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Table 316. Percentage of undergraduates receiving aid, by type and source of aid and selected student characteristics: 2003-04
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                          |   Enrollment|                                 |                                 |                                 |   Work   |
                          |    of under-|              Any aid            |               Grants            |               Loans             |   study  |              Other
Selected student          | graduates\1\|_________________________________|_________________________________|_________________________________|__________|________________________________
characteristic            | in thousands|  Total\2\|   Federal|Non-federal|     Total|   Federal|Non-federal|     Total|Federal\3\|Non-federal|  Total\4\|    Total|   Federal|Non-federal
__________________________|_____________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|_________|__________|___________
1                         |            2|         3|         4|          5|         6|         7|          8|         9|        10|         11|        12|       13|        14|         15
__________________________|_____________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|_________|__________|___________
   All undergraduates ....|19,054  (0.0)|63.2(0.36)|48.0(0.28)|40.9 (0.48)|50.7(0.41)|27.6(0.17)|36.8 (0.46)|35.2(0.23)|34.0(0.22)| 5.9 (0.19)| 7.5(0.22)|3.6(0.16)| 2.9(0.13)| 0.8 (0.09)
                          |_____________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|_________|__________|___________
Sex                       |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
  Male ...................| 8,073 (73.8)|60.6(0.54)|44.8(0.50)|40.1 (0.58)|46.5(0.55)|22.8(0.36)|35.6 (0.57)|33.7(0.45)|32.3(0.43)| 6.3 (0.29)| 7.4(0.24)|5.3(0.22)| 4.7(0.21)| 0.7 (0.09)
  Female .................|10,980 (73.8)|65.2(0.41)|50.4(0.36)|41.4 (0.54)|53.7(0.47)|31.1(0.28)|37.7 (0.51)|36.4(0.34)|35.2(0.34)| 5.6 (0.17)| 7.6(0.25)|2.3(0.17)| 1.5(0.11)| 0.8 (0.11)
                          |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
Race/ethnicity\5\         |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
  White, non-Hispanic ....|12,025(144.6)|61.5(0.56)|44.4(0.53)|41.7 (0.54)|47.8(0.58)|21.3(0.39)|37.7 (0.54)|35.5(0.48)|34.2(0.48)| 6.2 (0.22)| 7.3(0.27)|3.5(0.18)| 2.6(0.14)| 0.9 (0.13)
  Black, non-Hispanic ....| 2,666(117.6)|75.8(0.88)|64.6(1.11)|41.6 (1.07)|64.3(0.98)|47.7(1.03)|37.2 (1.01)|43.2(1.63)|42.0(1.65)| 5.1 (0.46)| 8.5(0.45)|5.1(0.38)| 4.4(0.34)| 0.8 (0.15)
  Hispanic ...............| 2,426 (81.3)|63.2(0.82)|51.9(0.87)|37.4 (1.02)|53.4(0.84)|37.7(0.80)|33.3 (1.04)|29.9(0.96)|28.7(0.95)| 5.4 (0.42)| 6.8(0.52)|3.1(0.19)| 2.5(0.17)| 0.5 (0.09)
  Asian Pacific Islander .| 1,127 (41.7)|51.5(1.51)|38.1(1.18)|37.0 (1.35)|41.2(1.38)|22.7(0.87)|33.7 (1.26)|25.3(0.97)|23.6(0.87)| 5.3 (0.57)| 9.1(0.55)|2.1(0.32)| 1.8(0.32)| 0.3 (0.07)
  American Indian/        |             |          |                      |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
     Alaska Native .......|   176 (20.5)|67.4(3.84)|50.4(3.94)|46.1 (3.35)|59.1(3.69)|35.8(3.44)|41.8 (3.41)|32.5(2.99)|31.4(2.98)| 5.0 (1.08)| 5.1(1.27)|3.3(0.98)| 2.4(0.77)| 1.0 (0.41)
