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Table 333.10. Revenues of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source of revenue and level of institution: Selected years, 2007-08 through 2017-18
Level of
institu-
tion and
year
Total
revenues
Operating revenue Nonoperating revenue Other revenues and additions
Tuition and fees1,2 Grants and contracts Sales and
services of
auxiliary enter-
prises1
Sales and
services of
hospitals
Indepen- dent opera- tions Other
operating
revenues3
Appropriations Nonoperating grants Gifts Investment
return
(gain or
loss)
Other
nonoperating
revenues
Capital
appro-
priations
Capital
grants and
gifts
Additions
to per-
manent en-
dowments
Other
Federal2 State Local and private Federal State Local Federal State Local
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
  In thousands of current dollars
All levels                                            
2007-08 $273,070,439 $48,068,614 $25,499,038 $7,831,049 $8,699,401 $20,487,684 $25,183,379 $1,174,836 $14,085,890 $1,849,775 $68,394,962 $9,302,794 $10,045,255 $1,925,994 $177,116 $6,053,147 $5,278,656 $2,234,287 $7,575,827 $3,092,817 $1,151,300 $4,958,618
2010-11 324,473,342 60,268,927 29,821,416 7,019,420 10,110,953 23,605,640 30,998,993 1,330,334 15,758,118 1,946,965 63,063,322 10,023,157 24,231,846 3,404,970 228,055 6,287,358 14,215,863 6,888,955 5,645,126 3,745,699 965,007 4,913,217
2014-15 346,812,800 73,476,374 27,290,446 7,409,069 12,460,665 26,583,777 41,582,927 1,508,778 19,489,191 1,779,758 65,172,431 11,248,036 21,590,392 4,406,434 291,197 8,087,953 1,342,180 5,155,201 6,295,695 3,709,702 1,012,258 6,920,335
2015-16 364,349,979 76,603,554 27,677,857 7,779,950 12,979,361 27,585,281 45,956,104 1,537,639 20,825,325 1,666,978 67,145,689 12,213,323 20,477,681 4,861,395 417,856 8,490,640 3,926,734 5,417,126 6,467,364 3,781,347 1,130,058 7,408,716
2016-17 390,508,373 79,244,979 28,267,575 8,017,761 13,812,044 28,421,678 50,089,201 1,635,853 21,535,947 1,923,743 68,641,049 12,958,544 19,697,011 5,163,737 432,922 8,264,805 15,042,298 8,072,507 6,575,388 3,665,778 1,189,554 7,855,999
2017-18 408,855,251 81,300,494 29,529,310 8,804,327 14,187,478 28,987,897 53,558,528 1,805,852 22,699,302 2,036,103 72,891,268 13,401,408 20,903,792 5,645,582 382,323 9,099,000 16,923,007 7,408,113 6,335,749 4,010,781 1,360,786 7,584,152

4-year
                                           
2007-08 223,530,092 40,083,063 23,500,633 5,715,188 8,106,887 18,507,688 25,183,379 1,174,836 13,112,536 1,776,452 53,268,648 436,856 5,194,645 1,217,818 103,824 5,781,369 4,430,479 1,773,078 5,635,746 2,764,505 1,138,323 4,624,141
2010-11 266,688,058 51,046,786 27,656,656 5,480,573 9,543,780 21,506,767 30,998,993 1,330,334 14,830,150 1,853,109 49,025,814 507,010 11,812,776 2,320,005 130,451 6,061,629 13,781,509 6,061,802 3,884,591 3,249,844 943,748 4,661,730
2014-15 290,239,686 64,152,076 25,570,548 5,578,550 11,912,198 24,830,846 41,582,927 1,508,778 18,615,218 1,675,671 51,089,552 587,588 11,329,817 2,866,382 158,091 7,767,802 1,194,597 4,464,354 4,632,561 3,383,607 998,211 6,340,310
2015-16 308,813,202 67,533,647 26,106,025 6,007,791 12,472,377 25,984,815 45,956,104 1,537,639 19,950,465 1,617,876 53,067,153 1,051,753 11,522,288 3,008,676 205,597 8,207,812 3,771,368 4,666,805 4,742,620 3,482,369 1,117,698 6,802,323
2016-17 335,175,388 70,090,665 26,800,717 6,142,106 13,304,532 26,896,786 50,089,201 1,635,853 20,640,711 1,884,327 54,721,859 1,400,806 11,399,315 3,227,298 243,196 7,995,012 14,811,646 7,230,940 4,994,288 3,307,489 1,176,695 7,181,945
2017-18 353,195,723 72,453,183 27,988,187 6,415,440 13,623,951 27,557,917 53,558,528 1,805,852 21,794,537 1,984,446 58,513,022 1,708,949 12,507,190 4,024,166 234,277 8,786,344 16,581,753 6,643,024 4,708,911 3,686,661 1,347,758 7,271,628

