This publication provides national totals of financial data acquired from institutions of higher education in a questionnaire distributed in 1973 as a component of the eighth annual Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS). Seeking data for 1972-73, the questionnaire acquired information on current funds revenues and expenditures, physical plant assets, physical plant indebtedness, and the value and earnings of endowments. This publication is limited to summary data on property, comprising physical plant assets, indebtedness of physical plant, and endowment. A companion publication, "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education: Property, 1972-73, State Data" (available only from the Government Printing Office of the National Center for Education Statistics), contains details for each region, state, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas of the United States. (Author)