Educational and general expenditures of private (nonprofit) universities, by purpose: 1976-77 to 1994-95

Table 344.
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              |                                        Educational and general expenditures
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     Year     |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |Operation and|Scholarships|
              |   Total   |Instruction|  Admini-  |  Student  | Research  |Libraries|  Public  | maintenance |    and     |Mandatory
              |           |           |stration\1\| services  |           |         | service  |  of plant   |fellowships |transfers
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      1       |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |    7    |    8     |      9      |     10     |   11
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              |                                   Expenditures, in thousands of current dollars
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1976-77 ......|$4,694,593 |$1,784,975 |  $621,733 |  $156,457 |  $988,656 |$195,146 | $105,011 |    $411,340 |   $380,821 | $50,453
1977-78 ......| 5,120,125 | 1,943,031 |   683,988 |   172,261 | 1,063,906 | 215,068 |  108,201 |     447,743 |    427,907 |  58,019
1978-79 ......| 5,675,608 | 2,120,800 |   796,751 |   195,238 | 1,175,657 | 221,676 |  119,082 |     510,819 |    460,200 |  75,385
1979-80 ......| 6,408,288 | 2,426,312 |   908,580 |   215,646 | 1,315,469 | 236,184 |  148,028 |     568,806 |    507,257 |  82,006
1980-81 ......| 7,249,102 | 2,763,320 | 1,009,957 |   254,872 | 1,436,318 | 267,142 |  149,946 |     660,152 |    596,241 | 111,154
              |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ......| 7,951,934 | 3,105,731 | 1,100,088 |   289,398 | 1,505,340 | 294,523 |  160,496 |     752,673 |    650,285 |  93,401
1982-83 ......| 8,198,167 | 3,227,925 | 1,214,617 |   304,617 | 1,464,809 | 295,709 |  169,382 |     754,480 |    670,390 |  96,238
1983-84 ......| 9,491,967 | 3,660,650 | 1,445,910 |   350,096 | 1,683,020 | 360,238 |  187,615 |     859,065 |    833,108 | 112,266
1984-85 ......|10,431,950 | 3,965,165 | 1,556,854 |   393,526 | 1,892,570 | 366,356 |  253,010 |     930,229 |    931,027 | 143,212
1985-86 ......|11,407,571 | 4,308,432 | 1,711,155 |   438,678 | 2,108,731 | 397,745 |  271,271 |     981,131 |  1,040,677 | 149,751
              |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ......|13,013,183 | 4,998,565 | 1,977,175 |   502,291 | 2,399,976 | 397,460 |  332,223 |   1,006,334 |  1,218,002 | 181,159
1987-88 ......|13,876,586 | 5,209,101 | 2,107,206 |   529,261 | 2,597,435 | 484,987 |  340,475 |   1,073,880 |  1,328,775 | 205,464
1988-89 ......|15,123,369 | 5,743,104 | 2,293,256 |   565,903 | 2,786,178 | 510,820 |  377,820 |   1,135,273 |  1,472,675 | 238,340
1989-90 ......|16,363,342 | 6,188,447 | 2,411,051 |   607,623 | 3,048,455 | 555,752 |  414,916 |   1,231,028 |  1,615,096 | 290,974
1990-91 ......|17,827,649 | 6,827,220 | 2,633,605 |   669,160 | 3,170,083 | 567,800 |  456,615 |   1,383,686 |  1,833,124 | 286,357
              |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ......|19,307,030 | 7,367,629 | 2,852,739 |   711,041 | 3,364,795 | 624,416 |  484,871 |   1,453,365 |  2,142,466 | 305,707
1992-93 ......|20,435,319 | 7,844,576 | 2,874,208 |   719,657 | 3,648,010 | 644,005 |  547,159 |   1,495,825 |  2,322,331 | 339,547
1993-94 ......|21,702,227 | 8,347,500 | 3,009,434 |   772,524 | 3,831,668 | 693,223 |  603,658 |   1,578,840 |  2,481,742 | 383,638
1994-95\2\ ...|23,059,247 | 8,838,806 | 3,158,159 |   820,099 | 4,121,604 | 752,683 |  612,464 |   1,632,166 |  2,680,828 | 442,438
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              |                                              Percentage distribution
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1976-77 ......|     100.0 |      38.0 |      13.2 |       3.3 |      21.1 |     4.2 |      2.2 |         8.8 |        8.1 |     1.1
1977-78 ......|     100.0 |      37.9 |      13.4 |       3.4 |      20.8 |     4.2 |      2.1 |         8.7 |        8.4 |     1.1
1978-79 ......|     100.0 |      37.4 |      14.0 |       3.4 |      20.7 |     3.9 |      2.1 |         9.0 |        8.1 |     1.3
1979-80 ......|     100.0 |      37.9 |      14.2 |       3.4 |      20.5 |     3.7 |      2.3 |         8.9 |        7.9 |     1.3
1980-81 ......|     100.0 |      38.1 |      13.9 |       3.5 |      19.8 |     3.7 |      2.1 |         9.1 |        8.2 |     1.5
              |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ......|     100.0 |      39.1 |      13.8 |       3.6 |      18.9 |     3.7 |      2.0 |         9.5 |        8.2 |     1.2
1982-83 ......|     100.0 |      39.4 |      14.8 |       3.7 |      17.9 |     3.6 |      2.1 |         9.2 |        8.2 |     1.2
1983-84 ......|     100.0 |      38.6 |      15.2 |       3.7 |      17.7 |     3.8 |      2.0 |         9.1 |        8.8 |     1.2
1984-85 ......|     100.0 |      38.0 |      14.9 |       3.8 |      18.1 |     3.5 |      2.4 |         8.9 |        8.9 |     1.4
