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Table 333.55. Total revenue of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by source of funds and level of institution: Selected years, 1999-2000 through 2017-18
Level of
institution
and year
Total Student
tuition and
fees
(net of
allowances)1
Federal
appropri-
ations,
grants,
and contracts1
State and
local appro-
priations,
grants, and
contracts
Private
gifts,
grants,
and con-
tracts
Invest-
ment
return
(gain or
loss)
Educa-
tional
activi-
ties
Auxiliary
enter-
prises
(net of
allowances)
Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  In thousands of current dollars
All levels                  
1999-2000 $4,321,985 $3,721,032 $198,923 $71,904 $2,151 $18,537 $70,672 $156,613 $82,153
2010-11 28,285,216 25,157,459 1,583,370 157,290 31,272 32,551 402,206 542,622 378,447
2013-14 22,645,566 20,481,607 941,363 77,986 12,206 43,032 256,321 482,439 350,611
2014-15 19,665,772 17,705,922 848,223 53,217 15,935 45,317 224,389 434,253 338,516
2015-16 17,049,389 15,493,140 712,642 46,680 14,901 27,484 176,339 312,166 266,036
2016-17 15,778,912 14,427,696 520,794 40,206 12,588 41,453 203,365 247,202 285,609
2017-18 13,233,730 12,374,965 228,157 21,357 12,175 58,806 159,937 147,597 230,737

4-year
                 
1999-2000 2,381,042 2,050,136 103,865 39,460 1,109 10,340 33,764 102,103 40,266
2010-11 21,690,069 19,483,895 1,113,186 118,054 29,118 28,671 346,786 405,604 164,755
2013-14 17,832,352 16,188,360 709,409 51,830 10,232 36,012 222,841 395,509 218,160
2014-15 15,845,578 14,281,696 626,082 37,570 14,474 37,530 198,393 371,131 278,702
2015-16 13,575,294 12,376,301 519,399 32,097 13,708 21,959 151,174 255,030 205,627
2016-17 12,733,999 11,692,675 368,141 27,872 11,586 34,559 180,112 210,935 208,120
2017-18 10,779,287 10,190,630 111,302 12,118 11,521 51,759 138,034 121,056 142,867

2-year
                 
1999-2000 1,940,943 1,670,896 95,058 32,444 1,042 8,197 36,908 54,510 41,888
2010-11 6,595,147 5,673,564 470,183 39,236 2,154 3,880 55,420 137,018 213,692
2013-14 4,813,214 4,293,247 231,954 26,157 1,975 7,021 33,480 86,930 132,450
2014-15 3,820,194 3,424,226 222,141 15,647 1,461 7,787 25,996 63,122 59,814
2015-16 3,474,095 3,116,840 193,243 14,583 1,193 5,525 25,166 57,136 60,409
2016-17 3,044,913 2,735,021 152,652 12,334 1,002 6,894 23,253 36,266 77,490
2017-18 2,454,442 2,184,335 116,855 9,240 654 7,047 21,903 26,540 87,869
  Percentage distribution
All levels                  
1999-2000 100.00 86.10 4.60 1.66 0.05 0.43 1.64 3.62 1.90
2010-11 100.00 88.94 5.60 0.56 0.11 0.12 1.42 1.92 1.34
2013-14 100.00 90.44 4.16 0.34 0.05 0.19 1.13 2.13 1.55
2014-15 100.00 90.03 4.31 0.27 0.08 0.23 1.14 2.21 1.72
2015-16 100.00 90.87 4.18 0.27 0.09 0.16 1.03 1.83 1.56
2016-17 100.00 91.44 3.30 0.25 0.08 0.26 1.29 1.57 1.81
2017-18 100.00 93.51 1.72 0.16 0.09 0.44 1.21 1.12 1.74

4-year
                 
1999-2000 100.00 86.10 4.36 1.66 0.05 0.43 1.42 4.29 1.69
2010-11 100.00 89.83 5.13 0.54 0.13 0.13 1.60 1.87 0.76
2013-14 100.00 90.78 3.98 0.29 0.06 0.20 1.25 2.22 1.22
2014-15 100.00 90.13 3.95 0.24 0.09 0.24 1.25 2.34 1.76
2015-16 100.00 91.17 3.83 0.24 0.10 0.16 1.11 1.88 1.51
2016-17 100.00 91.82 2.89 0.22 0.09 0.27 1.41 1.66 1.63
2017-18 100.00 94.54 1.03 0.11 0.11 0.48 1.28 1.12 1.33

2-year
                 
1999-2000 100.00 86.09 4.90 1.67 0.05 0.42 1.90 2.81 2.16
2010-11 100.00 86.03 7.13 0.59 0.03 0.06 0.84 2.08 3.24
2013-14 100.00 89.20 4.82 0.54 0.04 0.15 0.70 1.81 2.75
2014-15 100.00 89.63 5.81 0.41 0.04 0.20 0.68 1.65 1.57
2015-16 100.00 89.72 5.56 0.42 0.03 0.16 0.72 1.64 1.74
2016-17 100.00 89.82 5.01 0.41 0.03 0.23 0.76 1.19 2.54
2017-18 100.00 89.00 4.76 0.38 0.03 0.29 0.89 1.08 3.58
  Revenue per full-time-equivalent student in constant 2018-19 dollars2
All levels                  
1999-2000 $16,811 $14,474 $774 $280 $8 $72 $275 $609 $320
2010-11 19,595 17,428 1,097 109 22 23 279 376 262
2013-14 23,017 20,818 957 79 12 44 261 490 356
2014-15 17,803 16,029 768 48 14 41 203 393 306
2015-16 18,326 16,653 766 50 16 30 190 336 286
2016-17 18,387 16,813 607 47 15 48 237 288 333
2017-18 17,989 16,821 310 29 17 80 217 201 314

4-year
                 
1999-2000 17,063 14,691 744 283 8 74 242 732 289
2010-11 19,755 17,746 1,014 108 27 26 316 369 150
2013-14 24,661 22,387 981 72 14 50 308 547 302
2014-15 17,807 16,049 704 42 16 42 223 417 313
2015-16 18,265 16,652 699 43 18 30 203 343 277
2016-17 18,364 16,863 531 40 17 50 260 304 300
2017-18 18,167 17,174 188 20 19 87 233 204 241

2-year
                 
1999-2000 16,513 14,215 809 276 9 70 314 464 356
2010-11 19,087 16,420 1,361 114 6 11 160 397 618
2013-14 18,460 16,465 890 100 8 27 128 333 508
2014-15 17,786 15,943 1,034 73 7 36 121 294 278
2015-16 18,568 16,658 1,033 78 6 30 134 305 323
2016-17 18,484 16,602 927 75 6 42 141 220 470
2017-18 17,247 15,349 821 65 5 50 154 186 617
1 Private institutions typically report Pell grants as revenues from tuition and fees rather than as revenues from federal grants.
2 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. 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), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:99); Spring 2011 through Spring 2018, Fall Enrollment component; and selected years, Spring 2001 through Spring 2019, Finance component. (This table was prepared December 2019.)

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