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Table 320. Percentage of full-time, full-year undergraduates receiving aid, by type and source of aid received and control and type of institution: Selected years, 1992-93 through 2003-04
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                         |             Any aid             |              Grants             |                Loan             |     Work study\1\    |               Other
Control and type         |_________________________________|_________________________________|_________________________________|______________________|_________________________________
of institution           |  Total\2\|   Federal|Non-federal|     Total|   Federal|Non-federal|     Total|   Federal|Non-federal|     Total|    Federal|     Total|   Federal|Non-federal
_________________________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________
1                        |         2|         3|          4|         5|         6|          7|         8|         9|         10|        11|         12|        13|        14|         15
_________________________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________
1992-93                  |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
   All institutions .....|58.7(0.81)|45.6(0.80)|37.9 (0.76)|48.9(0.75)|29.4(0.76)|34.0 (0.71)|32.3(0.78)|31.3(0.77)| 2.7 (0.20)|10.2(0.48)| 6.8 (0.39)| 9.5(0.40)| 5.2(0.28)| 4.6 (0.32)
                         |__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________
Public ..................|52.6(1.03)|40.0(0.98)|33.0 (0.88)|43.1(0.94)|27.8(0.83)|29.1 (0.79)|25.5(0.89)|24.8(0.88)| 2.0 (0.22)| 6.8(0.43)| 4.2 (0.30)| 7.9(0.40)| 3.7(0.27)| 4.4 (0.33)
  4-year doctoral .......|54.1(1.18)|39.3(1.17)|34.8 (0.81)|42.4(1.02)|23.8(0.96)|30.8 (0.74)|31.2(1.05)|30.4(1.04)| 2.4 (0.26)| 7.1(0.55)| 4.3 (0.37)| 8.6(0.43)| 5.0(0.37)| 3.9 (0.27)
  Other 4-year ..........|57.1(1.56)|46.1(1.61)|37.4 (1.69)|46.1(1.65)|32.1(1.63)|32.4 (1.55)|32.2(1.38)|31.1(1.34)| 2.8 (0.59)| 9.5(0.76)| 5.4 (0.57)| 7.9(0.63)| 4.2(0.42)| 3.8 (0.55)
  2-year ................|47.2(2.35)|36.0(2.09)|27.0 (1.96)|41.9(2.19)|29.9(1.81)|24.3 (1.87)|12.1(1.40)|11.7(1.38)| 0.7 (0.24)| 4.1(0.75)| 3.0 (0.58)| 7.0(0.94)| 1.3(0.47)| 5.7 (0.84)
  Less than 2-year ......|35.4(7.28)|31.6(7.27)|15.7 (6.50)|30.3(5.52)|26.6(5.70)|12.8 (5.75)| 3.0(1.63)| 3.0(1.63)| 0.6 (0.51)| 1.5(0.98)| 1.4 (0.95)| 5.1(2.59)| 0.8(0.62)| 4.4 (2.49)
                         |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
Private, not-for-profit .|70.2(1.52)|53.4(1.43)|58.0 (1.60)|62.9(1.50)|27.7(1.78)|54.1 (1.64)|45.4(1.33)|43.6(1.31)| 5.0 (0.48)|22.2(1.11)|15.9 (0.99)|12.1(0.98)| 7.7(0.54)| 5.0 (0.90)
  4-year doctoral .......|63.6(1.80)|44.5(1.57)|54.8 (1.78)|56.1(1.79)|17.3(1.29)|51.8 (1.70)|40.5(1.37)|38.5(1.31)| 6.1 (0.65)|18.9(1.24)|13.2 (1.38)|11.6(0.96)| 7.4(0.70)| 4.5 (0.67)
  Other 4-year ..........|76.2(2.07)|60.8(2.07)|62.7 (2.66)|69.4(2.07)|35.6(2.77)|58.1 (2.81)|50.6(2.17)|49.0(2.20)| 4.1 (0.77)|27.0(1.61)|19.7 (1.47)|12.2(1.80)| 7.9(0.85)| 5.3 (1.71)
  Less than 4-year ......|73.9(4.01)|63.9(5.69)|42.0 (5.38)|61.3(4.73)|47.3(7.16)|35.4 (6.71)|39.7(5.73)|38.1(5.51)| 2.5 (0.97)| 4.6(1.36)| 3.0 (1.01)|17.2(3.97)| 9.4(4.28)| 7.8 (3.07)
                         |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
Private, for-profit .....|77.3(2.53)|72.4(2.76)|16.4 (2.97)|57.0(2.67)|50.9(2.69)|11.4 (2.75)|52.9(3.87)|52.4(3.87)| 2.1 (0.66)| 1.9(1.18)| 0.8 (0.36)|15.6(2.42)|11.3(2.29)| 4.5 (1.02)
  2-year and above ......|82.7(3.43)|77.4(4.27)|22.7 (5.67)|52.5(4.19)|43.4(4.13)|16.4 (5.15)|63.3(4.16)|63.0(4.18)| 3.0 (1.41)| 3.5(2.55)| 1.4 (0.78)|24.6(4.64)|18.8(4.48)| 6.5 (2.11)
  Less than 2-year ......|73.2(3.27)|68.6(3.26)|11.5 (2.43)|60.4(3.57)|56.7(3.75)| 7.5 (2.47)|45.0(5.12)|44.3(5.09)| 1.5 (0.40)| 0.7(0.43)| 0.2 (0.09)| 8.7(1.48)| 5.6(1.21)| 3.1 (0.86)
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1995-96                  |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
   All institutions .....|68.4(0.76)|55.6(0.79)|45.7 (0.85)|54.1(0.80)|30.6(0.79)|41.0 (0.82)|43.7(0.80)|43.2(0.80)| 1.7 (0.24)|11.0(0.55)| 9.0 (0.46)|10.9(0.43)| 5.0(0.27)| 5.9 (0.36)
                         |__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________
Public ..................|62.8(0.97)|50.8(0.97)|39.0 (0.97)|47.5(0.99)|29.6(0.99)|34.2 (0.89)|37.2(0.93)|36.9(0.92)| 0.8 (0.19)| 7.0(0.52)| 5.4 (0.42)| 9.3(0.52)| 3.7(0.30)| 5.5 (0.42)
  4-year doctoral .......|65.4(1.16)|51.9(1.12)|42.2 (1.18)|47.6(1.20)|26.1(1.13)|37.2 (1.19)|44.5(1.10)|44.1(1.10)| 1.4 (0.34)| 7.4(0.74)| 5.3 (0.46)|11.0(0.75)| 5.6(0.58)| 5.4 (0.54)
  Other 4-year ..........|69.3(1.38)|59.8(1.34)|44.5 (1.58)|52.3(1.48)|34.4(1.53)|40.0 (1.45)|47.4(1.60)|47.2(1.60)| 0.4 (0.14)| 9.2(0.86)| 6.7 (0.63)| 8.6(0.66)| 3.7(0.45)| 4.8 (0.48)
  2-year ................|55.9(2.29)|44.5(2.33)|31.3 (2.25)|44.6(2.36)|31.1(2.43)|26.9 (1.93)|21.8(1.85)|21.3(1.83)| 0.4(0.39) | 5.1(1.16)| 4.7 (1.07)| 7.4(1.17)| 1.3(0.35)| 6.0 (1.04)
  Less than 2-year ......|39.5(9.87)|20.6(6.51)|27.5 (7.17)|30.9(7.49)|18.5(5.86)|16.0 (5.29)| 4.4(2.28)| 4.4(2.28)|  #    (†) | 0.1(0.14)| 0.1 (0.14)|12.6(4.52)| 0.1(0.06)|12.0 (4.36)
                         |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
Private, not-for-profit .|80.3(1.12)|64.0(1.43)|67.6 (1.58)|71.3(1.34)|28.6(1.37)|64.8 (1.64)|56.9(1.41)|56.2(1.42)| 3.4 (0.64)|24.7(1.45)|21.0 (1.26)|14.0(0.86)| 8.2(0.61)| 6.1 (0.74)
  4-year doctoral .......|70.6(1.56)|55.4(1.77)|61.2 (1.84)|61.6(1.69)|19.3(0.93)|58.7 (1.92)|50.9(1.80)|49.9(1.88)| 3.9 (0.84)|22.6(1.66)|20.2 (1.62)|13.3(0.86)| 8.6(0.77)| 4.9 (0.52)
  Other 4-year ..........|85.6(1.43)|68.3(1.99)|72.5 (2.19)|77.3(1.83)|32.5(2.10)|70.1 (2.27)|60.4(1.94)|60.0(1.95)| 2.6 (0.59)|27.6(2.10)|23.0 (1.80)|14.6(1.29)| 8.2(0.90)| 6.7 (1.15)
  Less than 4-year ......|79.2(5.71)|67.5(6.37)|52.0 (8.29)|61.9(4.87)|40.0(4.69)|42.0 (6.10)|52.9(7.57)|51.7(7.28)| 9.3 (7.17)| 5.3(2.22)| 4.6 (2.00)|11.4(3.30)| 5.0(1.43)| 6.3 (2.16)
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Private, for-profit .....|86.2(1.73)|79.7(2.05)|32.8 (3.11)|61.3(2.40)|53.9(2.53)|20.2 (2.64)|67.7(3.40)|65.5(3.67)| 5.1 (1.89)| 0.5(0.16)| 0.5 (0.15)|17.2(1.74)| 7.6(1.09)| 8.9 (1.32)
  2-year and above ......|85.8(1.85)|80.3(2.58)|33.0 (3.41)|60.0(3.02)|49.1(3.23)|26.0 (3.83)|70.9(3.50)|70.9(3.51)| 1.4 (0.74)| 0.7(0.26)| 0.7 (0.26)|15.3(1.86)| 7.8(1.36)| 6.9 (1.19)
  Less than 2-year ......|86.6(2.92)|79.1(3.16)|32.5 (5.18)|62.5(3.72)|58.6(3.83)|14.5 (3.61)|64.6(5.75)|60.3(6.32)| 8.7 (3.61)| 0.3(0.18)| 0.2 (0.15)|19.1(2.92)| 7.4(1.69)|10.9 (2.33)
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1999-2000                |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
   All institutions .....|72.5(0.51)|57.7(0.56)|51.8 (0.64)|58.7(0.59)|30.3(0.59)|48.3 (0.65)|45.4(0.62)|44.3(0.63)| 6.8 (0.25)|11.2(0.38)| 8.5 (0.31)| 9.6(0.31)| 5.6(0.22)| 1.9 (0.17)
                         |__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________
Public ..................|67.5(0.64)|52.6(0.68)|46.0 (0.72)|53.0(0.70)|29.8(0.69)|42.5 (0.72)|38.9(0.74)|37.9(0.75)| 4.4 (0.24)| 7.2(0.36)| 5.4 (0.30)| 8.2(0.35)| 3.9(0.22)| 1.9 (0.19)
  4-year doctoral .......|71.0(0.65)|54.7(0.70)|48.7 (0.74)|53.1(0.70)|25.7(0.72)|44.6 (0.71)|48.3(0.76)|47.2(0.78)| 5.5 (0.36)| 8.3(0.46)| 5.8 (0.38)| 9.6(0.45)| 6.1(0.37)| 1.6 (0.15)
  Other 4-year ..........|75.0(1.24)|62.2(1.48)|50.0 (1.61)|57.7(1.74)|34.5(2.11)|46.2 (1.60)|49.1(1.75)|48.2(1.78)| 4.5 (0.46)|10.4(1.05)| 7.7 (0.83)| 7.8(0.69)| 3.9(0.58)| 1.7 (0.36)
  2-year ................|58.2(1.34)|43.8(1.28)|40.0 (1.56)|49.9(1.42)|32.1(1.17)|37.7 (1.60)|20.5(1.26)|19.6(1.24)| 3.1 (0.47)| 3.8(0.53)| 3.4 (0.50)| 6.5(0.74)| 1.1(0.19)| 2.4 (0.49)
