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Metropolitan Community College Area's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended August 31, 2023), Metropolitan Community College Area took in $161 million and spent $168 million.

Latest recorded year: ended August 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

School district taxes57%State tax money22%Fees for services (college tuition, university housing and dining)11%Federal tax money4.8%Fines and other4.6%

What stands out

57%

of Metropolitan Community College Area's money comes from property tax.A typical community or technical college district gets 15%.

School district taxes57%

Property tax
57%$92.6 million

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$17.4 million
What's in fees for servicesCollege tuition and university housing and dining
  • College tuition$16.3 million
  • University housing and dining$1.1 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.8%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
4.8%$7.7 million

State tax money22%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
22%$36.1 million

Fines and other4.6%

Interest, rents and other
4.6%$7.5 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges100%Interest on debt0.4%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
100%$168 million
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; scholarships and other education subsidies and 1 more
  • Colleges and universities$157 million
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$10.0 million
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$496 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$722 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Metropolitan Community College Area. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended August 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Metropolitan Community College Area itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.