M.I.T. Numbers

Comparative Library Expenditures for Like-Sized Institutions
FY 1998-1999

Full-time Students:
Total
Full-time Students:
Graduate
Total Library Expenditures
Expenditures for Serials
Total Expenditures
per Student

Stanford

11,745
5,337
$52,772,788
$7,515,033
$4493.21

Yale

10,832
5,451
42,791,000
6,289,000
3950.42

Emory

9,883
3,792
23,209,335
5,053,972
2348.41

WUSTL

9,842
4,393
22,250,970
4,435,653
2260.82

Chicago

10,024
6,229
21,967,696
5,402,537
2191.51

Duke

11,137
4,833
23,807,735
5,929,558
2137.72

Vanderbilt

9,566
3,834
17,427,569
4,577,145
1821.82

Georgetown

11,077
5,056
17,610,000
4,600,075
1589.78

Northwestern

13,861
5,965
20,271,953
4,310,569
1462.52

MIT

9,642
5,538
13,718,367
3,907,607
1422.77

Miami (FL)

11,956
4,130
12,833,500
4,644,507
1073.39

Source: Association of Research Libraries