  Less than 2-year ......|60.7(5.94)|48.1(6.42)|33.6 (4.81)|49.2(6.35)|40.8(6.85)|25.0 (5.05)|11.0(4.14)|11.0(4.14)| 0.3 (0.31)| 0.8(0.77)|  #    (†) |17.2(2.19)| 0.1(0.10)|11.7 (2.02)
                         |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
Private, not-for-profit .|84.0(0.77)|67.6(1.02)|71.6 (1.27)|74.7(1.12)|27.7(1.23)|68.9 (1.36)|59.3(1.14)|57.7(1.18)|13.4 (0.65)|24.4(1.07)|18.8 (0.82)|12.8(0.67)| 9.7(0.56)| 1.5 (0.40)
  4-year doctoral .......|78.8(1.13)|62.3(1.41)|69.4 (1.29)|69.7(1.24)|22.4(0.95)|66.4 (1.36)|57.3(1.42)|55.5(1.43)|15.1 (0.86)|24.7(1.17)|20.9 (1.06)|12.0(0.74)| 9.9(0.66)| 1.1 (0.20)
  Other 4-year ..........|88.3(1.12)|72.2(1.53)|74.1 (2.12)|78.7(1.81)|30.9(2.13)|71.6 (2.27)|62.2(1.79)|60.6(1.87)|12.8 (1.01)|24.8(1.75)|17.7 (1.26)|13.2(1.09)| 9.6(0.90)| 1.8 (0.73)
  Less than 4-year ......|81.1(3.64)|62.6(3.94)|61.5 (4.76)|73.9(3.59)|40.0(3.66)|59.4 (5.18)|40.3(5.18)|40.2(5.19)| 5.0 (0.80)|15.1(2.91)|10.9 (2.54)|14.6(1.94)| 8.8(0.95)| 2.0 (0.81)
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Private, for-profit .....|89.2(1.25)|86.0(1.50)|35.3 (3.45)|61.8(2.49)|52.0(2.95)|28.8 (3.14)|75.0(2.87)|74.1(2.93)| 7.3 (1.69)| 2.3(0.84)| 2.0 (0.83)|16.1(1.55)|10.9(1.42)| 2.3 (0.50)
  2-year and above ......|88.3(1.60)|85.3(1.90)|38.3 (4.46)|58.5(2.99)|46.3(3.47)|33.1 (4.01)|79.5(2.77)|78.7(2.80)| 6.8 (2.15)| 2.6(1.03)| 2.1 (1.00)|17.1(1.91)|12.3(1.80)| 1.8 (0.47)
  Less than 2-year ......|91.7(1.27)|88.3(1.92)|26.1 (3.49)|71.9(3.47)|69.9(3.52)|15.6 (3.83)|61.0(7.08)|59.9(7.28)| 8.9 (1.89)| 1.6(1.41)| 1.6 (1.41)|12.9(2.42)| 6.7(1.87)| 3.8 (1.40)
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2003-04                  |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
   All institutions .....|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)|10.3 (0.36)| 3.2(0.17)| 2.4(0.12)| 0.8 (0.09)
                         |__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________
Public ..................|71.1(0.49)|56.1(0.47)|48.3 (0.56)|56.0(0.58)|31.6(0.33)|43.7 (0.54)|42.6(0.46)|41.1(0.47)| 6.0 (0.16)| 9.9(0.34)| 7.3 (0.31)| 3.3(0.19)| 2.5(0.13)| 0.9 (0.11)
  4-year doctoral .......|75.5(0.64)|58.2(0.71)|54.4 (0.55)|58.5(0.61)|27.8(0.79)|49.7 (0.57)|51.6(0.74)|50.1(0.74)| 7.3 (0.31)|10.8(0.41)| 9.9 (0.87)| 2.5(0.20)| 2.1(0.16)| 0.4 (0.11)
  Other 4-year ..........|77.0(1.12)|64.0(1.20)|53.4 (1.36)|58.8(1.78)|34.6(1.38)|48.1 (1.33)|52.2(1.34)|50.5(1.38)| 7.3 (0.49)|12.9(0.96)| 5.3 (0.50)| 3.5(0.44)| 2.6(0.31)| 1.0 (0.30)
  2-year ................|62.3(1.22)|48.9(1.15)|38.1 (1.22)|51.5(1.20)|34.5(0.88)|34.2 (1.17)|26.4(1.03)|25.1(1.02)| 3.7 (0.26)| 7.1(0.54)| 1.1 (0.57)| 3.9(0.38)| 2.8(0.26)| 1.2 (0.23)
