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Table 330. Scholarship and fellowship awards of degree-granting institutions, by type of funds and control of institution: Selected years, 1959-60 to 2000-01 [In thousands]

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           | Total scholarship and fellowship  |Scholarship and fellowship awards  |Scholarship and fellowship awards
           |               awards\1\           |    from unrestricted funds\1\     |    from restricted funds\1\
   Year    |___________________________________|___________________________________|___________________________________
           |All insti- |           |           |All insti- |           |           |All insti- |           |
           |  tutions  |  Public   |  Private  |  tutions  |  Public   |  Private  |  tutions  |  Public   |  Private
___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
     1     |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |    10
___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
Higher edu-|           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
cation inst|           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
itutions\2\|           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1959-60 ...|   $172,051|    $59,673|   $112,377|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
1961-62 ...|    228,765|     78,255|    150,510|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
1963-64 ...|    300,370|    107,767|    192,603|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
1965-66 ...|    425,524|    153,256|    272,269|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
1966-67 ...|    583,390|    248,077|    335,311|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1967-68 ...|    712,425|    326,915|    385,510|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
1968-69 ...|    814,755|    367,433|    447,322|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
1969-70 ...|    984,594|    456,977|    527,617|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
1970-71 ...|  1,098,198|    528,243|    569,955|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
1971-72 ...|  1,241,372|    621,387|    619,986|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1972-73 ...|  1,322,411|    656,054|    666,357|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
1973-74 ...|  1,396,488|    705,691|    690,797|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
1974-75 ...|  1,449,542|    718,780|    730,762|   $631,801|   $267,191|   $364,610|   $817,741|   $451,589|   $366,152
1975-76 ...|  1,635,859|    798,515|    837,343|    686,604|    276,334|    410,269|    949,255|    522,181|    427,074
1976-77 ...|  1,770,215|    859,011|    911,204|    748,763|    291,073|    457,690|  1,021,451|    567,938|    453,514
           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1977-78 ...|  1,839,298|    840,666|    998,632|    818,101|    305,563|    512,537|  1,021,197|    535,102|    486,095
1978-79 ...|  1,944,599|    861,578|  1,083,021|    883,213|    326,201|    557,012|  1,061,386|    535,377|    526,009
1979-80 ...|  2,200,468|    970,363|  1,230,106|    904,876|    324,224|    580,652|  1,295,592|    646,138|    649,454
1980-81 ...|  2,504,525|  1,064,864|  1,439,661|  1,080,614|    367,476|    713,138|  1,423,911|    697,388|    726,523
1981-82 ...|  2,684,945|  1,088,717|  1,596,228|  1,236,081|    374,632|    861,449|  1,448,864|    714,085|    734,779
           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1982-83 ...|  2,922,897|  1,188,383|  1,734,514|  1,478,762|    460,291|  1,018,470|  1,444,136|    728,092|    716,044
1983-84 ...|  3,301,673|  1,276,644|  2,025,028|  1,738,188|    518,626|  1,219,562|  1,563,485|    758,018|    805,466
1984-85 ...|  3,670,355|  1,374,803|  2,295,551|  1,961,597|    569,058|  1,392,539|  1,708,758|    805,745|    903,012
1985-86 ...|  4,160,174|  1,575,909|  2,584,266|  2,285,116|    696,973|  1,588,143|  1,875,059|    878,935|    996,123
1986-87 ...|  4,776,100|  1,751,671|  3,024,430|  2,644,615|    750,931|  1,893,684|  2,131,486|  1,000,740|  1,130,746
           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1987-88 ...|  5,325,358|  1,941,389|  3,383,968|  2,941,143|    830,195|  2,110,948|  2,384,215|  1,111,194|  1,273,021
1988-89 ...|  5,918,666|  2,150,350|  3,768,316|  3,282,698|    944,001|  2,338,697|  2,635,969|  1,206,349|  1,429,619
1989-90 ...|  6,655,544|  2,386,493|  4,269,051|  3,853,904|  1,099,425|  2,754,479|  2,801,640|  1,287,068|  1,514,572
1990-91 ...|  7,551,184|  2,688,532|  4,862,651|  4,445,106|  1,270,158|  3,174,947|  3,106,078|  1,418,374|  1,687,704
1991-92 ...|  9,060,000|  3,255,660|  5,804,340|  5,205,797|  1,523,721|  3,682,076|  3,854,203|  1,731,939|  2,122,264
           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1992-93 ...| 10,148,373|  3,727,838|  6,420,536|  5,949,037|  1,745,339|  4,203,697|  4,199,337|  1,982,498|  2,216,838
1993-94 ...| 11,238,010|  4,222,923|  7,015,087|  6,644,717|  1,934,617|  4,710,100|  4,593,293|  2,288,306|  2,304,987
1994-95 ...| 12,285,328|  4,662,023|  7,623,304|  7,329,384|  2,149,036|  5,180,348|  4,955,944|  2,512,988|  2,442,957
1995-96 ...| 13,138,965|  5,085,519|  8,053,446|  8,206,014|  2,456,142|  5,749,873|  4,932,951|  2,629,377|  2,303,573
           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Degree-  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
granting in|           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
itutions\3\|           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1995-96 ...| 13,195,102|  5,084,653|  8,110,450|  8,213,049|  2,457,139|  5,755,910|  4,982,054|  2,627,514|  2,354,540
1996-97 ...|       --- |  5,554,360|       --- |       --- |  2,734,268|       --- |       --- |  2,820,091|       ---
1997-98 ...|       --- |  5,947,587|       --- |       --- |  2,944,138|       --- |       --- |  3,003,449|       ---
1998-99 ...|       --- |  6,417,812|       --- |       --- |  3,168,528|       --- |       --- |  3,249,284|       ---
1999-2000 .|       --- |  6,785,423|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
2000-01 ...|       --- |  7,766,208|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       ---
___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________

---Not available.
\1\Includes Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and State Student Incentive Grants, but excludes Pell Grants.
\2\Institutions that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education.
\3\Four-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

NOTE: Scholarships and fellowships from restricted funds are limited by donors or other external agencies to specific purposes, programs, departments, or schools. Scholarship and fellowship funds subject to these externally imposed restrictions are tabulated separately (through 1998-99) from the scholarships and fellowships from unrestricted funds, which are only subject to internal designations imposed by the governing board. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1959-60 through 1963-64; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Financial Statistics of Institutions of Higher Education" surveys, 1965-66 through 1985-86; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Finance" surveys, 1986-87 through 1999-2000, and Spring 2002 survey. (This table was prepared October 2003.)


2003 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest