In the academic year of 2020/21, private for-profit universities and colleges in the United States received a total of 13.5 billion U.S. dollars of revenue through tuition and fees charged to students. This is compared to public institutions, which brought in 81.88 billion U.S. dollars worth of revenue from tuition and fees in that same year.
Revenue from tuition and fees of degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States from 2010/11 to 2020/21 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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NCES. (December 31, 2022). Revenue from tuition and fees of degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States from 2010/11 to 2020/21 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/901198/revenues-from-tuition-fees-of-postsecondary-institutions-in-the-us/
NCES. "Revenue from tuition and fees of degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States from 2010/11 to 2020/21 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/901198/revenues-from-tuition-fees-of-postsecondary-institutions-in-the-us/
NCES. (2022). Revenue from tuition and fees of degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States from 2010/11 to 2020/21 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/901198/revenues-from-tuition-fees-of-postsecondary-institutions-in-the-us/
NCES. "Revenue from Tuition and Fees of Degree-granting Postsecondary Institutions in The United States from 2010/11 to 2020/21 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/901198/revenues-from-tuition-fees-of-postsecondary-institutions-in-the-us/
NCES, Revenue from tuition and fees of degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States from 2010/11 to 2020/21 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/901198/revenues-from-tuition-fees-of-postsecondary-institutions-in-the-us/ (last visited December 04, 2023)
Revenue from tuition and fees of degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States from 2010/11 to 2020/21 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], NCES, December 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/901198/revenues-from-tuition-fees-of-postsecondary-institutions-in-the-us/