                          |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
Age                       |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
  Younger than 24 ........|10,820 (98.6)|64.2(0.49)|49.4(0.42)|44.7 (0.54)|51.4(0.47)|25.7(0.24)|40.5 (0.51)|37.9(0.42)|36.3(0.42)| 7.5 (0.24)|10.6(0.31)|2.0(0.10)| 1.6(0.08)| 0.4 (0.05)
  24 to 29 years old .....| 3,299 (53.0)|66.8(0.74)|55.0(0.76)|35.2 (0.72)|52.7(0.72)|36.9(0.55)|30.7 (0.64)|39.5(0.66)|38.3(0.68)| 5.0 (0.34)| 4.1(0.23)|5.7(0.42)| 5.1(0.41)| 0.6 (0.07)
  30 years old or over ...| 4,935 (79.6)|58.8(0.78)|40.3(0.72)|36.2 (0.75)|47.6(0.75)|25.4(0.49)|32.7 (0.79)|26.7(0.60)|25.8(0.60)| 3.0 (0.19)| 3.0(0.18)|5.7(0.35)| 4.0(0.28)| 1.7 (0.24)
                          |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
Marital status            |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
  Not married\6\ .........|14,613 (78.1)|64.4(0.44)|50.2(0.32)|42.5 (0.51)|52.0(0.47)|28.6(0.19)|38.3 (0.50)|37.6(0.30)|36.3(0.30)| 6.7 (0.21)| 8.9(0.26)|2.8(0.13)| 2.2(0.11)| 0.6 (0.06)
  Married ................| 4,056 (76.4)|57.5(0.78)|38.1(0.84)|35.2 (0.76)|44.2(0.76)|21.1(0.66)|31.6 (0.70)|26.0(0.64)|25.1(0.65)| 3.1 (0.22)| 2.9(0.18)|6.3(0.41)| 5.1(0.35)| 1.3 (0.22)
  Separated ..............|   385 (14.3)|78.5(1.96)|67.7(2.43)|37.9 (1.98)|69.8(2.10)|58.1(2.22)|33.1 (1.94)|41.8(2.32)|40.4(2.39)| 4.5 (0.75)| 4.0(0.52)|5.4(0.73)| 4.2(0.66)| 1.2 (0.35)
                          |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
Attendance status         |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
  Full-time, full-year ...| 7,824 (93.5)|76.1(0.40)|61.7(0.42)|54.3 (0.52)|62.2(0.48)|33.2(0.32)|49.3 (0.51)|49.9(0.44)|48.5(0.43)| 9.0 (0.31)|13.5(0.41)|3.2(0.17)| 2.4(0.12)| 0.8 (0.09)
  Part-time or part-year .|11,230 (93.5)|54.3(0.56)|38.5(0.44)|31.5 (0.59)|42.7(0.57)|23.6(0.35)|28.1 (0.57)|25.0(0.30)|23.8(0.30)| 3.7 (0.16)| 3.4(0.14)|3.9(0.20)| 3.2(0.19)| 0.8 (0.10)
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Dependency status and     |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
   family income          |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
  Dependent ..............| 9,476(106.4)|63.8(0.53)|48.5(0.44)|45.9 (0.58)|50.4(0.51)|22.8(0.25)|41.7 (0.56)|38.6(0.46)|37.0(0.46)| 7.9 (0.26)|11.2(0.32)|1.6(0.10)| 1.3(0.08)| 0.3 (0.04)
    Less than $20,000 ....| 1,241 (29.1)|62.7(0.49)|47.5(0.49)|35.9 (0.57)|51.0(0.50)|32.3(0.33)|31.9 (0.56)|32.0(0.43)|31.0(0.43)| 3.9 (0.19)| 4.0(0.15)|5.6(0.27)| 4.4(0.24)| 1.2 (0.15)
    $20,000-$39,999 ......| 1,827 (27.3)|77.8(0.87)|67.2(0.95)|50.9 (1.13)|75.3(0.96)|63.7(0.96)|48.0 (1.12)|36.2(1.01)|34.9(1.07)| 5.6 (0.46)|14.2(0.77)|1.6(0.25)| 1.3(0.23)| 0.3 (0.06)
    $40,000-$59,999 ......| 1,710 (27.5)|76.2(0.78)|65.2(0.73)|54.0 (0.92)|69.6(0.83)|53.6(0.81)|49.9 (0.86)|43.1(0.70)|41.8(0.73)| 7.7 (0.45)|15.0(0.61)|1.7(0.18)| 1.4(0.17)| 0.4 (0.06)
    $60,000-$79,999 ......| 1,596 (32.7)|63.2(0.83)|48.0(0.79)|46.8 (0.83)|48.4(0.77)|18.0(0.51)|42.6 (0.81)|41.4(0.82)|39.9(0.79)| 8.8 (0.36)|12.1(0.54)|1.8(0.23)| 1.4(0.20)| 0.4 (0.11)
    $80,000-$99,999 ......| 1,124 (27.5)|58.7(1.09)|40.9(1.00)|44.3 (0.94)|40.6(0.90)| 3.3(0.25)|39.7 (0.91)|39.6(0.98)|37.7(0.97)| 8.9 (0.42)|10.2(0.47)|1.6(0.15)| 1.1(0.13)| 0.5 (0.10)
