|   8,083
    Business and management ...|   157,424|   147,401|        892|           0|       0|    155|    790|   3,522|   4,663
    Engineering or technology .|   572,413|   548,364|      2,209|         237|     268|  2,536|  3,432|  12,916|   2,450
    Medical or other health ...|    28,412|    20,481|        254|           0|       0|     55|  4,316|     409|   2,897
    Other specialized .........| 1,027,839|   811,361|     48,563|      10,116|   2,349|  1,056| 25,560|  54,486|  74,348
2-year ........................| 2,406,889| 2,041,061|    146,611|      34,349|   2,881|  6,436| 26,409|  83,883|  65,259
                               |          |          |           |            |        |       |       |        |
2002-03                        |          |          |           |            |        |       |       |        |
     Total ....................|$7,499,808|$6,715,662|   $282,521|     $50,265|  $5,545|$15,035|$92,380|$250,964| $87,436
                               |__________|__________|___________|____________|________|_______|_______|________|________
4-year ........................| 4,756,640| 4,356,876|    108,806|       9,757|   3,064|  5,875| 58,281| 173,280|  40,703
  Doctoral, intensive\1\ ......|    47,687|    47,687|          0|           0|       0|      0|      0|       0|       0
  Master's\2\ .................| 1,356,234| 1,324,251|        673|           0|       0|     45| 17,648|   9,817|   3,800
  Baccalaureate\3\ ............|   417,314|   382,783|      2,546|       2,034|      46|  4,254|  1,903|  21,581|   2,166
  Specialized institutions\4\ .| 2,935,405| 2,602,155|    105,587|       7,723|   3,017|  1,575| 38,730| 141,881|  34,737
    Art, music, or design .....|   744,498|   673,156|     19,574|       1,003|       0|   -766|   -133|  50,469|   1,195
    Business and management ...|   224,360|   210,444|      1,050|           5|       0|     -5|  2,317|   4,057|   6,492
    Engineering or technology .|   607,456|   584,060|      2,950|         405|   1,599|     89|  2,808|  15,457|      88
    Medical or other health ...|    40,177|    30,537|          0|           0|     224|     13|  4,014|     918|   4,471
    Other specialized .........| 1,318,914| 1,103,957|     82,013|       6,310|   1,194|  2,244| 29,724|  70,981|  22,491
2-year ........................| 2,743,168| 2,358,786|    173,715|      40,508|   2,482|  9,160| 34,099|  77,685|  46,733
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                               |                                      Percentage distribution
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2002-03                        |          |          |           |            |        |       |       |        |
     Total ....................|    100.00|     89.54|       3.77|        0.67|    0.07|   0.20|   1.23|    3.35|    1.17
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4-year ........................|    100.00|     91.60|       2.29|        0.21|    0.06|   0.12|   1.23|    3.64|    0.86
  Doctoral, intensive\1\ ......|    100.00|    100.00|       0.00|        0.00|    0.00|   0.00|   0.00|    0.00|    0.00
  Master's\2\ .................|    100.00|     97.64|       0.05|        0.00|    0.00|     # |   1.30|    0.72|    0.28
  Baccalaureate\3\ ............|    100.00|     91.73|       0.61|        0.49|    0.01|   1.02|   0.46|    5.17|    0.52
  Specialized institutions\4\ .|    100.00|     88.65|       3.60|        0.26|    0.10|   0.05|   1.32|    4.83|    1.18
    Art, music, or design .....|    100.00|     90.42|       2.63|        0.13|    0.00|  -0.10|  -0.02|    6.78|    0.16
    Business and management ...|    100.00|     93.80|       0.47|          # |    0.00|     # |   1.03|    1.81|    2.89
    Engineering or technology .|    100.00|     96.15|       0.49|        0.07|    0.26|   0.01|   0.46|    2.54|    0.01
    Medical or other health ...|    100.00|     76.01|       0.00|        0.00|    0.56|   0.03|   9.99|    2.29|   11.13
    Other specialized .........|    100.00|     83.70|       6.22|        0.48|    0.09|   0.17|   2.25|    5.38|    1.71
2-year ........................|    100.00|     85.99|       6.33|        1.48|    0.09|   0.33|   1.24|    2.83|    1.70
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                               |                             Revenue per full-time-equivalent student
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2002-03                        |          |          |           |            |        |       |       |        |
     Total ....................|   $13,871|   $12,421|       $523|         $93|     $10|    $28|   $171|    $464|    $162
                               |__________|__________|___________|____________|________|_______|_______|________|________
4-year ........................|    13,760|    12,604|        315|          28|       9|     17|    169|     501|     118
  Doctoral, intensive\1\ ......|     9,049|     9,049|          0|           0|       0|      0|      0|       0|       0
  Master's\2\ .................|    10,695|    10,442|          5|           0|       0|     # |    139|      77|      30
  Baccalaureate\3\ ............|    12,731|    11,677|         78|          62|       1|    130|     58|     658|      66
  Specialized institutions\4\ .|    16,234|    14,391|        584|          43|      17|      9|    214|     785|     192
    Art, music, or design .....|    21,143|    19,117|        556|          28|       0|    -22|     -4|   1,433|      34
    Business and management ...|    11,449|    10,739|         54|          # |       0|     # |    118|     207|     331
    Engineering or technology .|    14,957|    14,381|         73|          10|      39|      2|     69|     381|       2
    Medical or other health ...|    13,234|    10,058|          0|           0|      74|      4|  1,322|     302|   1,473
    Other specialized .........|    16,013|    13,404|        996|          77|      15|     27|    361|     862|     273
2-year ........................|    14,068|    12,097|        891|         208|      13|     47|    175|     398|     240
_______________________________|__________|__________|___________|____________|________|_______|_______|________|________
#Rounds to zero.
\1\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.
\2\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.
\3\Baccalaureate institutions primarily emphasize undergraduate education.
\4\Specialized 4-year institutions award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology and engineering. Includes some institutions which 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, 2001-02 and 2002-03 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2003 and Spring 2004. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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