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Table 316. Percent of undergraduates receiving financial aid, by type and source of aid and selected student characteristics: 1999-2000

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                           | Enrollment  |                                |                                |                                |Work      |
                           |  of under-  |        Any aid                 |        Grants                  |         Loans                  |Study     |      Other
     Selected student      |graduates,\1\|________________________________|________________________________|________________________________|__________|________________________________
      characteristics      |in thousands |  Total\2\| Federal  |Nonfederal|Total     |Federal   |Nonfederal|Total     |Federal   |Nonfederal|Total\3\  |Total     |Federal   |Nonfederal
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             1             |           2 |   3      |   4      |   5      |   6      |   7      |   8      |   9      |  10      |  11      |  12      |  13      |  14      |  15
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                           |             |                         Percent of all undergraduates receiving aid
                           |             |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   All undergraduates .....|      16,539 |55.3 (0.6)|40.5 (0.6)|36.8 (0.6)|44.4 (0.6)|23.1 (0.5)|34.0 (0.6)|28.8 (0.5)|27.9 (0.5)| 3.9 (0.1)| 5.4 (0.2)| 6.9 (0.3)| 2.9 (0.1)| 1.6 (0.2)
                           |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Sex                        |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Men .....................|       7,231 |52.5 (0.7)|37.7 (0.7)|34.7 (0.7)|40.3 (0.7)|19.4 (0.5)|31.7 (0.7)|27.3 (0.6)|26.4 (0.6)| 4.0 (0.2)| 4.7 (0.2)| 8.8 (0.3)| 3.1 (0.1)| 1.7 (0.2)
  Women ...................|       9,308 |57.5 (0.7)|42.7 (0.7)|38.3 (0.7)|47.5 (0.6)|26.0 (0.6)|35.8 (0.7)|30.0 (0.6)|29.1 (0.6)| 3.8 (0.2)| 6.0 (0.2)| 5.5 (0.3)| 2.7 (0.1)| 1.6 (0.2)
                           |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Race/ethnicity\4\          |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  White, non-Hispanic .....|      11,074 |53.3 (0.6)|37.5 (0.6)|36.7 (0.6)|41.4 (0.6)|17.7 (0.4)|34.0 (0.6)|29.1 (0.6)|28.2 (0.6)| 4.2 (0.2)| 5.5 (0.2)| 7.1 (0.3)| 3.2 (0.1)| 1.5 (0.1)
  Black, non-Hispanic .....|       2,051 |69.5 (1.4)|55.3 (1.5)|39.9 (2.0)|58.3 (1.5)|40.1 (1.2)|36.9 (2.1)|35.9 (1.9)|35.2 (1.8)| 3.3 (0.3)| 5.9 (0.5)| 7.9 (0.7)| 2.6 (0.3)| 2.1 (0.5)
  Hispanic ................|       1,984 |58.3 (1.6)|46.4 (1.7)|36.5 (1.3)|50.3 (1.6)|35.1 (1.7)|33.3 (1.3)|24.4 (1.2)|23.3 (1.2)| 3.5 (0.4)| 5.3 (0.5)| 6.2 (0.7)| 2.0 (0.2)| 1.8 (0.6)
  Asian American/          |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
    Pacific Islander ......|       1,050 |44.3 (1.7)|33.5 (1.4)|32.1 (1.4)|37.4 (1.5)|22.4 (1.2)|30.2 (1.3)|22.4 (1.3)|21.8 (1.3)| 2.5 (0.3)| 5.3 (0.6)| 4.6 (0.5)| 1.8 (0.3)| 1.5 (0.3)
  American Indian/         |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
