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Digest of Education Statistics
2005 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Issue of the Digest


Table 360. U.S. Department of Education outlays, by type of recipient and level of education: Selected fiscal years, 1980 through 2005

[In millions of current dollars]
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                                    |          |    Local|    State|    Post-|secondary|       |  Multiple|
                                    |          |education|education|secondary|   insti-|       |  types of|
Year and level of education         |     Total| agencies| agencies| students|  tutions|Federal|recipients|     Other
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1                                   |         2|        3|        4|        5|        6|      7|         8|         9
____________________________________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______|__________|__________
1980 total .........................| $13,137.8| $5,313.7| $1,103.2| $2,137.4| $2,267.2| $249.8|    $693.8|  $1,372.7
  Elementary/secondary .............|   6,629.1|  5,309.4|    662.2|     34.2|     22.0|   62.5|     513.4|      25.5
  Postsecondary ....................|   5,682.2|       † |     99.5|  2,103.2|  2,166.5|     † |        † |   1,313.0
  Other programs ...................|     747.7|      4.3|    341.5|       † |       † |  187.3|     180.4|      34.2
  Education research and statistics |      78.7|       † |       † |       † |     78.7|     † |        † |        †
                                    |          |         |         |         |         |       |          |
1984 total .........................|  15,534.7|  5,256.5|  1,879.0|  2,193.4|  2,167.4|  330.2|     516.7|   3,191.4
  Elementary/secondary .............|   6,220.8|  5,252.4|    536.0|     55.5|     35.3|   22.9|     259.9|      58.8
  Postsecondary ....................|   7,341.2|       † |    211.5|  2,137.9|  1,972.5|     † |        † |   3,019.3
  Other programs ...................|   1,813.1|      4.1|  1,131.5|       † |       † |  307.3|     256.8|     113.3
  Education research and statistics |     159.6|       † |       † |       † |    159.6|     † |        † |        †
                                    |          |         |         |         |         |       |          |
1988 total .........................|  18,326.9|  6,614.8|  2,234.6|  3,103.4|  2,519.5|  319.4|     838.8|   2,696.3
  Elementary/secondary .............|   8,098.4|  6,606.3|    717.9|     66.2|     39.5|   23.8|     616.7|      28.0
  Postsecondary ....................|   8,247.1|       † |    184.6|  3,037.2|  2,437.6|     † |        † |   2,587.7
  Other programs ...................|   1,939.0|      8.5|  1,332.1|       † |       † |  295.6|     222.1|      80.6
  Education research and statistics |      42.4|       † |       † |       † |     42.4|     † |        † |        †
                                    |          |         |         |         |         |       |          |
1990 total .........................|  23,198.6|  8,000.7|  2,490.3|  3,859.6|  3,649.8|  441.4|     912.2|   3,844.4
  Elementary/secondary .............|   9,681.3|  7,995.0|    700.3|     80.5|     85.4|  113.1|     650.7|      56.3
  Postsecondary ....................|  11,176.0|       † |    261.6|  3,779.1|  3,475.0|     † |        † |   3,660.4
  Other programs ...................|   2,251.8|      5.7|  1,528.5|       † |       † |  328.3|     261.5|     127.8
  Education research and statistics |      89.5|       † |       † |       † |     89.5|     † |        † |        †
                                    |          |         |         |         |         |       |          |
1994 total .........................|  29,713.4| 10,935.6|  3,264.8|  4,800.5|  4,831.3|  504.5|   1,258.2|   4,118.5
  Elementary/secondary .............|  13,769.2| 10,929.2|  1,354.0|    159.9|    275.2|   60.9|     902.1|      87.9
  Postsecondary ....................|  12,871.4|       † |     53.0|  4,640.6|  4,279.3|     † |        † |   3,898.5
  Other programs ...................|   2,796.0|      6.4|  1,857.8|       † |       † |  443.6|     356.1|     132.1
  Education research and statistics |     276.8|       † |       † |       † |    276.8|     † |        † |        †
                                    |          |         |         |         |         |       |          |
1995 total .........................|  31,403.0| 11,210.7|  3,584.0|  4,964.7|  5,016.1|  485.4|   1,349.2|   4,792.9
  Elementary/secondary .............|  14,029.0| 11,203.3|  1,410.0|    190.5|    170.1|   70.3|     946.9|      37.9
