FINANCES

Of the $49.5 billion in voluntary support received by colleges in the 2020 fiscal year, the largest portion came from foundations; at the college with the greatest gap between instruction spending and tuition revenue, tuition and fees made up more than 90 percent of all revenue; and the 20 private nonprofit universities that raised the most in private donations collected an average of more than $600 million. Learn about tuition and fees, donations and endowments, and revenue and expenditures in this year’s finances data.

Tuition and fees

• Explore The Chronicle‘s tuition and fees data.

Revenues and expenditures

• Colleges With the Greatest Gaps Between Instruction Spending and Tuition Revenue, 2018-19
• Colleges’ Revenue and Expenditures, FY 2019

Endowments and donations

• Estimated Voluntary Support of Higher Education, by Source and Purpose, FY 2020
• Colleges That Raised the Most in Private Donations, FY 2020