KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY

Management's Discussion and Analysis, continued

June 30, 2014

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses totaled $73.7 million, an increase of $2.5 million over last year. Of this amount, $42.6 million (57.8%) was expended directly for the primary mission of the University – instruction (17.3%), research (7.5%), student services (9.9%), student aid (12.5%), and public service (10.6%). Instruction is the main component of Primary Mission expenses amounting to $12.8 million in fiscal year 2014 or 17.3%. Refer to Figure 2 for the operating expenses categorized into the Primary Mission of the University.

(Percentages below do not include depreciation or operations/maintenance allocations.)

Figure 2