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| Table 344. | Average amount of financial aid awarded to full-time, full-year undergraduates, by type and source of aid and control and type of institution: Selected years, 1992-93 through 2007-08 |
| Control and type of institution |
Any aid | Grants | Loans | Work study1 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total2 | Federal | Nonfederal | Total3 | Federal | Nonfederal | Total | Federal4 | Nonfederal | Total | Federal | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1992-93, all institutions | $5,730 | (1,344) | $4,300 | (334) | $3,480 | (915) | $3,550 | (643) | $1,980 | (32) | $3,320 | (807) | $3,880 | (293) | $3,760 | (198) | $2,730 | (664) | $1,380 | (103) | $1,290 | (93) |
| Public | 4,070 | (314) | 3,700 | (45) | 1,800 | (262) | 2,400 | (60) | 1,880 | (21) | 1,660 | (325) | 3,330 | (41) | 3,270 | (46) | 2,020 | (133) | 1,370 | (84) | 1,350 | (65) |
| 4-year doctoral | 4,750 | (349) | 4,360 | (55) | 2,280 | (235) | 2,710 | (106) | 1,970 | (25) | 2,140 | (278) | 3,640 | (60) | 3,560 | (68) | 2,110 | (269) | 1,430 | (116) | 1,360 | (102) |
| Other 4-year | 4,240 | (302) | 3,780 | (71) | 1,660 | (85) | 2,420 | (49) | 1,940 | (29) | 1,450 | (123) | 3,200 | (64) | 3,120 | (66) | 2,150 | (204) | 1,240 | (61) | 1,270 | (69) |
| 2-year | 2,760 | (189) | 2,620 | (100) | 1,090 | (461) | 1,930 | (76) | 1,720 | (61) | 1,030 | (524) | 2,530 | (163) | 2,560 | (152) | ‡ | (†) | 1,470 | (165) | 1,470 | (156) |
| Less-than-2-year | 2,300 | (322) | 1,950 | (217) | 1,140 | (503) | 1,970 | (305) | 1,760 | (44) | 880 | (163) | 3,140 | (801) | 2,970 | (885) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Private, not-for-profit | 9,220 | (3,036) | 5,250 | (949) | 6,050 | (1,869) | 6,030 | (1,564) | 2,310 | (124) | 5,740 | (1,651) | 4,430 | (809) | 4,190 | (600) | 3,440 | (772) | 1,360 | (268) | 1,250 | (194) |
| 4-year doctoral | 10,240 | (932) | 5,630 | (341) | 6,920 | (326) | 6,810 | (241) | 2,260 | (59) | 6,390 | (422) | 4,880 | (142) | 4,540 | (121) | 3,690 | (468) | 1,520 | (63) | 1,370 | (80) |
| Other 4-year | 8,280 | (1,403) | 4,920 | (363) | 5,160 | (315) | 5,370 | (359) | 2,230 | (71) | 4,790 | (316) | 4,170 | (175) | 4,020 | (155) | 2,910 | (318) | 1,280 | (74) | 1,180 | (62) |
| Less-than-4-year | 7,670 | (920) | 4,750 | (225) | 4,580 | (434) | 4,860 | (405) | 1,970 | (25) | 4,620 | (389) | 3,730 | (124) | 3,640 | (111) | 2,670 | (405) | 1,120 | (68) | 1,100 | (66) |
| Private, for-profit | 5,210 | (294) | 4,920 | (284) | 2,350 | (1,168) | 2,120 | (307) | 1,900 | (71) | 1,850 | (1,392) | 4,740 | (287) | 4,680 | (286) | 2,360 | (605) | 2,420 | (593) | ‡ | (†) |
| 2-year and above | 6,010 | (328) | 5,530 | (285) | 2,560 | (1,307) | 2,410 | (528) | 1,860 | (142) | 2,210 | (1,955) | 5,190 | (417) | 5,110 | (381) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Less-than-2-year | 4,510 | (434) | 4,390 | (430) | 1,990 | (1,238) | 1,920 | (158) | 2,410 | (70) | 1,160 | (679) | 4,240 | (420) | 4,210 | (384) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 1995-96, all institutions | $6,860 | (240) | $5,370 | (115) | $3,800 | (253) | $3,900 | (212) | $2,010 | (22) | $3,610 | (253) | $5,020 | (95) | $4,970 | (94) | $2,750 | (363) | $1,370 | (75) | $1,300 | (66) |
