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Table 334.Current-fund expenditures and educational and general expenditures of institutions of higher education, by purpose and per student: 1929-30 to 1994-95 [Columns 2 through 17 in thousands]

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            |   Current-    |                                                   Educational and general expenditures                                                      |           |             |           |              |  Educational and
    Year    |     fund      |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|           |             |           |    Other     |general expenditures
            | expenditures  |   Total    |Administra-| Instruction |    Organized |Libraries |   Plant   |    Organized |             |  Extension | Scholar-  |  Other   | Auxiliary | Independent | Hospitals |   current    | per student in
            |               |            | tion and  |     and     |    research  |          | operation |   activities |     Other   |     and    | ships and | general  |enterprises|operations\2\|           |   expendi-   |fall enrollment\3\
            |               |            |  general  |departmental |              |          |    and    |     related  |   sponsored |    public  |  fellow-  | expendi- |           |             |           |    tures     |____________________
            |               |            |  expense  |  research   |              |          |  mainte-  |   to instruc-|   programs\1|   service  |   ships   |  tures   |           |             |           |              | Current | Constant
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |   nance   |     tional   |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              | dollars | 1994-95
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |   departments|             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |dollars\4\
____________|_______________|____________|___________|_____________|______________|__________|___________|______________|_____________|____________|___________|__________|___________|_____________|___________|______________|_________|__________
     1      |       2       |     3      |     4     |       5     |        6     |    7     |     8     |        9     |       10    |      11    |    12     |    13    |    14     |     15      |    16     |       17     |   18    |    19
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1929-30 ... |      $507,142 |   $377,903 |   $42,633 |    $221,598 |\5\   $18,007 |   $9,622 |   $61,061 |         (\6\)|          ---|    $24,982 |      (\6\)|       ---|    $3,127 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|     $126,112 |    $343 |   $3,017
1931-32 ... |       536,523 |    420,633 |    47,232 |     232,645 |\5\    21,978 |   11,379 |    56,797 |\7\   $21,297 |          ---|     24,066 |      (\6\)|   $5,239 |    90,897 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|       24,993 |     364 |    3,802
1933-34 ....|       469,329 |    369,661 |    43,155 |     203,332 |\5\    17,064 |   13,387 |    51,046 |\7\    14,155 |          ---|     20,020 |      (\6\)|    7,502 |    78,730 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|       20,938 |     350 |    3,979
1935-36 ... |       541,391 |    419,883 |    48,069 |     225,143 |\5\    22,091 |   15,531 |    56,802 |\7\    20,241 |          ---|     29,426 |      (\6\)|    2,580 |    95,332 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|       26,176 |     348 |    3,804
1937-38 ... |       614,385 |    475,191 |    56,406 |     253,006 |\5\    25,213 |   17,588 |    62,738 |\7\    24,031 |          ---|     34,189 |      (\6\)|    2,020 |   115,620 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|       23,574 |     352 |    3,693
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |
1939-40 ....|       674,688 |    521,990 |    62,827 |     280,248 |\5\    27,266 |   19,487 |    69,612 |\7\    27,225 |          ---|     35,325 |      (\6\)|       ---|   124,184 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|       28,514 |     349 |    3,760