    Alaska Native .........|         170 |56.5 (3.5)|44.0 (3.6)|36.9 (2.7)|50.0 (3.5)|33.7 (3.6)|33.9 (2.8)|23.3 (2.6)|22.5 (2.5)| 2.4 (0.8)| 3.0 (0.7)| 8.7 (1.9)| 1.2 (0.5)| 3.7 (1.4)
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Age                        |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  23 years old or younger .|       9,462 |58.9 (0.6)|44.7 (0.6)|40.6 (0.6)|47.1 (0.6)|22.9 (0.5)|37.8 (0.6)|33.8 (0.5)|32.8 (0.5)| 5.2 (0.2)| 8.1 (0.3)| 7.3 (0.2)| 5.0 (0.2)| 1.2 (0.1)
  24 to 29 years old ......|       2,806 |55.7 (1.1)|44.7 (1.0)|31.2 (1.0)|44.3 (1.0)|30.4 (0.9)|28.5 (1.0)|30.1 (0.9)|29.3 (0.9)| 2.6 (0.2)| 2.6 (0.2)| 7.2 (0.5)|   #    # | 1.6 (0.2)
  30 years old or over ....|       4,271 |47.1 (1.0)|28.6 (0.8)|31.9 (1.1)|38.4 (0.9)|18.8 (0.6)|29.1 (1.0)|16.9 (0.6)|16.2 (0.6)| 1.7 (0.1)| 1.4 (0.2)| 5.9 (0.6)|   #    # | 2.6 (0.5)
                           |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Marital status             |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Married .................|       3,578 |48.1 (1.0)|30.0 (0.8)|31.0 (0.9)|38.1 (0.9)|18.5 (0.6)|28.4 (0.9)|18.1 (0.7)|17.4 (0.6)| 1.9 (0.2)| 1.3 (0.2)| 6.5 (0.5)|   #    # | 2.1 (0.4)
  Not married\5\ ..........|      12,715 |56.9 (0.6)|42.9 (0.6)|38.3 (0.6)|45.6 (0.6)|23.7 (0.5)|35.5 (0.6)|31.6 (0.5)|30.7 (0.5)| 4.4 (0.2)| 6.6 (0.2)| 7.0 (0.3)| 3.8 (0.1)| 1.5 (0.2)
  Separated ...............|         247 |77.1 (2.4)|69.6 (2.7)|39.2 (2.6)|69.4 (2.5)|59.6 (2.8)|35.3 (2.7)|39.0 (2.4)|37.9 (2.3)| 3.5 (0.8)| 4.2 (0.9)| 6.6 (1.3)|   #    # | 2.6 (0.7)
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Attendance status          |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Full-time, full-year ....|       6,364 |72.5 (0.5)|57.7 (0.6)|51.8 (0.7)|58.6 (0.6)|30.3 (0.6)|48.3 (0.7)|45.4 (0.6)|44.3 (0.6)| 6.8 (0.3)|11.2 (0.4)| 9.6 (0.3)| 5.6 (0.2)| 1.9 (0.2)
  Part-time and part-year .|      10,176 |44.6 (0.8)|29.8 (0.7)|27.4 (0.8)|35.4 (0.7)|18.6 (0.5)|25.0 (0.7)|18.4 (0.6)|17.7 (0.6)| 2.0 (0.1)| 1.9 (0.1)| 5.2 (0.4)| 1.2 (0.1)| 1.5 (0.3)
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Dependency status and      |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
 family income             |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Dependent ...............|       8,126 |58.9 (0.6)|44.2 (0.6)|41.8 (0.6)|46.1 (0.6)|20.1 (0.5)|38.9 (0.6)|34.9 (0.6)|33.8 (0.6)| 5.6 (0.2)| 8.9 (0.3)| 7.8 (0.3)| 5.8 (0.2)| 1.1 (0.1)
    Less than $20,000 .....|       1,079 |77.4 (1.1)|70.3 (1.3)|50.2 (1.4)|75.0 (1.2)|65.9 (1.3)|47.8 (1.5)|35.8 (1.3)|35.2 (1.3)| 4.6 (0.4)|12.2 (0.8)| 5.1 (0.5)| 2.8 (0.3)| 1.3 (0.3)
    $20,000-$39,999 .......|       1,686 |67.6 (0.9)|56.8 (1.1)|49.3 (1.1)|61.1 (1.0)|43.6 (1.1)|47.0 (1.1)|38.8 (1.1)|37.9 (1.1)| 5.5 (0.4)|11.9 (0.6)| 6.6 (0.5)| 4.4 (0.3)| 1.3 (0.2)
    $40,000-$59,999 .......|       1,755 |57.5 (1.0)|41.5 (1.0)|43.0 (1.0)|42.7 (1.0)| 8.8 (0.5)|40.2 (1.0)|38.1 (1.0)|36.9 (1.0)| 5.8 (0.4)| 9.9 (0.6)| 8.3 (0.5)| 6.0 (0.4)| 1.3 (0.2)
    $60,000-$79,999 .......|       1,394 |53.8 (1.2)|37.2 (1.0)|37.6 (1.1)|34.7 (1.1)| 1.4 (0.2)|34.4 (1.1)|36.6 (1.0)|35.4 (1.0)| 6.7 (0.5)| 8.0 (0.6)| 9.4 (0.5)| 8.2 (0.5)| 0.9 (0.2)
