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1997 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Issue of the Digest

Table 327.Revenue of institutions of higher education, by source of funds: 1919-20 to 1994-95 [In thousands]

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   Year    |Current-fund| Student   | Federal   |  State    |  Local    |Endowment | Private   |services of |Auxiliary  |Hospitals\5\|  Other
           |  revenue   | tuition   |  govern-  |  govern-  |  govern-  | earnings | gifts and |educational |enterprises|            | current
           |            |and fees\1\|  ment\2\  | ments\3\  |   ments   |          | grants\4\ | activities |           |            |  income
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     1     |     2      |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |    7     |     8     |     9      |    10     |     11     |    12
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1919-20....|   $199,922 |   $42,255 |   $12,783 |   $61,690 |      (\6\)|  $26,482 |    $7,584 |         ---|   $26,993 |         ---|  $22,135
1929-30....|    554,511 |   144,126 |    20,658 |   150,847 |      (\6\)|   68,605 |    26,172 |         ---|    60,419 |         ---|   83,684
1939-40....|    715,211 |   200,897 |    38,860 |   151,222 |   $24,392 |   71,304 |    40,453 |    $32,777 |   143,923 |         ---|   11,383
1949-50....|  2,374,645 |   394,610 |   524,319 |   491,636 |    61,700 |   96,341 |   118,627 |    111,987 |   511,265 |         ---|   64,160
1959-60....|  5,785,537 | 1,157,482 | 1,036,990 | 1,374,476 |   151,715 |  206,619 |   382,569 |    102,525 | 1,004,283 |   $187,769 |  181,110
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1969-70....| 21,515,242 | 4,419,845 | 4,130,066 | 5,873,626 |   778,162 |  516,038 | 1,129,438 |    612,777 | 2,900,390 |    619,578 |  535,323
1975-76....| 39,703,166 | 8,171,942 | 6,477,178 |12,260,885 | 1,616,975 |  687,470 | 1,917,036 |    645,420 | 4,547,622 |  2,494,340 |  884,298
1976-77....| 43,436,827 | 9,024,932 | 7,169,031 |13,285,684 | 1,626,908 |  764,788 | 2,105,070 |    779,058 | 4,919,602 |  2,859,376 |  902,377
1977-78....| 47,034,032 | 9,855,270 | 6,968,501 |14,746,166 | 1,744,230 |  832,286 | 2,320,368 |    882,715 | 5,327,821 |  3,268,956 |1,087,719
1978-79....| 51,837,789 |10,704,171 | 7,851,326 |16,363,784 | 1,573,018 |  985,242 | 2,489,366 |  1,037,130 | 5,741,309 |  3,763,453 |1,328,991
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1979-80....| 58,519,982 |11,930,340 | 8,902,844 |18,378,299 | 1,587,552 |1,176,627 | 2,808,075 |  1,239,439 | 6,481,458 |  4,373,384 |1,641,965
1980-81....| 65,584,789 |13,773,259 | 9,747,586 |20,106,222 | 1,790,740 |1,364,443 | 3,176,670 |  1,409,730 | 7,287,290 |  4,980,346 |1,948,503
1981-82....| 72,190,856 |15,774,038 | 9,591,805 |21,848,791 | 1,937,669 |1,596,813 | 3,563,558 |  1,582,922 | 8,121,611 |  5,838,565 |2,335,084
1982-83....| 77,595,726 |17,776,041 | 9,631,097 |23,065,636 | 2,031,353 |1,720,677 | 4,052,649 |  1,723,484 | 8,769,521 |  6,531,562 |2,293,706
1983-84....| 84,417,287 |19,714,884 |10,406,166 |24,706,990 | 2,192,275 |1,873,945 | 4,415,275 |  1,970,747 | 9,456,369 |  7,040,662 |2,639,973
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1984-85....| 92,472,694 |21,283,329 |11,509,125 |27,583,011 | 2,387,212 |2,096,298 | 4,896,325 |  2,126,927 |10,100,410 |  7,474,575 |3,015,483
1985-86....|100,437,616 |23,116,605 |12,704,750 |29,911,500 | 2,544,506 |2,275,898 | 5,410,905 |  2,373,494 |10,674,136 |  8,226,635 |3,199,186
1986-87....|108,809,827 |25,705,827 |13,904,049 |31,309,303 | 2,799,321 |2,377,958 | 5,952,682 |  2,641,906 |11,364,188 |  9,277,834 |3,476,760
1987-88....|117,340,109 |27,836,781 |14,771,954 |33,517,166 | 3,006,263 |2,586,441 | 6,359,282 |  2,918,090 |11,947,778 | 10,626,566 |3,769,787
1988-89....|128,501,638 |30,806,566 |15,893,978 |36,031,208 | 3,363,676 |2,914,396 | 7,060,730 |  3,315,620 |12,855,580 | 11,991,265 |4,268,618
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1989-90....|139,635,477 |33,926,060 |17,254,874 |38,349,239 | 3,639,902 |3,143,696 | 7,781,422 |  3,632,100 |13,938,469 | 13,216,664 |4,753,051
1990-91....|149,766,051 |37,434,462 |18,236,082 |39,480,874 | 3,931,239 |3,268,629 | 8,361,265 |  4,054,703 |14,903,127 | 15,149,672 |4,945,998
1991-92 ...|161,395,896 |41,559,037 |19,833,317 |40,586,907 | 4,159,876 |3,442,009 | 8,977,271 |  4,520,890 |15,758,599 | 17,240,338 |5,317,651
1992-93 ...|170,880,503 |45,346,071 |21,014,564 |41,247,955 | 4,444,875 |3,627,773 | 9,659,977 |  5,037,901 |16,662,850 | 18,124,015 |5,714,523
1993-94 ...|179,226,601 |48,646,538 |22,076,385 |41,910,288 | 4,998,306 |3,669,536 |10,203,062 |  5,294,030 |17,537,514 | 18,959,776 |5,931,167
1994-95 \7\|189,120,570 |51,506,876 |23,243,172 |44,343,012 | 5,165,961 |3,988,217 |10,866,749 |  5,603,251 |18,336,094 | 19,100,217 |6,967,023
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\1\Tuition and fees received from veterans under Public Law 550 are reported under student fees and are not under income from the federal government.

\2\Federally supported student aid that is received through students is included under tuition and auxiliary enterprises.

\3\Includes federal aid received through state channels and regional compacts, through 1959-60.

\4\Beginning in 1969-70, the private grants represent nongovernmental revenue for sponsored research, student aid, and other sponsored programs.

\5\Prior to 1959-60, data for hospitals are included under sales and services of educational activities.

\6\Income from state and local governments tabulated under "State governments."

\7\Preliminary data.

---Data not available.

NOTE.--Data for years prior to 1969-70 are not entirely comparable with data for later years. Also, some details for 1969-70 are not directly comparable with data for later years. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys. (This table was prepared July 1997.)



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