1985-86 ......|     100.0 |      37.8 |      15.0 |       3.8 |      18.5 |     3.5 |      2.4 |         8.6 |        9.1 |     1.3
              |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ......|     100.0 |      38.4 |      15.2 |       3.9 |      18.4 |     3.1 |      2.6 |         7.7 |        9.4 |     1.4
1987-88 ......|     100.0 |      37.5 |      15.2 |       3.8 |      18.7 |     3.5 |      2.5 |         7.7 |        9.6 |     1.5
1988-89 ......|     100.0 |      38.0 |      15.2 |       3.7 |      18.4 |     3.4 |      2.5 |         7.5 |        9.7 |     1.6
1989-90 ......|     100.0 |      37.8 |      14.7 |       3.7 |      18.6 |     3.4 |      2.5 |         7.5 |        9.9 |     1.8
1990-91 ......|     100.0 |      38.3 |      14.8 |       3.8 |      17.8 |     3.2 |      2.6 |         7.8 |       10.3 |     1.6
              |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ......|     100.0 |      38.2 |      14.8 |       3.7 |      17.4 |     3.2 |      2.5 |         7.5 |       11.1 |     1.6
1992-93 ......|     100.0 |      38.4 |      14.1 |       3.5 |      17.9 |     3.2 |      2.7 |         7.3 |       11.4 |     1.7
1993-94 ......|     100.0 |      38.5 |      13.9 |       3.6 |      17.7 |     3.2 |      2.8 |         7.3 |       11.4 |     1.8
1994-95\2\ ...|     100.0 |      38.3 |      13.7 |       3.6 |      17.9 |     3.3 |      2.7 |         7.1 |       11.6 |     1.9
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              |                       Expenditure per full-time-equivalent student in constant 1994-95 dollars
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1976-77 ......|   $22,706 |    $8,633 |    $3,007 |      $757 |    $4,782 |    $944 |     $508 |      $1,990 |     $1,842 |    $244
1977-78 ......|    22,438 |     8,515 |     2,997 |       755 |     4,662 |     943 |      474 |       1,962 |      1,875 |     254
1978-79 ......|    22,722 |     8,491 |     3,190 |       782 |     4,707 |     887 |      477 |       2,045 |      1,842 |     302
1979-80 ......|    23,051 |     8,728 |     3,268 |       776 |     4,732 |     850 |      532 |       2,046 |      1,825 |     295
1980-81 ......|    23,333 |     8,894 |     3,251 |       820 |     4,623 |     860 |      483 |       2,125 |      1,919 |     358
              |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1981-82 ......|    23,242 |     9,077 |     3,215 |       846 |     4,400 |     861 |      469 |       2,200 |      1,901 |     273
1982-83 ......|    23,430 |     9,225 |     3,471 |       871 |     4,186 |     845 |      484 |       2,156 |      1,916 |     275
1983-84 ......|    25,147 |     9,698 |     3,831 |       928 |     4,459 |     954 |      497 |       2,276 |      2,207 |     297
1984-85 ......|    26,171 |     9,947 |     3,906 |       987 |     4,748 |     919 |      635 |       2,334 |      2,336 |     359
1985-86 ......|    27,160 |    10,258 |     4,074 |     1,044 |     5,021 |     947 |      646 |       2,336 |      2,478 |     357
              |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1986-87 ......|    29,645 |    11,387 |     4,504 |     1,144 |     5,467 |     905 |      757 |       2,293 |      2,775 |     413
1987-88 ......|    30,023 |    11,270 |     4,559 |     1,145 |     5,620 |   1,049 |      737 |       2,323 |      2,875 |     445
1988-89 ......|    30,679 |    11,650 |     4,652 |     1,148 |     5,652 |   1,036 |      766 |       2,303 |      2,987 |     483
1989-90 ......|    31,020 |    11,731 |     4,571 |     1,152 |     5,779 |   1,054 |      787 |       2,334 |      3,062 |     552
1990-91 ......|    31,975 |    12,245 |     4,724 |     1,200 |     5,686 |   1,018 |      819 |       2,482 |      3,288 |     514
              |           |           |           |           |           |         |          |             |            |
1991-92 ......|    32,924 |    12,564 |     4,865 |     1,213 |     5,738 |   1,065 |      827 |       2,478 |      3,654 |     521
1992-93 ......|    33,844 |    12,992 |     4,760 |     1,192 |     6,042 |   1,067 |      906 |       2,477 |      3,846 |     562
1993-94 ......|    34,820 |    13,393 |     4,828 |     1,239 |     6,148 |   1,112 |      969 |       2,533 |      3,982 |     616
1994-95\2\ ...|    35,745 |    13,701 |     4,896 |     1,271 |     6,389 |   1,167 |      949 |       2,530 |      4,156 |     686
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\1\Includes institutional and academic support less libraries.
\2\Preliminary data.
NOTE.--Data in this table may differ slightly from data appearing in other tables. Data for 1976-77 through 1985-86 include only institutions which provided both enrollment and finance data. The Higher Education Price Index was used to convert the per student figures to constant dollars. 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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys; and Research Associates of Washington, unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1997.)
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