Percent Distribution of Core Revenues 1 at Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities
  1994-95 2004-05  
Tuition and Fees Appropriations Contracts and Grants All Other 3 Tuition and Fees Appropriations Contracts and Grants All Other 3
State Local Federal Other 2 State Local Federal Other 2
United States
23.3
41.2
0.3
15.9
9.6
9.7
26.8
29.7
0.2
18.4
11.2
13.7
United States
SREB states
20.0
44.5
0.1
14.7
10.3
10.4
24.6
30.9
0.1
18.1
12.2
14.0
SREB states
Alabama
19.0
43.0
0.2
17.1
9.0
11.6
27.1
29.2
0.0
22.2
9.2
12.2
Alabama
Arkansas
20.1
48.8
0.0
14.6
8.1
8.5
25.3
34.5
0.4
18.2
12.5
9.1
Arkansas
Delaware
42.1
25.5
0.0
11.7
6.8
14.0
39.2
20.5
0.0
13.3
10.5
16.4
Delaware
Florida
15.5
52.0
0.0
14.2
12.2
6.0
22.0
38.0
0.0
18.6
14.9
6.6
Florida
Georgia
17.8
51.1
0.5
14.5
12.1
4.0
23.3
40.8
0.0
19.5
11.9
4.5
Georgia
Kentucky
21.0
46.3
0.4
10.9
6.5
14.9
27.6
32.2
0.5
18.9
12.3
8.4
Kentucky
Louisiana
22.3
37.2
*
12.4
10.9
17.1
25.4
36.9
0.0
17.2
15.2
5.3
Louisiana
Maryland
27.5
40.2
0.0
16.5
9.7
6.1
28.7
22.9
0.0
18.3
12.5
17.6
Maryland
Mississippi
19.2
46.8
0.3
18.4
7.0
8.3
21.8
34.4
0.0
25.1
9.3
9.4
Mississippi
North Carolina
14.3
50.9
0.0
17.5
8.8
8.4
22.1
40.7
0.0
19.5
10.4
7.4
North Carolina
Oklahoma
19.6
47.3
0.0
14.9
11.8
6.4
26.0
32.5
0.0
18.2
13.8
9.4
Oklahoma
South Carolina
26.0
44.5
0.0
14.9
8.2
6.4
35.3
24.0
0.0
16.5
13.3
11.0
South Carolina
Tennessee
19.5
50.3
*
12.6
10.0
7.5
26.1
34.2
0.0
12.3
18.4
9.1
Tennessee
Texas
15.0
42.1
0.0
14.1
11.2
17.6
19.2
24.6
0.4
16.6
11.4
27.7
Texas
Virginia
32.5
33.5
0.0
15.4
12.9
5.6
31.6
26.6
0.0
19.5
9.6
12.6
Virginia
West Virginia
27.5
46.8
0.1
13.9
7.6
4.1
33.5
30.2
0.0
18.4
11.5
6.4
West Virginia
*Change of less than one-tenth of 1 percent. Source: SREB analysis of National Center for Education Statistics finance surveys — (www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
1 Core (educational and general operating) revenues consist of total revenues for current operations minus revenues from auxiliary enterprises, hospitals and independent operations. Auxiliary enterprises are essentially self-supporting operations that exist to furnish a service to students, faculty or staff and that charge a fee that is directly related to, although not necessarily equal to, the cost of the service. Examples are residence halls, food services, college stores and intercollegiate athletics. Independent operations are essentially independent institutes or centers affiliated with a college or university, such as a formally designated Federally Funded Research and Development Center. 2Includes state and local government contracts and grants and private gifts and grants. 3Includes federal appropriations (other than contracts and grants); sales of educational activities and services; endowment and investment income and other sources. Changes in the accounting reporting rules for public colleges explain, in part, the increased proportion of funds in the “all other” category.
June 2007