    $80,000-$99,999 .......|         901 |52.3 (1.4)|33.1 (1.2)|36.8 (1.3)|33.2 (1.2)| 0.5 (0.2)|33.0 (1.2)|32.6 (1.2)|31.1 (1.2)| 6.4 (0.6)| 5.5 (0.5)| 8.8 (0.6)| 7.1 (0.5)| 0.8 (0.2)
    $100,000 or more ......|       1,312 |44.4 (1.0)|25.3 (0.8)|31.7 (0.9)|28.7 (0.9)| 0.4 (0.1)|28.7 (0.9)|24.4 (0.8)|23.3 (0.8)| 4.4 (0.3)| 4.2 (0.4)| 8.3 (0.5)| 6.5 (0.4)| 0.9 (0.2)
  Independent .............|       8,414 |51.9 (0.8)|51.9 (0.8)|31.9 (0.9)|42.7 (0.8)|26.0 (0.6)|29.2 (0.8)|23.0 (0.7)|22.3 (0.6)| 2.2 (0.1)| 2.1 (0.1)| 6.1 (0.4)| 0.1 (0.0)| 2.1 (0.3)
    Less than $9,999 ......|       1,668 |74.0 (0.9)|66.4 (1.1)|41.5 (1.3)|69.4 (1.0)|61.5 (1.1)|38.1 (1.3)|39.7 (1.2)|39.0 (1.2)| 3.1 (0.3)| 6.1 (0.4)| 6.6 (0.5)| 0.3 (0.1)| 3.1 (0.4)
    $10,000-$19,999 .......|       1,610 |63.5 (1.4)|53.5 (1.4)|35.3 (1.3)|52.6 (1.3)|38.6 (1.2)|32.3 (1.3)|33.2 (1.2)|32.6 (1.2)| 2.9 (0.3)| 2.5 (0.3)| 6.9 (0.5)| 0.1    # | 2.5 (0.3)
    $20,000-$29,999 .......|       1,343 |51.9 (1.4)|38.0 (1.2)|30.4 (1.5)|41.1 (1.3)|24.8 (1.0)|27.9 (1.5)|22.1 (1.0)|21.4 (1.0)| 2.1 (0.3)| 1.3 (0.3)| 6.8 (0.7)|   #    # | 1.8 (0.3)
    $30,000-$49,999 .......|       1,773 |41.6 (1.2)|23.6 (1.0)|27.8 (1.1)|31.1 (1.1)|11.6 (0.6)|25.1 (1.1)|15.2 (0.8)|14.6 (0.8)| 1.8 (0.2)| 0.8 (0.3)| 6.6 (0.7)|   #    # | 2.0 (0.5)
    $50,000 or more .......|       2,020 |33.4 (1.2)|10.4 (0.5)|25.8 (1.1)|23.9 (1.0)| 0.2 (0.1)|23.9 (1.0)| 8.4 (0.5)| 7.7 (0.4)| 1.3 (0.2)| 0.1 (0.1)| 4.2 (0.6)|   #    # | 1.4 (0.5)
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Housing status             |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  School-owned ............|       2,600 |73.1 (0.8)|57.0 (0.8)|57.2 (1.0)|60.4 (0.9)|22.9 (0.8)|53.8 (1.0)|52.1 (0.8)|50.8 (0.8)| 9.0 (0.4)|18.0 (0.7)|12.5 (0.5)|10.0 (0.4)| 1.4 (0.2)
  Off-campus, not with     |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
    parents ...............|       9,932 |52.9 (0.7)|37.8 (0.6)|33.4 (0.8)|41.9 (0.7)|23.2 (0.5)|30.6 (0.7)|25.7 (0.6)|24.9 (0.6)| 3.0 (0.2)| 3.0 (0.1)| 6.3 (0.3)| 1.2 (0.1)| 1.9 (0.3)
  With parents ............|       4,007 |49.9 (0.9)|36.7 (1.0)|31.8 (0.8)|40.2 (0.9)|23.0 (0.9)|29.5 (0.8)|21.4 (0.7)|20.6 (0.7)| 2.7 (0.2)| 3.3 (0.3)| 4.8 (0.3)| 2.4 (0.2)| 1.2 (0.2)
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#Rounds to 0.0. \1\Numbers of undergraduates may not equal figures reported in other tables, since these data are based on a sample survey. Includes all postsecondary institutions.
\2\Includes students who reported they were awarded aid, but did not specify the source or type of aid.
\3\Details on federal and nonfederal work study participants are not available.
\4\Excludes persons not reported by race/ethnicity.
\5\Includes students who were single, divorced, or widowed.

NOTE: Rows may not sum to totals due to rounding and/or the fact that some students receive aid from multiple sources. Data include undergraduates in degree-granting and nondegree-granting institutions. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, 1999-2000. (This table was prepared May 2002.)


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