  Less than 2-year ......|66.7(2.51)|48.7(2.75)|36.5 (2.39)|49.7(2.87)|36.0(1.79)|23.1 (2.58)|24.8(2.52)|24.2(2.54)| 4.1 (0.89)| 2.0(0.76)|22.5 (1.53)|15.0(2.50)| 1.9(1.00)|13.2 (2.30)
                         |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
Private, not-for-profit .|88.6(0.78)|73.1(0.81)|78.3 (1.28)|81.0(0.97)|31.9(0.72)|74.5 (1.34)|66.0(1.03)|64.4(1.05)|17.0 (0.96)|29.2(1.26)|23.0 (1.17)| 2.1(0.19)| 1.7(0.18)| 0.4 (0.10)
  4-year doctoral .......|84.1(1.16)|66.2(1.69)|76.0 (1.74)|75.9(1.34)|24.3(3.06)|72.1 (1.54)|60.8(2.07)|59.0(2.02)|17.7 (1.85)|27.7(1.50)|24.2 (1.93)| 1.6(0.26)| 1.4(0.23)| 0.3 (0.11)
  Other 4-year ..........|91.8(1.08)|77.9(1.25)|80.7 (2.77)|85.0(1.36)|36.5(2.12)|77.2 (2.75)|70.3(2.35)|68.8(2.34)|16.9 (1.64)|31.3(2.29)| 8.6 (2.71)| 2.2(0.29)| 2.0(0.28)| 0.3 (0.12)
  Less than 4-year ......|88.8(2.63)|76.8(4.76)|63.4 (5.93)|76.3(3.71)|49.6(3.98)|57.4 (6.16)|56.4(5.05)|54.3(5.04)|10.1 (2.42)|10.1(3.38)| 3.7 (0.82)| 5.0(1.68)| 1.6(1.02)| 3.4 (1.39)
                         |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
Private, for-profit .....|92.1(0.72)|86.9(0.92)|44.3 (1.90)|69.7(1.68)|54.8(1.69)|31.3 (1.88)|79.4(1.18)|78.2(1.17)|16.6 (1.45)| 3.6(0.70)| 3.1 (0.62)| 5.2(0.69)| 4.0(0.57)| 1.2 (0.30)
  2-year and above ......|94.8(0.89)|90.6(1.14)|48.0 (2.45)|70.1(2.17)|53.6(2.21)|35.0 (2.50)|86.8(1.43)|86.1(1.44)|18.1 (1.91)| 4.2(0.93)| 1.5 (0.22)| 5.5(0.90)| 4.7(0.76)| 0.8 (0.39)
  Less than 2-year ......|84.3(1.13)|76.0(1.31)|33.3 (1.59)|68.4(1.44)|58.2(1.61)|20.2 (1.87)|57.7(1.62)|55.2(1.59)|12.2 (1.18)| 1.7(0.21)|10.8 (0.41)| 4.2(0.45)| 1.9(0.28)| 2.4 (0.30)
_________________________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
\1\Details on nonfederal work study participants are not available.
\2\Includes students who reported they were awarded aid, but did not specify the source of aid.
NOTE: Excludes students whose attendance status was not reported. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some students receive multiple types of aid and aid from different sources. Standard errors appear in parentheses. The 2003-04 loan estimates include PLUS loans and may differ from previously published figures. Data include Puerto Rico.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1999-2000, and 2003-04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies, (NPSAS:93), (NPSAS:96), (NPSAS:2000), and (NPSAS:04). (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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