    $100,000 or more .....| 1,978 (43.6)|60.5(1.30)|41.6(1.05)|44.3 (1.24)|39.9(1.24)| 0.9(0.15)|39.6 (1.25)|41.1(1.08)|39.0(1.03)| 9.9 (0.48)| 9.6(0.64)|1.5(0.32)| 1.3(0.31)| 0.1 (0.05)
  Independent ............| 9,578(106.4)|62.7(0.49)|47.5(0.49)|35.9 (0.57)|51.0(0.50)|32.3(0.33)|31.9 (0.56)|32.0(0.43)|31.0(0.43)| 3.9 (0.19)| 4.0(0.15)|5.6(0.27)| 4.4(0.24)| 1.2 (0.15)
    Less than $9,999 .....| 2,157 (36.5)|70.5(0.79)|61.6(0.85)|38.5 (0.86)|65.7(0.76)|56.2(0.77)|34.0 (0.84)|37.8(0.85)|36.6(0.86)| 4.7 (0.39)| 8.0(0.46)|4.2(0.36)| 3.0(0.31)| 1.3 (0.17)
    $10,000-$19,999 ......| 1,745 (43.2)|73.3(0.86)|62.7(0.84)|38.6 (0.92)|63.4(1.05)|49.3(0.84)|33.9 (0.89)|40.7(0.97)|39.5(0.99)| 4.9 (0.34)| 5.2(0.34)|5.9(0.39)| 4.6(0.37)| 1.3 (0.21)
    $20,000-$29,999 ......| 1,512 (35.6)|68.4(1.05)|55.9(1.18)|35.0 (0.94)|53.8(0.96)|37.2(0.89)|30.5 (0.91)|38.1(1.09)|37.2(1.09)| 3.8 (0.35)| 3.2(0.28)|6.1(0.47)| 4.4(0.33)| 1.7 (0.30)
    $30,000-$49,999 ......| 1,809 (44.1)|60.6(0.89)|42.3(0.95)|36.1 (0.83)|46.3(0.77)|23.2(0.82)|32.4 (0.82)|29.6(0.84)|28.7(0.83)| 3.8 (0.31)| 2.6(0.27)|6.4(0.47)| 5.5(0.42)| 1.0 (0.17)
    $50,000 or more ......| 2,356 (50.8)|45.6(0.97)|22.0(0.74)|31.9 (0.92)|30.1(0.97)| 1.8(0.18)|29.2 (0.95)|18.1(0.64)|17.2(0.61)| 2.5 (0.22)| 0.9(0.14)|5.7(0.50)| 4.9(0.49)| 0.9 (0.16)
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Housing status            |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
  School-owned ...........| 2,632 (69.3)|79.2(0.60)|62.3(0.78)|64.9 (0.77)|66.3(0.70)|25.7(0.59)|60.3 (0.79)|57.2(0.82)|55.5(0.83)|12.9 (0.66)|22.6(0.72)|1.8(0.16)| 1.3(0.14)| 0.4 (0.09)
  Off-campus, not with    |             |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |         |          |
     parents .............|10,524 (89.4)|62.9(0.50)|47.4(0.47)|37.9 (0.58)|49.9(0.56)|28.8(0.36)|33.7 (0.55)|33.7(0.40)|32.5(0.39)| 4.8 (0.20)| 5.1(0.19)|4.6(0.22)| 3.7(0.19)| 1.0 (0.13)
  With parents ...........| 5,899 (77.7)|56.7(0.69)|42.7(0.54)|35.5 (0.66)|45.1(0.65)|26.2(0.41)|31.8 (0.63)|28.2(0.55)|26.9(0.53)| 4.7 (0.19)| 5.2(0.23)|2.6(0.16)| 2.1(0.14)| 0.5 (0.07)
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\1\Numbers of undergraduates may not equal figures reported in other tables, since these data are based on a sample survey of students who enrolled at any time during the school year. Includes all postsecondary institutions.
\2\Includes students who reported they were awarded aid, but did not specify the source or type of aid.
\3\Includes Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS)
\4\Details on federal and nonfederal work study participants are not available.
\5\Excludes persons not reported by race/ethnicity.
\6\Includes students who were single, divorced, or widowed.
NOTE: Rows may not sum to totals because of rounding and/or the fact that some students receive aid from multiple sources. Data include undergraduates in degree-granting and nondegree-granting institutions. Estimates for loans include PLUS loans and may differ from previously published figures. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Data include Puerto Rico.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003-04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04). (This table was prepared September 2005.)


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