Tuition Bears Increasing Brunt of Higher Ed. Revenue

In 2011, Tuition and Fees represented 20.6% of public institutional revenue. In 2015, it has increased to 24.25%. Most of the reshuffling of revenue has come from federal operating grants and contracts as noted by the graphs below. Interestingly, state appropriations have remained relatively constant. Similarly, non-profit institutions have seen tuition as a percent of revenue increase from from just over 29% in 2011 to 34% in 2015. The Finance Interactive provided the glimpse of these revenue sources.

 

2015 Institutional Revenues

 

 2011 Institutional Revenues

 

 

 

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