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Revenue of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in 2015/16

Revenue of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in 2015/16, by source (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data displays the different sources and amounts of revenue earned by public degree-granting institutions in the U.S. in the 2015/16 academic year. In that year, public universities and colleges in the U.S. received a total of approx. 76.6 billion USD of revenue through tuition and fees charged to students.

Tuition and fees	76.59
Federal Grants and contracts	27.68
State Grants and contracts	7.79
Local and private Grants and contracts	12.98
Sales and services of auxiliary enter- prises	27.58
Sales and services of hospitals	45.96
Independent operations	1.54
Other operating revenues	20.86
Federal Appropriations	1.67
State Appropriations	67.2
Local Appropriations	12.21
Federal Nonoperating grants	20.49
State Nonoperating grants	4.86
Local Nonoperating grants	0.38
Gifts	8.49
Investment return (gain or loss)	3.94
Other nonoperating revenues	5.47
Capital appropriations	6.46
Capital grants and gifts	3.76
Additions to permanent endowments	1.12
Other revenues and additions	7.36

Revenue of public degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in 2015/16

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