1941-42 ... |       738,169 |    572,465 |    66,968 |     298,558 |\5\    34,287 |   19,763 |    72,594 |\7\    37,771 |          ---|     42,525 |      (\6\)|       ---|   137,328 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|       28,375 |     408 |    3,933
1943-44 ....|       974,118 |    753,846 |    69,668 |     334,189 |\5\    58,456 |   20,452 |    81,201 |\7\    48,415 |\8\  $97,044 |     44,421 |      (\6\)|       ---|   199,344 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|       20,928 |     653 |    5,632
1945-46 ....|     1,088,422 |    820,326 |   104,808 |     375,122 |\5\    86,812 |   26,560 |   110,947 |\7\    60,604 |          ---|     55,473 |      (\6\)|       ---|   242,028 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|       26,068 |     489 |    4,034
1947-48 ....|     1,883,269 |  1,391,594 |   171,829 |     657,945 |\5\   159,090 |   44,208 |   201,996 |\7\    85,346 |          ---|     71,180 |      (\6\)|       ---|   438,988 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|       52,687 |     595 |    3,842
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |
1949-50 ....|     2,245,661 |  1,706,444 |   213,070 |     780,994 |\5\   225,341 |   56,147 |   225,110 |\7\   119,108 |          ---|     86,674 |      (\6\)|       ---|   476,401 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|       62,816 |     698 |    4,433
1951-52 ....|     2,471,008 |  1,960,481 |   233,844 |     823,117 |\5\   317,928 |   60,612 |   240,446 |\7\   147,854 |          ---|     97,408 |   $39,272 |       ---|   477,672 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|       32,855 |     933 |    5,337
1953-54 ....|     2,882,864 |  2,345,331 |   288,147 |     960,556 |\5\   372,643 |   72,944 |   277,874 |\7\   186,905 |          ---|    112,227 |    74,035 |       ---|   537,533 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|           ---|   1,051 |    5,880
1955-56 ....|     3,499,463 |  2,861,858 |   355,207 |   1,140,655 |\5\   500,793 |   85,563 |   324,229 |\7\   222,007 |          ---|    137,914 |    95,490 |       ---|   637,605 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|           ---|   1,079 |    6,035
1957-58 ....|     4,509,666 |  3,734,350 |   473,945 |   1,465,603 |\5\   727,776 |  109,715 |   406,226 |\7\   238,455 |          ---|    175,256 |   129,935 |    7,439 |   775,316 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|           ---|   1,124 |    5,917
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |
1959-60 ....|     5,601,376 |  4,685,258 |   583,224 |   1,793,320 |\5\ 1,022,353 |  135,384 |   469,943 |\7\   294,255 |          ---|    205,595 |   172,050 |    9,134 |   916,117 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|           ---|   1,287 |    6,589
1961-62 ....|     7,154,526 |  5,997,007 |   730,429 |   2,202,443 |\5\ 1,474,406 |  177,362 |   564,225 |\7\   375,040 |          ---|    244,337 |   228,765 |       ---| 1,157,517 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|           ---|   1,447 |    7,240
1963-64 ....|     9,177,677 |  7,725,433 |   957,512 |   2,801,707 |\5\ 1,973,383 |  236,718 |   686,054 |\7\   458,507 |          ---|    297,350 |   300,370 |   13,832 | 1,452,244 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|           ---|   1,616 |    7,882
1965-66 ....|    12,509,489 | 10,376,630 | 1,251,107 |   3,756,175 |\5\ 2,448,300 |  346,248 |   844,506 |\7\   558,170 |     155,202 |    438,385 |   425,524 |  153,013 | 1,887,744 |        (\5\)|      (\7\)|\9\   245,115 |   1,753 |    8,261
1966-67 ....|    14,230,341 | 10,724,974 | 1,445,074 |   4,356,413 |    1,565,102 |  415,903 |   969,275 |      591,848 |     350,950 |    226,566 |   583,390 |  220,453 | 2,060,130 |    $951,668 |  $253,790 |\9\   239,780 |   1,678 |    7,669
1967-68 ....|    16,480,786 | 12,847,350 | 1,738,946 |   5,139,179 |    1,933,473 |  493,266 | 1,127,290 |      350,711 |     514,294 |    597,544 |   712,425 |  240,222 | 2,302,419 |     765,495 |   290,000 |\9\   275,523 |   1,859 |    8,221
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |
1968-69 ....|    18,481,583 | 14,718,140 | 2,277,585 |   5,941,972 |    2,034,074 |  571,572 | 1,337,903 |      535,269 |     668,483 |    536,527 |   814,755 |       ---| 2,539,183 |     697,317 |   526,943 |           ---|   1,959 |    8,261
