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- Higher Education-Summary:1970-1986 [Finances for fiscal year ending in the following year.] Item Unit 1970 1975 1980 1985 1986
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- Institutions(1) Number 2,556 3,026 3,231 3,340 3,406
- 4-year Number 1,665 1,898 1,957 2,029 2,070
- 2-year Number 891 1,128 1,274 1,311 1,336
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- Instructional staff 1,000 573 781 846 (NA) (NA)
- Instructor or above 1,000 474 628 688 710 717
- Percent full-time Percent 77.8 70.1 65.6 64.2 64.2
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- Total enrollment(2) 1,000 8,581 11,185 12,097 12,247 12,501
- Male 1,000 4,637 5,321 5,874 5,818 5,885
- Female 1,000 3,284 4,410 6,223 6,429 6,615
- 4-year institutions 1,000 6,290 7,143 7,571 7,716 7,826
- 2-year institutions 1,000 1,630 2,588 4,526 4,531 4,675
- Full-time 1,000 5,489 6,147 7,098 7,075 7,117
- Part-time 1,000 2,431 3,584 4,999 5,172 5,384
- Public 1,000 5,800 7,426 9,457 9,479 9,722
- Private 1,000 2,120 2,306 2,640 2,768 2,779
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- Undergraduate(3) 1,000 7,376 9,679 10,475 10,597 10,797
- Men 1,000 4,254 5,257 5,000 4,962 5,018
- Women 1,000 3,122 4,422 5,475 5,634 5,779
- First time
- freshmen 1,000 2,063 2,515 2,588 2,292 2,214
- First-professional 1,000 173 242 278 274 270
- Men 1,000 159 192 199 180 174
- Women 1,000 15 50 78 94 96
- Graduate(3) 1,000 1,031 1,263 1,343 1,376 1,434
- Men 1,000 630 700 675 677 694
- Women 1,000 400 563 670 699 741
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- Current funds
- revenues(4) Mil.dol. 23,879 39,703 65,585 100,438 (NA)
- Tuition & fees Mil.dol. 5,021 8,172 13,773 23,117 (NA)
- Federal Government Mil.dol. 2,739 5,414 8,479 10,466 (NA)
- State government Mil.dol. 6,589 12,261 20,106 29,912 (NA)
- Auxiliary
- enterprises Mil.dol. 3,125 4,548 7,287 10,674 (NA)
- Plant funds(5) Mil.dol. (NA) 3,910 4,774 7,713 (NA)
- Increase in fund
- balance(6) Mil.dol. 498 959 2,793 7,239 (NA)
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- Current funds
- expenditures(4) Mil.dol. 23,375 38,903 64,053 97,536 (NA)
- Educational &
- general(7) Mil.dol. 17,616 30,598 50,074 76,128 (NA)
- Auxiliary enter-
- prises &
- activities Mil.dol. 2,988 4,477 7,288 10,528 (NA)
- Gross addition to
- plant value Mil.dol. 4,165 4,702 6,471 10,149 (NA)
- Value of plant Mil.dol. 46,054 66,348 88,761 122,261 (NA)
- Endowment (book value) Mil.dol. 11,341 13,952 20,941 38,698 (NA)
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- NA=Not available.
- 1. Beginning in 1975, number of institutions includes count of branch
- campuses.
- 2. Beginning in 1975, branch campuses counted according to actual
- status, e.g., 2-year branch in 2-year category; previously a 2-
- year branch included in university category.
- 3. Includes unclassified students. (Students taking courses for
- credit, but are not candidates for degrees).
- 4. Includes items not shown separately.
- 5. Annual net increase in plant funds.
- 6. Includes endowment, and, beginning 1975, annuity and student
- loans. See Table entitled, "Institutions of Higher Education-
- Finances:1975-1985".
- 7. Beginning 1975, not strictly comparable with earlier years.
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- Source:U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education
- Statistics.