PrincetonUniversity
A Princeton Profile 1997-98

Finances

 

Operating Budget

1996-97 $544,124,000
1997-98 $564,683,000 (projected)

The total operating budget for 1996-97 includes funding for sponsored research at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, which totals $56.6 million. PPPL operates on a federal fiscal year that ends September 30, 1997. The amount is significantly lower in recent years because of reductions in Federal Government support for the national fusion energy sciences program.

Income and Expenditures, 1996-97
(Excluding Plasma Physics Laboratory)

Income (in thousands)

Investment income ............ 30% ... $152,398
 
Student fees ................. 28% ... $138,306
 
Sponsored research ........... 17% .... $84,192
 
Auxiliary activities and 
  service income ............. 13% .... $63,312
 
Gifts ........................ 12% .... $60,936

Expenditures (in thousands)

Academic departments ......... 40% ... $197,122
 
Physical facilities .......... 23% ... $113,010
 
Administration, services, 
  and other .................. 13% .... $66,007
 
Student Aid .................. 12% .... $61,902
 
Library and Computing Services 10% .... $51,337
 
Athletics ..................... 2% ..... $9,606
 
 

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