Revenue sources for public postsecondary institutions U.S. 2019/20 | Statista

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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)

Characteristic	Revenue in billion U.S. dollars
Tuition and fees	83.62
Federal Grants and contracts	33.25
State Grants and contracts	9.71
Local and private Grants and contracts	15.48
Sales and services of auxiliary enterprises	25.71
Sales and services of hospitals	59.51
Independent operations	1.95
Other operating revenues	23.99
Federal Appropriations	2.01
State Appropriations	76.6
Local Appropriations	14.59
Federal Nonoperating grants	26.25
State Nonoperating grants	6.42
Local Nonoperating grants	0.46
Gifts	9.69
Investment return (gain or loss)	11.56
Other nonoperating revenues	7.54
Capital appropriations	5.99
Capital grants and gifts	4.08
Additions to permanent endowments	1.18
Other revenues and additions	7.86

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