State Expenditures On Higher Education

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<p>Is there a relationship between the amount of money spent, the percent of state budget spent, and the quality of the state system?</p>

<p>Data from National Association of State Budget Officers State Expenditures Report 2010 (NASBO) tables 7 and 12. Let me know if you spot any errors.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nasbo.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=%2bPqnI4oZw2I%3d&tabid=79%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nasbo.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=%2bPqnI4oZw2I%3d&tabid=79&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>dollars spent of higher ed in millions, % of state budget, state</p>

<pre><code> NEWENGLAND
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<p>$2,787 10.80% Connecticut
283 3.5 Maine
4,536 9.3 Massachusetts
258 5.2 NewHampshire
234 3.3 RhodeIsland*
90 1.6 Vermont
MID-ATLANTIC
362 4.1 Delaware
4,678 14.7 Maryland
3,916 8.4 NewJersey
8,488 7 NewYork
2,373 3.8 Pennsylvania
GREATLAKES
2,944 6.3 Illinois
1,877 7.3 Indiana
2,243 4.9 Michigan*
3,027 5.2 Ohio
4,804 12.5 Wisconsin
PLAINS
4,467 25.6 Iowa
2,316 16.6 Kansas
3,112 10.4 Minnesota
1,299 5.6 Missouri
2,074 22.7 Nebraska
894 22.7 NorthDakota*
674 19 SouthDakota
SOUTHEAST
4,081 20.7 Alabama*
3,058 16.8 Arkansas
5,662 9.3 Florida*
5,800 14.9 Georgia
5,713 23.7 Kentucky
2,708 10.6 Louisiana
2,704 16.6 Mississippi
5,827 13.5 NorthCarolina
4,423 21 SouthCarolina*
3,721 12.8 Tennessee
6,541 16.3 Virginia
1,782 8.7 WestVirginia
SOUTHWEST
3,180 11.7 Arizona
2,719 17.5 NewMexico
3,533 16.5 Oklahoma
10,257 11.4 Texas
ROCKYMOUNTAIN
4,292 14.9 Colorado
518 8.2 Idaho
549 9.9 Montana*
1,335 11.3 Utah*
405 5.3 Wyoming
FARWEST
1,011 7.5 Alaska
14,998 7.7 California
1,308 11.1 Hawaii
871 9.6 Nevada
2,333 9.5 Oregon
4,495 13.3 Washington
161,560 10.4 TOTAL</p>

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<p>Should this be normalized to a per student or per school basis? Otherwise you can’t tell how much the budget is influenced by the size of the school system.</p>