2-year
                                           
2007-08 49,540,347 7,985,551 1,998,404 2,115,861 592,513 1,979,996 0 0 973,353 73,324 15,126,314 8,865,938 4,850,610 708,176 73,292 271,778 848,177 461,209 1,940,082 328,312 12,978 334,477
2010-11 57,785,284 9,222,142 2,164,760 1,538,848 567,174 2,098,872 0 0 927,968 93,856 14,037,508 9,516,147 12,419,069 1,084,965 97,604 225,730 434,353 827,153 1,760,535 495,855 21,258 251,487
2014-15 56,573,114 9,324,298 1,719,898 1,830,518 548,467 1,752,931 0 0 873,974 104,087 14,082,879 10,660,448 10,260,575 1,540,052 133,106 320,151 147,583 690,846 1,663,135 326,095 14,047 580,025
2015-16 55,536,777 9,069,907 1,571,832 1,772,158 506,984 1,600,466 0 0 874,859 49,102 14,078,537 11,161,570 8,955,393 1,852,719 212,259 282,827 155,366 750,321 1,724,744 298,979 12,361 606,393
2016-17 55,332,985 9,154,315 1,466,858 1,875,655 507,512 1,524,892 0 0 895,236 39,417 13,919,190 11,557,739 8,297,696 1,936,438 189,726 269,793 230,652 841,567 1,581,100 358,288 12,859 674,054
2017-18 55,659,527 8,847,312 1,541,123 2,388,887 563,527 1,429,979 0 0 904,764 51,656 14,378,246 11,692,459 8,396,602 1,621,417 148,046 312,656 341,254 765,089 1,626,839 324,120 13,028 312,524
  Percentage distribution
All levels                                            
2007-08 100.00 17.60 9.34 2.87 3.19 7.50 9.22 0.43 5.16 0.68 25.05 3.41 3.68 0.71 0.06 2.22 1.93 0.82 2.77 1.13 0.42 1.82
2010-11 100.00 18.57 9.19 2.16 3.12 7.28 9.55 0.41 4.86 0.60 19.44 3.09 7.47 1.05 0.07 1.94 4.38 2.12 1.74 1.15 0.30 1.51
2014-15 100.00 21.19 7.87 2.14 3.59 7.67 11.99 0.44 5.62 0.51 18.79 3.24 6.23 1.27 0.08 2.33 0.39 1.49 1.82 1.07 0.29 2.00
2015-16 100.00 21.02 7.60 2.14 3.56 7.57 12.61 0.42 5.72 0.46 18.43 3.35 5.62 1.33 0.11 2.33 1.08 1.49 1.78 1.04 0.31 2.03
2016-17 100.00 20.29 7.24 2.05 3.54 7.28 12.83 0.42 5.51 0.49 17.58 3.32 5.04 1.32 0.11 2.12 3.85 2.07 1.68 0.94 0.30 2.01
2017-18 100.00 19.88 7.22 2.15 3.47 7.09 13.10 0.44 5.55 0.50 17.83 3.28 5.11 1.38 0.09 2.23 4.14 1.81 1.55 0.98 0.33 1.85

4-year
                                           
2007-08 100.00 17.93 10.51 2.56 3.63 8.28 11.27 0.53 5.87 0.79 23.83 0.20 2.32 0.54 0.05 2.59 1.98 0.79 2.52 1.24 0.51 2.07
2010-11 100.00 19.14 10.37 2.06 3.58 8.06 11.62 0.50 5.56 0.69 18.38 0.19 4.43 0.87 0.05 2.27 5.17 2.27 1.46 1.22 0.35 1.75
2014-15 100.00 22.10 8.81 1.92 4.10 8.56 14.33 0.52 6.41 0.58 17.60 0.20 3.90 0.99 0.05 2.68 0.41 1.54 1.60 1.17 0.34 2.18
2015-16 100.00 21.87 8.45 1.95 4.04 8.41 14.88 0.50 6.46 0.52 17.18 0.34 3.73 0.97 0.07 2.66 1.22 1.51 1.54 1.13 0.36 2.20
2016-17 100.00 20.91 8.00 1.83 3.97 8.02 14.94 0.49 6.16 0.56 16.33 0.42 3.40 0.96 0.07 2.39 4.42 2.16 1.49 0.99 0.35 2.14
2017-18 100.00 20.51 7.92 1.82 3.86 7.80 15.16 0.51 6.17 0.56 16.57 0.48 3.54 1.14 0.07 2.49 4.69 1.88 1.33 1.04 0.38 2.06

