In the academic year of 2020/21, private for-profit universities and colleges in the United States generated around 14.5 billion U.S. dollars in total revenue. This is an increase from the previous year when they made around 14 billion U.S. dollars.
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NCES. (December 1, 2022). Overall revenue of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in selected years from 2000 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320932/total-revenue-for-profit-degree-granting-universities-us/
NCES. "Overall revenue of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in selected years from 2000 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)*." Chart. December 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320932/total-revenue-for-profit-degree-granting-universities-us/
NCES. (2022). Overall revenue of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in selected years from 2000 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320932/total-revenue-for-profit-degree-granting-universities-us/
NCES. "Overall Revenue of Private For-profit Degree-granting Postsecondary Institutions in The United States in Selected Years from 2000 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320932/total-revenue-for-profit-degree-granting-universities-us/
NCES, Overall revenue of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in selected years from 2000 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320932/total-revenue-for-profit-degree-granting-universities-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Overall revenue of private for-profit degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States in selected years from 2000 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)* [Graph], NCES, December 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320932/total-revenue-for-profit-degree-granting-universities-us/