  Postsecondary ....................|  14,234.0|       † |    250.8|  4,774.2|  4,567.0|     † |        † |   4,642.0
  Other programs ...................|   2,861.0|      7.4|  1,923.2|       † |       † |  415.1|     402.3|     113.0
  Education research and statistics |     279.0|       † |       † |       † |    279.0|     † |        † |        †
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1996 total .........................|  29,977.8| 11,077.8|  3,669.6|  5,129.8|  5,053.4|  562.1|   1,682.3|   2,802.9
  Elementary/secondary .............|  14,323.8| 11,073.1|  1,650.7|    161.1|    141.5|   59.2|   1,201.4|      36.8
  Postsecondary ....................|  12,257.6|       † |     90.7|  4,968.7|  4,601.0|     † |        † |   2,597.2
  Other programs ...................|   3,085.6|      4.7|  1,928.2|       † |       † |  502.9|     480.9|     168.9
  Education research and statistics |     310.9|       † |       † |       † |    310.9|     † |        † |        †
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1998 total .........................|  31,559.0| 12,094.5|  3,978.2|  5,362.0|  5,910.2|  465.8|   1,769.0|   1,979.3
  Elementary/secondary .............|  16,001.8| 12,086.7|  1,920.5|    265.5|    162.4|   52.7|   1,454.7|      59.3
  Postsecondary ....................|  12,122.3|       † |     57.8|  5,096.5|  5,206.6|     † |        † |   1,761.4
  Other programs ...................|   2,893.7|      7.8|  1,999.9|       † |       † |  413.1|     314.3|     158.6
  Education research and statistics |     541.2|       † |       † |       † |    541.2|     † |        † |        †
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2000 total .........................|  34,106.7| 16,016.0|  4,316.5|  4,711.7|  5,005.7|  506.6|   1,820.2|   1,730.1
  Elementary/secondary .............|  20,039.6| 16,003.5|  1,989.6|    260.5|    198.9|   48.5|   1,461.8|      76.8
  Postsecondary ....................|  10,727.3|       † |     55.2|  4,451.2|  4,690.3|     † |        † |   1,530.6
  Other programs ...................|   3,223.4|     12.5|  2,271.7|       † |       † |  458.1|     358.4|     122.7
  Education research and statistics |     116.5|       † |       † |       † |    116.5|     † |        † |        †
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2002 total .........................|  46,324.4| 19,742.1|  4,967.8|  8,306.0|  8,668.2|  608.9|   2,200.3|   1,831.3
  Elementary/secondary .............|  25,246.2| 19,729.2|  2,429.8|    490.0|    454.9|   77.6|   1,829.5|     235.3
  Postsecondary ....................|  17,056.2|       † |    199.2|  7,816.0|  7,588.1|     † |        † |   1,452.9
  Other programs ...................|   3,396.8|     12.9|  2,338.8|       † |       † |  531.3|     370.8|     143.1
  Education research and statistics |     625.2|       † |       † |       † |    625.2|     † |        † |        †
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2004 total .........................|  62,864.6| 28,630.4|  6,946.3| 10,023.5| 10,381.1|  648.9|   2,857.9|   3,376.4
  Elementary/secondary .............|  36,925.2| 28,608.0|  3,916.3|    637.5|    783.4|  126.4|   2,441.0|     412.6
  Postsecondary ....................|  21,589.5|       † |    400.4|  9,386.0|  8,999.5|     † |        † |   2,803.5
  Other programs ...................|   3,751.7|     22.4|  2,629.6|       † |       † |  522.5|     416.9|     160.3
  Education research and statistics |     598.2|       † |       † |       † |    598.2|     † |        † |        †
                                    |          |         |         |         |         |       |          |
2005 total .........................|  71,013.4| 29,162.2|  7,522.7| 13,753.4| 13,181.7|  683.2|   2,959.5|   3,750.7
  Elementary/secondary .............|  37,716.1| 29,141.6|  3,972.2|    715.9|    789.9|  157.7|   2,523.9|     415.0
  Postsecondary ....................|  28,769.6|       † |    802.9| 13,037.5| 11,760.9|     † |        † |   3,168.2
  Other programs ...................|   3,896.8|     20.6|  2,747.6|       † |       † |  525.5|     435.6|     167.5
  Education research and statistics |     630.9|       † |       † |       † |    630.9|     † |        † |        †
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†Not applicable.
NOTE: Other recipients include American Indian tribes, private nonprofit agencies and banks. Outlays by type of recipient are estimated based on obligation data. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, fiscal years 1982 through 2006. U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Deputy Secretary, Budget Office, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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