1969-70 ....|    21,043,110 | 16,845,210 | 2,627,993 |   6,883,844 |    2,144,076 |  652,596 | 1,541,698 |      648,089 |     769,253 |    593,067 |   984,594 |       ---| 2,769,276 |     757,388 |   671,236 |           ---|   2,104 |    8,379
1970-71 ... |    23,375,197 | 18,714,642 | 2,983,911 |   7,804,410 |    2,209,338 |  716,212 | 1,730,664 |      693,011 |     890,507 |    588,390 | 1,098,198 |       ---| 2,988,407 |     829,596 |   842,552 |           ---|   2,181 |    8,258
1971-72 ... |    25,559,560 | 20,441,878 | 3,344,215 |   8,443,261 |    2,265,282 |  764,481 | 1,927,553 |      779,728 |   1,059,989 |    615,997 | 1,241,372 |       ---| 3,178,272 |     940,825 |   998,585 |           ---|   2,284 |    8,350
1972-73 ....|    27,955,624 | 22,400,379 | 3,713,068 |   9,243,641 |    2,394,261 |  840,727 | 2,141,162 |      791,290 |   1,284,085 |    669,735 | 1,322,411 |       ---| 3,337,789 |   1,033,746 | 1,183,709 |           ---|   2,431 |    8,541
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |
1973-74 ....|    30,713,581 | 24,653,849 | 4,200,955 |  10,219,118 |    2,480,450 |  939,023 | 2,494,057 |      838,170 |   1,355,027 |    730,560 | 1,396,488 |       ---| 3,613,256 |   1,014,872 | 1,431,604 |           ---|   2,568 |    8,283
1974-75 ....|    35,057,563 | 27,547,620 | 4,495,391 |  11,797,823 |    3,132,132 |1,001,868 | 2,786,768 |    1,253,824 |          ---|  1,097,788 | 1,449,542 |  532,485 | 4,073,590 |   1,085,590 | 2,350,763 |           ---|   2,694 |    7,825
1975-76 ....|    38,903,177 | 30,598,685 | 5,240,066 |  13,094,943 |    3,287,364 |1,223,723 | 3,082,959 |    1,248,670 |          ---|  1,238,603 | 1,635,859 |  546,498 | 4,476,841 |   1,132,016 | 2,695,635 |           ---|   2,736 |    7,420
1976-77 ....|    42,599,816 | 33,151,681 | 5,590,669 |  14,031,145 |    3,600,067 |1,250,314 | 3,436,705 |    1,544,646 |          ---|  1,343,404 | 1,770,214 |  584,515 | 4,858,328 |   1,434,738 | 3,155,069 |           ---|   3,010 |    7,715
1977-78 ....|    45,970,790 | 36,256,604 | 6,177,029 |  15,336,229 |    3,919,830 |1,348,747 | 3,795,043 |    1,781,160 |          ---|  1,425,294 | 1,839,298 |  633,973 | 5,261,477 |     855,054 | 3,597,655 |           ---|   3,213 |    7,715
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |
1978-79 ....|    50,720,984 | 39,833,116 | 6,832,004 |  16,662,820 |    4,447,760 |1,426,614 | 4,178,574 |    2,044,386 |          ---|  1,593,097 | 1,944,599 |  703,262 | 5,749,974 |   1,007,119 | 4,130,775 |           ---|   3,538 |    7,768
1979-80 ....|    56,913,588 | 44,542,843 | 7,621,143 |  18,496,717 |    5,099,151 |1,623,811 | 4,700,070 |    2,252,577 |          ---|  1,816,521 | 2,200,468 |  732,385 | 6,485,608 |   1,127,728 | 4,757,409 |           ---|   3,850 |    7,459
1980-81 ... |    64,052,938 | 50,073,805 | 8,681,513 |  20,733,166 |    5,657,719 |1,759,784 | 5,350,310 |    2,513,502 |          ---|  2,057,770 | 2,504,525 |  815,516 | 7,288,089 |   1,257,934 | 5,433,111 |           ---|   4,139 |    7,187
1981-82 ....|    70,339,448 | 54,848,752 | 9,648,069 |  22,962,527 |    5,929,894 |1,922,416 | 5,979,281 |    2,734,038 |          ---|  2,203,726 | 2,684,945 |  783,854 | 7,997,632 |   1,258,777 | 6,234,287 |           ---|   4,433 |    7,086
1982-83 ... |    75,935,749 | 58,929,218 |10,412,233 |  24,673,293 |    6,265,280 |2,039,671 | 6,391,596 |    3,047,220 |          ---|  2,320,478 | 2,922,897 |  856,548 | 8,614,316 |   1,406,126 | 6,986,089 |           ---|   4,742 |    7,268
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |
1983-84 ... |    81,993,360 | 63,741,276 |11,561,260 |  26,436,308 |    6,723,534 |2,231,149 | 6,729,825 |    3,300,003 |          ---|  2,499,203 | 3,301,673 |  958,321 | 9,250,196 |   1,622,233 | 7,379,654 |           ---|   5,114 |    7,557
1984-85 ....|    89,951,263 | 70,061,324 |12,765,452 |  28,777,183 |    7,551,892 |2,361,793 | 7,345,482 |    3,712,460 |          ---|  2,861,095 | 3,670,355 |1,015,613 |10,012,248 |   1,867,550 | 8,010,141 |           ---|   5,723 |    8,139
1985-86 ....|    97,535,742 | 76,127,965 |13,913,724 |  31,032,099 |    8,437,367 |2,551,331 | 7,605,226 |    4,116,061 |          ---|  3,119,533 | 4,160,174 |1,192,449 |10,528,303 |   2,187,361 | 8,692,113 |           ---|   6,216 |    8,592
