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Date:         Sat, 12 Sep 1992 16:38:00 CDT
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                  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
         OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT
            NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

     CURRENT FUNDS REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OF INSTITUTIONS
       OF HIGHER EDUCATION: FISCAL YEARS 1982 THROUGH 1990

This report presents revenue and expenditure data of the nation's
accredited institutions of higher education over the nine-year
period from fiscal year 1982 through fiscal year 1990.  Data are
from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
"Finance" surveys from fiscal year 1987 through fiscal year 1990
and the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) from
fiscal year 1982 through fiscal year 1986.  These surveys
collected information on revenues and expenditures, expenditures
on scholarships and fellowships, and other financial data.  This
E.D. TAB includes information only on institutions of higher
education which are accredited at the college level by an agency
recognized by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.

Highlights

o    In fiscal year 1990, institutions of higher education
     received revenues of nearly $140 billion.  The rate of
     increase for total revenues of all institutions of higher
     education has consistently outpaced inflation from fiscal
     year 1982 to fiscal year 1990, as shown in constant dollars
     in figure 1; in current dollars, total revenues increased by
     8.0 percent from fiscal year 1989 to fiscal year 1990 (table
     12).

o    Tuition and fees continued to increase in importance as a
     source of revenue for both public and private institutions
     (tables 3 and 5).  For all institutions, the share of total
     revenues from tuition and fees increased by 1.3 percentage
     points since fiscal year 1986 and by 2.4 percent of total
     revenues since fiscal year 1982 (table 1).

o    Federal sources of revenue remained at 12.4 percent of total
     revenues in 1990, as in 1989 (table 1).  The percentage of
     revenue from federal sources was greater for private, 4-year
     institutions (16.2 percent) than for public, 4-year
     institutions (11.5 percent) although the dollar amounts for
     both were nearly the same (table 7).

o    Although state governments have been and still are the
     largest source of revenue for public institutions, this
     source has declined as a percentage of total revenues from
     42.5 percent in fiscal year 1989 to 41.7 percent in fiscal
     year 1990.  Since 1982, the percentage of total revenues
     from state appropriations, has dropped by 4.6 percentage

o    Private gifts to public institutions have increased from 2.7
     percent of total revenues in fiscal year 1982 to 3.8 percent
     in fiscal year 1990.  However, for private institutions,
     private gifts have decreased from 9.2 percent of total
     revenues in fiscal year 1982 to 8.7 percent in 1990 (tables
     3 and 5).

o    Like revenues, the rate of increase for expenditures of all
     institutions has outpaced inflation from fiscal year 1982 to
     fiscal year 1990, as shown in constant dollars in figure 1;
     in current dollars, total expenditures increased by 8.0
     percent from fiscal year 1989 to fiscal year 1990 (table
     12).

o    The percentage of expenditures for instruction remained at
     34.1 percent of total expenditures for public institutions
     in fiscal year 1990 (table 4) and decreased slightly for
     private institutions from 26.5 percent of total expenditures
     in fiscal year 1989 to 26.4 percent in fiscal year 1990
     (table 6).  Since 1982, the percentage of total expenditures
     for instruction has decreased by 1.3 percentage points for
     public institutions and by 1.0 percentage points for private
     institutions.

o    Operation and maintenance of plant continued to decrease as
     a percentage of total expenditures for all institutions in
     fiscal year 1990 (table 2).  For private institutions, the
     proportion of expenditures in this category have dropped by
     1.4 percentage points since fiscal year 1982 and for public
     institutions, the percent of operation and maintenance
     expenditures, as a percent of total expenditures, decreased
     by 1.5 percentage points between fiscal years 1982 and 1990
     (tables 4 and 6).

o    Fiscal year 1990 expenditures for administration of all
     institutions (including academic support, student services,
     institutional support, operation and maintenance of plant
     and mandatory transfers) are nearly as high as for
     instruction ($39.6 billion versus $42.1 billion) and are
     continuing to increase in constant dollars at the same rate
     as instruction (figure 3).  However, expenditures for
     administration are higher at private institutions than
     expenditures for instruction (figure 7).  At both public and
     private institutions, administrative expenditures accounted
     for 29.0 percent of total expenditures in fiscal year 1990
     (tables 4 and 6).

o    The percentage of expenditures allocated for scholarships
     and fellowships continued to increase for public and private
     institutions in fiscal year 1990 (tables 4 and 6).
     Scholarship and fellowship expenditures, as a percent of
     total expenditures, have increased by 0.4 percentage points
     since fiscal year 1982 at public institutions and have
     increased by 2.1 percentage points at private institutions
     since then (tables 4 and 6).

Copies of the E.D. TAB CURRENT FUNDS REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES OF
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION:  FISCAL YEARS 1982-1990 is
available from U.S. Department of Education, Office of
Educational Research and Improvement, Dept. EIB, 555 New Jersey
Avenue N. W.,  Washington, D.C.  20208-5641.  Please refer to
NCES 92-041.


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