2-year
                                           
2007-08 100.00 16.12 4.03 4.27 1.20 4.00 0.00 0.00 1.96 0.15 30.53 17.90 9.79 1.43 0.15 0.55 1.71 0.93 3.92 0.66 0.03 0.68
2010-11 100.00 15.96 3.75 2.66 0.98 3.63 0.00 0.00 1.61 0.16 24.29 16.47 21.49 1.88 0.17 0.39 0.75 1.43 3.05 0.86 0.04 0.44
2014-15 100.00 16.48 3.04 3.24 0.97 3.10 0.00 0.00 1.54 0.18 24.89 18.84 18.14 2.72 0.24 0.57 0.26 1.22 2.94 0.58 0.02 1.03
2015-16 100.00 16.33 2.83 3.19 0.91 2.88 0.00 0.00 1.58 0.09 25.35 20.10 16.13 3.34 0.38 0.51 0.28 1.35 3.11 0.54 0.02 1.09
2016-17 100.00 16.54 2.65 3.39 0.92 2.76 0.00 0.00 1.62 0.07 25.16 20.89 15.00 3.50 0.34 0.49 0.42 1.52 2.86 0.65 0.02 1.22
2017-18 100.00 15.90 2.77 4.29 1.01 2.57 0.00 0.00 1.63 0.09 25.83 21.01 15.09 2.91 0.27 0.56 0.61 1.37 2.92 0.58 0.02 0.56
  Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2018-19 dollars4
All levels                                            
2007-08 $32,846 $5,782 $3,067 $942 $1,046 $2,464 $3,029 $141 $1,694 $222 $8,227 $1,119 $1,208 $232 $21 $728 $635 $269 $911 $372 $138 $596
2010-11 33,049 6,139 3,037 715 1,030 2,404 3,157 135 1,605 198 6,423 1,021 2,468 347 23 640 1,448 702 575 382 98 500
2014-15 34,223 7,251 2,693 731 1,230 2,623 4,103 149 1,923 176 6,431 1,110 2,131 435 29 798 132 509 621 366 100 683
2015-16 35,897 7,547 2,727 767 1,279 2,718 4,528 151 2,052 164 6,615 1,203 2,018 479 41 837 387 534 637 373 111 730
2016-17 37,771 7,665 2,734 775 1,336 2,749 4,845 158 2,083 186 6,639 1,253 1,905 499 42 799 1,455 781 636 355 115 760
2017-18 38,686 7,693 2,794 833 1,342 2,743 5,068 171 2,148 193 6,897 1,268 1,978 534 36 861 1,601 701 599 379 129 718

4-year
                                           
2007-08 43,719 7,840 4,596 1,118 1,586 3,620 4,925 230 2,565 347 10,418 85 1,016 238 20 1,131 867 347 1,102 541 223 904
2010-11 45,104 8,633 4,678 927 1,614 3,637 5,243 225 2,508 313 8,292 86 1,998 392 22 1,025 2,331 1,025 657 550 160 788
2014-15 44,150 9,758 3,890 849 1,812 3,777 6,325 230 2,832 255 7,771 89 1,723 436 24 1,182 182 679 705 515 152 964
2015-16 46,137 10,090 3,900 898 1,863 3,882 6,866 230 2,981 242 7,928 157 1,721 450 31 1,226 563 697 709 520 167 1,016
2016-17 47,462 9,925 3,795 870 1,884 3,809 7,093 232 2,923 267 7,749 198 1,614 457 34 1,132 2,097 1,024 707 468 167 1,017
2017-18 48,321 9,912 3,829 878 1,864 3,770 7,327 247 2,982 271 8,005 234 1,711 551 32 1,202 2,269 909 644 504 184 995

2-year
                                           
2007-08 15,478 2,495 624 661 185 619 0 0 304 23 4,726 2,770 1,515 221 23 85 265 144 606 103 4 105
2010-11 14,797 2,361 554 394 145 537 0 0 238 24 3,594 2,437 3,180 278 25 58 111 212 451 127 5 64
2014-15 15,891 2,619 483 514 154 492 0 0 246 29 3,956 2,995 2,882 433 37 90 41 194 467 92 4 163
2015-16 16,067 2,624 455 513 147 463 0 0 253 14 4,073 3,229 2,591 536 61 82 45 217 499 86 4 175
2016-17 16,885 2,793 448 572 155 465 0 0 273 12 4,248 3,527 2,532 591 58 82 70 257 482 109 4 206
2017-18 17,077 2,714 473 733 173 439 0 0 278 16 4,411 3,587 2,576 497 45 96 105 235 499 99 4 96
1 After deducting discounts and allowances.
2 Public institutions typically report Pell grants as revenues from federal grants and as allowances that reduce revenues from tuition and fees.
3 Includes sales and services of educational activities.
4 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes data for public institutions reporting data according to either Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) or Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) guidance. Data in this table pertain to institutions’ fiscal years that end in the academic year noted. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2008 through Spring 2018, Fall Enrollment component; and Spring 2009 through Spring 2019, Finance component. (This table was prepared December 2019.)

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