1986-87 ....|   105,763,557 | 82,955,555 |15,060,576 |  33,711,146 |    9,352,309 |2,441,184 | 7,819,032 |    5,134,267 |          ---|  3,448,453 | 4,776,100 |1,212,488 |11,037,333 |   2,597,655 | 9,173,014 |           ---|   6,635 |    8,971
1987-88 ....|   113,786,476 | 89,157,430 |16,171,015 |  35,833,563 |   10,350,931 |2,836,498 | 8,230,986 |    5,305,083 |          ---|  3,786,362 | 5,325,358 |1,317,633 |11,399,953 |   2,822,632 |10,406,461 |           ---|   6,984 |    9,067
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |
1988-89 ....|   123,867,184 | 96,803,377 |17,309,956 |  38,812,690 |   11,432,170 |3,009,870 | 8,739,895 |    5,894,409 |          ---|  4,227,323 | 5,918,666 |1,458,397 |12,280,063 |   2,958,962 |11,824,782 |           ---|   7,415 |    9,202
1989-90 ....|   134,655,571 |105,585,076 |19,062,179 |  42,145,987 |   12,505,961 |3,254,239 | 9,458,262 |    6,183,405 |          ---|  4,689,758 | 6,655,544 |1,629,742 |13,203,984 |   3,187,224 |12,679,286 |           ---|   7,799 |    9,238
1990-91 ....|   146,087,836 |114,139,901 |20,751,966 |  45,496,117 |   13,444,040 |3,343,892 |10,062,581 |    6,706,881 |          ---|  5,076,177 | 7,551,184 |1,707,063 |14,272,247 |   3,349,824 |14,325,865 |           ---|   8,259 |    9,276
1991-92 ....|   156,189,161 |121,567,157 |21,984,118 |  47,997,196 |   14,261,554 |3,595,834 |10,346,580 |    6,981,184 |          ---|  5,489,298 | 9,060,000 |1,851,393 |14,966,100 |   3,551,592 |16,104,313 |           ---|   8,466 |    9,214
1992-93 ....|   165,241,040 |128,977,968 |23,414,977 |  50,340,914 |   15,291,309 |3,684,852 |10,783,727 |    7,388,118 |          ---|  5,935,095 |10,148,373 |1,990,603 |15,561,508 |   3,651,891 |17,049,672 |           ---|   8,903 |    9,395
            |               |            |           |             |              |          |           |              |             |            |           |          |           |             |           |              |         |
1993-94 ....|   173,350,617 |136,024,350 |24,489,022 |  52,775,599 |   16,117,610 |3,908,412 |11,368,496 |    7,769,499 |          ---|  6,242,414 |11,238,010 |2,115,288 |16,429,341 |   3,387,323 |17,509,603 |           ---|   9,509 |    9,782
1994-95\10\ |   182,968,610 |144,158,002 |25,904,821 |  55,719,707 |   17,109,541 |4,165,761 |11,745,905 |    8,112,930 |          ---|  6,691,485 |12,285,328 |2,422,524 |17,204,917 |   3,534,332 |18,071,359 |           ---|  10,108 |   10,108
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\1\Includes all separately budgeted programs, other than research, which are supported by sponsors outside the institution. Examples are training programs, workshops, and training and instructional institutes. For years not shown, most expenditures for these programs are included under "Extension and public service."

\2\Generally includes only those expenditures associated with federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs).

\3\Data for 1929-30 to 1945-46 are based on school year enrollment.

\4\Data adjusted by the consumer price index computed on a school year basis.

\5\Expenditures for federally funded research and development centers are included under "Organized research."

\6\Included under "Other current expenditures."

\7\Expenditures for hospitals included under "Organized activities related to instructional departments."

\8\Expenditures were for federal contract courses.

\9\Includes current expenditures for physical plant assets. In later years, the educational and general expenditures for physical plant assets are included under "Other general expenditures."

\10\Preliminary data.

---Data not available.

NOTE.--The data in this table reflect limitations of data availability and comparability. Major changes in data collection forms in 1965-66 and 1974-75 cause significant data comparability problems among the three mostly consistent time periods, 1929-30 to 1963-64, 1965-66 to 1973-74, and 1974-75 to the present. The largest problems affect Hospitals, Independent operations, Organized research, Other sponsored programs, Extension and public service, and Scholarships and fellowships.

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



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