Current-fund expenditures of private institutions of higher education, by purpose: 1980-81 to 1994-95

Table 339.
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               Purpose                |  1980-81   |  1985-86   |  1988-89   |  1989-90   |  1990-91   |  1991-92   |   1992-93   |  1993-94   | 1994-95 \1\
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                  1                   |     2      |     3      |     4      |     5      |     6      |     7      |      8      |     9      |     10
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                                      |                                                      In thousands
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     Total current-fund expenditures .|$21,773,132 |$34,341,889 |$44,921,566 |$48,885,041 |$53,126,743 |$57,341,982 | $60,670,938 |$64,041,076 | $67,503,635
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Educational and general expenditures .| 15,900,792 | 25,255,003 | 33,358,469 | 36,421,118 | 39,744,472 | 43,012,623 |  45,766,989 | 48,885,124 |  51,984,234
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  Instruction ........................|  5,883,343 |  9,151,318 | 11,918,999 | 12,888,779 | 14,124,723 | 15,168,776 |  16,080,736 | 17,087,102 |  18,120,513
  Research ...........................|  1,844,369 |  2,732,222 |  3,635,218 |  3,963,726 |  4,079,827 |  4,312,973 |   4,686,336 |  4,937,247 |   5,279,876
  Public service .....................|    338,845 |    603,799 |    875,373 |  1,001,094 |  1,085,945 |  1,203,797 |   1,371,697 |  1,500,695 |   1,657,040
  Academic support ...................|  1,244,002 |  1,973,849 |  2,962,374 |  2,902,568 |  3,116,927 |  3,302,859 |   3,459,726 |  3,642,355 |   3,815,455
    Libraries ........................|    572,667 |    866,279 |  1,053,372 |  1,151,567 |  1,176,731 |  1,311,314 |   1,355,227 |  1,459,304 |   1,551,152
  Student services ...................|    958,432 |  1,641,180 |  2,102,418 |  2,366,819 |  2,627,117 |  2,818,174 |   2,991,840 |  3,247,414 |   3,445,983
  Institutional support ..............|  2,209,321 |  3,683,642 |  4,652,759 |  5,183,893 |  5,695,842 |  6,051,868 |   6,200,308 |  6,598,004 |   6,915,821
  Operation and maintenance of plant .|  1,668,389 |  2,427,972 |  2,826,628 |  3,124,680 |  3,406,975 |  3,556,365 |   3,706,923 |  3,935,311 |   4,076,986
  Scholarships and fellowships  ......|  1,439,661 |  2,584,266 |  3,768,316 |  4,269,051 |  4,862,651 |  5,804,340 |   6,420,536 |  7,015,087 |   7,623,304
    From unrestricted funds ..........|    713,138 |  1,588,143 |  2,338,697 |  2,754,479 |  3,174,947 |  3,682,076 |   4,203,697 |  4,710,100 |   5,180,348
    From restricted funds\2\ .........|    726,523 |    996,123 |  1,429,619 |  1,514,572 |  1,687,704 |  2,122,264 |   2,216,838 |  2,304,987 |   2,442,957
  Mandatory transfers ................|    314,429 |    456,754 |    616,385 |    720,508 |    744,465 |    793,471 |     848,886 |    921,908 |   1,049,256
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Auxiliary enterprises ................|  2,629,948 |  3,698,067 |  4,535,337 |  4,921,653 |  5,222,312 |  5,331,969 |   5,537,156 |  5,791,558 |   5,969,773
  Mandatory transfers ................|    164,335 |    206,394 |    262,339 |    285,521 |    313,730 |    347,999 |     350,905 |    374,733 |     392,285
Hospitals ............................|  2,055,139 |  3,333,414 |  4,290,869 |  4,565,297 |  5,009,963 |  5,671,540 |   5,949,070 |  6,191,929 |   6,269,769
  Mandatory transfers ................|     31,349 |     53,264 |     80,771 |     66,164 |     78,491 |    109,619 |      84,818 |    102,449 |      83,729
Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ....|  1,187,253 |  2,055,405 |  2,736,890 |  2,976,973 |  3,149,996 |  3,325,850 |   3,417,723 |  3,172,465 |   3,279,859
  Mandatory transfers ................|        321 |      2,586 |      5,200 |      3,535 |      4,444 |      2,886 |       1,808 |      1,880 |       1,908
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                                      |                                               Percentage distribution
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     Total current-fund expenditures .|      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |      100.0 |       100.0 |      100.0 |       100.0
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Educational and general expenditures .|       73.0 |       73.5 |       74.3 |       74.5 |       74.8 |       75.0 |        75.4 |       76.3 |        77.0
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  Instruction ........................|       27.0 |       26.6 |       26.5 |       26.4 |       26.6 |       26.5 |        26.5 |       26.7 |        26.8
  Research ...........................|        8.5 |        8.0 |        8.1 |        8.1 |        7.7 |        7.5 |         7.7 |        7.7 |         7.8
  Public service .....................|        1.6 |        1.8 |        1.9 |        2.0 |        2.0 |        2.1 |         2.3 |        2.3 |         2.5
  Academic support ...................|        5.7 |        5.7 |        6.6 |        5.9 |        5.9 |        5.8 |         5.7 |        5.7 |         5.7
    Libraries ........................|        2.6 |        2.5 |        2.3 |        2.4 |        2.2 |        2.3 |         2.2 |        2.3 |         2.3
  Student services ...................|        4.4 |        4.8 |        4.7 |        4.8 |        4.9 |        4.9 |         4.9 |        5.1 |         5.1
  Institutional support ..............|       10.1 |       10.7 |       10.4 |       10.6 |       10.7 |       10.6 |        10.2 |       10.3 |        10.2
  Operation and maintenance of plant .|        7.7 |        7.1 |        6.3 |        6.4 |        6.4 |        6.2 |         6.1 |        6.1 |         6.0
  Scholarships and fellowships .......|        6.6 |        7.5 |        8.4 |        8.7 |        9.2 |       10.1 |        10.6 |       11.0 |        11.3
    From unrestricted funds ..........|        3.3 |        4.6 |        5.2 |        5.6 |        6.0 |        6.4 |         6.9 |        7.4 |         7.7
    From restricted funds\2\ .........|        3.3 |        2.9 |        3.2 |        3.1 |        3.2 |        3.7 |         3.7 |        3.6 |         3.6
  Mandatory transfers ................|        1.4 |        1.3 |        1.4 |        1.5 |        1.4 |        1.4 |         1.4 |        1.4 |         1.6
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Auxiliary enterprises ................|       12.1 |       10.8 |       10.1 |       10.1 |        9.8 |        9.3 |         9.1 |        9.0 |         8.8
  Mandatory transfers ................|        0.8 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |        0.6 |         0.6 |        0.6 |         0.6
Hospitals  ...........................|        9.4 |        9.7 |        9.6 |        9.3 |        9.4 |        9.9 |         9.8 |        9.7 |         9.3
  Mandatory transfers ................|        0.1 |        0.2 |        0.2 |        0.1 |        0.1 |        0.2 |         0.1 |        0.2 |         0.1
Independent operations (FFRDC)\3\ ....|        5.5 |        6.0 |        6.1 |        6.1 |        5.9 |        5.8 |         5.6 |        5.0 |         4.9
  Mandatory transfers ................|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|       (\4\)|        (\4\)|       (\4\)|        (\4\)
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\1\Preliminary data.
\2\Excludes Pell Grants.
\3\Generally includes only those expenditures associated with major federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC).
\4\Less than 0.05 percent.
NOTE.--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 May 1997.)
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