This statistic shows the expenditure of colleges and universities in the United States from 1970 to 2017. In the school year 2017-18, approximately 219 billion U.S. dollars were spent by private institutions in the United States.
Expenditure of public and private colleges and universities in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017
(in billion U.S. dollars)
*Estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics based on teacher and enrollment data, and actual expenditures for prior years.
Year presented here is a school year. e.g. 2013 represent school year 2013-2014.
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NCES. (March 31, 2019). Expenditure of public and private colleges and universities in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 08, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184231/expenditure-of-public-and-private-colleges-and-universities/
NCES. "Expenditure of public and private colleges and universities in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 31, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 08, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184231/expenditure-of-public-and-private-colleges-and-universities/
NCES. (2019). Expenditure of public and private colleges and universities in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 08, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184231/expenditure-of-public-and-private-colleges-and-universities/
NCES. "Expenditure of Public and Private Colleges and Universities in The U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184231/expenditure-of-public-and-private-colleges-and-universities/
NCES, Expenditure of public and private colleges and universities in the U.S. from 1970 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184231/expenditure-of-public-and-private-colleges-and-universities/ (last visited July 08, 2020)
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