In the academic year of 2019/20, public universities and colleges in the United States received approximately 83.62 billion U.S. dollars of revenue through tuition and fees charged to students. A further 33.25 billion U.S. dollars in revenue came from federal grants and contracts.
Revenue of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in 2019/20, by source (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on Colleges and universities in the U.S.
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Degrees earned in higher education U.S. 1950-2031
- Premium Statistic U.S. - higher education institutions 2020/2021, by state
- Basic Statistic Educational attainment in the U.S. 1960-2021
- Basic Statistic Educational attainment in the U.S. 2021
- Basic Statistic Forbes ranking of the best U.S. colleges 2022, by debt and median 10-year salary
Enrollment Figures
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- Basic Statistic Undergraduate enrollment in U.S. universities 2011-2022
- Premium Statistic Undergraduate enrollment in the U.S. 1970-2030, by gender
- Basic Statistic Undergraduate enrollment numbers U.S. 1976-2020, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Undergraduate enrollment in the U.S. 1970-2030, by attendance
- Basic Statistic College enrollment in public and private institutions in the U.S. 1965-2030
- Basic Statistic Post-baccalaureate enrollment numbers U.S. 1976-2030, by gender
- Basic Statistic Post-baccalaureate enrollment numbers U.S. 1976-2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Post-baccalaureate enrollment U.S. 1976-2029, by attendance type
Revenue
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- Basic Statistic Revenue of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions U.S. 2019/20
- Basic Statistic Federal funds for postsecondary education in the U.S. 2021, by department
- Basic Statistic Federal funds for research at U.S. universities 2020, by department
- Basic Statistic U.S. 20 richest colleges in the U.S. FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Net revenue per student at U.S. public doctoral institutions 2009-2020
- Premium Statistic Net revenue per student at U.S. private doctoral institutions 2009-2020
- Basic Statistic Net revenue per student at U.S. private bachelor's institutions 2009-2020
- Premium Statistic Net revenue per student at U.S. public associate institutions 2009-2020
Expenditure
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- Basic Statistic U.S. - forecast for higher education outlays 2021-2032
- Basic Statistic Expenditure of public and private colleges and universities U.S. 1970-2020
- Premium Statistic Education expenditure per student at U.S. private bachelor's institutions 2009-2020
- Premium Statistic Education expenditure per student at U.S. private doctoral institutions 2009-2020
- Premium Statistic Education expenditure per student at U.S. public doctoral institutions 2009-2020
- Premium Statistic Education expenditure per student at U.S. public associate institutions 2009-2020
Attendance Costs
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- Basic Statistic Average annual charges for higher education in the U.S. 1970-2021
- Basic Statistic Attendance costs when studying in-state at U.S. universities, by state 2018/19
- Basic Statistic University tuition costs and fees U.S. 2000-2019
- Premium Statistic Annual tuition and fees at leading universities U.S. 2022/23
- Basic Statistic Cost to attend university per year U.S. 2000-2019
- Basic Statistic Average cost to attend a U.S. university 2013-2023, by institution type
- Basic Statistic Room and board cost per year at U.S. universities 2000-2019
Further related statistics
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- Revenue of private nonprofit higher education institutions U.S. 2019/2020
- Revenue of private for-profit higher education institutions U.S. 2019/2020
- Ranking: greenest universities in the U.S. 2021
- Chinese students studying overseas 2017, by source of funding
- U.S. universities - U.S. News ranking by graduation rate 2015
- Revenue from tuition fees of higher education institutions in the U.S. 2010-2020
- Public and private funding of the National Portrait Gallery in the UK 2017-2019
- Percentage of students to obtain a graduate degree in the U.S. 2013, by major
- Getir funding 2017-2022
- Distribution of funds raised in Hungary 2021, by investor type
- Funding priorities identified by principals to support learning in the U.S. 2016
- Trinidad & Tobago: industry & innovation development performance 2019, by indicator
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NCES. (December 31, 2021). Revenue of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in 2019/20, by source (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/240889/revenue-sources-of-us-higher-education-insitutions/
NCES. "Revenue of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in 2019/20, by source (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 31, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/240889/revenue-sources-of-us-higher-education-insitutions/
NCES. (2021). Revenue of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in 2019/20, by source (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/240889/revenue-sources-of-us-higher-education-insitutions/
NCES. "Revenue of Public Degree-granting Postsecondary Institutions in The United States in 2019/20, by Source (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/240889/revenue-sources-of-us-higher-education-insitutions/
NCES, Revenue of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in 2019/20, by source (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/240889/revenue-sources-of-us-higher-education-insitutions/ (last visited March 29, 2023)
Revenue of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in 2019/20, by source (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], NCES, December 31, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/240889/revenue-sources-of-us-higher-education-insitutions/