Percent Distribution of Core Spending 1 at Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities
  1994-95 2004-05  
Instruction Research Public Service Academic and Administrative Support 2 Plant Operation and Maintenance Scholarships and Fellowships All Other 3 Instruction Research Public Service Academic and Administrative Support 2 Plant Operation and Maintenance Scholarships and Fellowships All Other 3
United States
37.5
15.7
6.0
22.3
7.3
7.8
3.4
31.7
15.6
6.1
20.3
7.2
10.0
9.0
United States
SREB states
39.0
15.7
7.0
20.7
7.3
7.3
3.0
32.1
15.6
6.8
19.7
7.3
10.2
8.2
SREB states
Alabama
34.9
16.3
9.7
21.4
6.9
6.1
4.6
29.5
14.9
8.8
21.1
6.2
9.2
10.4
Alabama
Arkansas
35.3
13.4
6.9
19.7
6.9
10.6
7.3
30.6
12.8
6.7
18.8
7.2
14.2
9.7
Arkansas
Delaware
44.1
11.4
4.3
20.2
6.5
8.3
5.2
44.2
14.2
5.8
22.2
0.6 4
11.5
1.6
Delaware
Florida
37.2
21.1
6.1
22.4
6.4
6.2
0.7
29.9
16.0
4.2
21.4
5.1
14.9
8.5
Florida
Georgia
36.0
19.6
7.0
22.0
7.9
7.5
*
29.9
20.6
8.3
20.9
9.1
8.7
2.5
Georgia
Kentucky
34.0
10.5
12.3
22.2
6.7
7.8
6.4
29.7
14.9
11.3
18.4
6.1
12.4
7.3
Kentucky
Louisiana
36.4
14.0
10.2
20.7
6.4
9.1
3.2
32.4
15.6
10.1
19.9
8.2
9.7
4.1
Louisiana
Maryland
36.9
17.9
4.5
22.1
8.1
6.6
3.9
32.3
18.3
4.6
25.8
9.2
7.3
2.5
Maryland
Mississippi
34.9
16.0
7.3
21.5
6.9
9.1
4.3
27.0
16.9
7.4
19.7
7.1
10.9
10.9
Mississippi
North Carolina
41.2
15.5
10.2
18.8
8.0
5.7
0.6
37.8
12.8
8.5
17.6
9.0
8.5
5.9
North Carolina
Oklahoma
40.7
13.0
9.3
19.4
7.0
10.0
0.5
35.9
11.2
9.0
17.1
7.0
12.2
7.6
Oklahoma
South Carolina
39.2
15.3
9.6
20.5
7.6
5.4
2.3
31.0
14.8
7.0
18.8
9.4
13.0
6.0
South Carolina
Tennessee
44.5
12.3
6.7
22.3
6.9
6.3
1.0
35.4
11.6
7.3
20.6
7.7
10.7
6.7
Tennessee
Texas
42.6
15.8
4.1
18.3
7.7
6.5
5.0
31.8
15.9
6.1
17.7
7.3
8.3
12.9
Texas
Virginia
39.7
15.4
4.6
23.2
6.5
9.1
1.5
34.0
18.7
3.5
19.2
6.4
9.6
8.7
Virginia
West Virginia
36.9
9.8
7.4
22.1
9.1
10.0
4.7
30.2
11.5
7.4
20.5
7.9
12.8
9.7
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) spending consists of current operating spending minus the spending of 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. 2 Includes academic support (such as libraries), student services (such as counseling and placement centers) and institutional support (such as the general administrative offices). 3 Changes in the accounting reporting rules for public colleges explain, in part, the increased proportion of funds in the “all other” category. 4 Beginning in 2000-01, the University of Delaware adopted accounting standards that no longer included plant operation and maintenance as a separate category. Amounts formerly reported in that category were distributed across the other categories.
June 2007