| Public | 5,230 | (148) | 4,820 | (136) | 2,210 | (74) | 2,700 | (76) | 1,930 | (26) | 2,080 | (72) | 4,620 | (138) | 4,610 | (139) | 2,350 | (564) | 1,350 | (100) | 1,290 | (77) |
| 4-year doctoral | 6,290 | (165) | 5,670 | (248) | 2,860 | (104) | 3,190 | (142) | 1,950 | (24) | 2,730 | (106) | 5,180 | (233) | 5,130 | (232) | 2,690 | (715) | 1,310 | (199) | 1,280 | (147) |
| Other 4-year | 5,420 | (229) | 4,850 | (197) | 1,980 | (63) | 2,700 | (68) | 1,940 | (73) | 1,850 | (53) | 4,310 | (135) | 4,300 | (133) | ‡ | (†) | 1,440 | (102) | 1,370 | (70) |
| 2-year | 3,420 | (232) | 3,460 | (206) | 1,270 | (112) | 2,010 | (75) | 1,740 | (185) | 1,090 | (91) | 3,620 | (303) | 3,680 | (319) | ‡ | (†) | 1,270 | (171) | 1,220 | (175) |
| Less-than-2-year | 2,960 | (1,682) | 2,660 | (1,040) | 2,410 | (471) | 2,370 | (113) | 6,370 | (328) | 2,550 | (282) | 3,600 | (564) | 3,600 | (564) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Private, not-for-profit | 10,540 | (660) | 6,500 | (236) | 6,390 | (586) | 6,360 | (576) | 2,270 | (60) | 5,990 | (567) | 5,700 | (137) | 5,580 | (130) | 3,110 | (620) | 1,390 | (109) | 1,310 | (100) |
| 4-year doctoral | 13,040 | (1,635) | 7,310 | (433) | 8,450 | (1,494) | 8,240 | (1,549) | 2,270 | (61) | 7,870 | (1,465) | 6,450 | (276) | 6,320 | (217) | 3,560 | (1,564) | 1,650 | (239) | 1,540 | (204) |
| Other 4-year | 9,810 | (240) | 6,270 | (237) | 5,700 | (133) | 5,790 | (120) | 2,030 | (101) | 5,330 | (126) | 5,420 | (161) | 5,310 | (148) | 3,340 | (329) | 1,280 | (69) | 1,210 | (62) |
| Less-than-4-year | 6,190 | (296) | 5,100 | (183) | 2,850 | (303) | 3,190 | (622) | 1,910 | (32) | 2,760 | (619) | 5,000 | (349) | 4,870 | (236) | 1,280 | (90) | 1,190 | (55) | 1,090 | (213) |
| Private, for-profit | 6,400 | (158) | 5,870 | (114) | 2,700 | (273) | 2,510 | (97) | 1,950 | (33) | 2,360 | (253) | 5,280 | (245) | 5,210 | (230) | 2,350 | (255) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 2-year and above | 7,040 | (389) | 6,370 | (328) | 2,950 | (197) | 2,830 | (193) | 1,900 | (33) | 2,690 | (149) | 5,670 | (220) | 5,620 | (224) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Less-than-2-year | 5,650 | (525) | 5,270 | (461) | 2,370 | (527) | 2,140 | (102) | 2,350 | (88) | 1,620 | (407) | 4,770 | (713) | 4,680 | (678) | 2,070 | (404) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 1999-2000, all institutions | $8,520 | (78) | $6,160 | (57) | $5,030 | (97) | $4,980 | (69) | $2,520 | (17) | $4,460 | (90) | $6,280 | (72) | $5,690 | (69) | $4,940 | (128) | $1,670 | (33) | $1,560 | (26) |
| Public | 6,340 | (74) | 5,500 | (60) | 3,000 | (57) | 3,490 | (38) | 2,460 | (13) | 2,620 | (42) | 5,450 | (65) | 5,130 | (68) | 3,930 | (212) | 1,730 | (38) | 1,640 | (53) |
| 4-year doctoral | 7,560 | (85) | 6,420 | (68) | 3,800 | (74) | 4,110 | (57) | 2,410 | (38) | 3,440 | (72) | 5,950 | (74) | 5,620 | (59) | 3,950 | (204) | 1,790 | (54) | 1,690 | (31) |
| Other 4-year | 6,310 | (193) | 5,480 | (149) | 2,630 | (141) | 3,240 | (104) | 2,450 | (26) | 2,240 | (99) | 5,120 | (197) | 4,880 | (197) | 3,630 | (477) | 1,660 | (103) | 1,570 | (171) |
| 2-year | 4,400 | (109) | 4,000 | (70) | 1,990 | (82) | 2,810 | (72) | 2,380 | (154) | 1,630 | (49) | 4,430 | (100) | 3,990 | (86) | 4,160 | (454) | 1,690 | (135) | 1,610 | (74) |
| Less-than-2-year | 4,480 | (947) | 4,100 | (1,163) | 2,040 | (391) | 2,850 | (210) | 8,520 | (308) | 1,770 | (430) | 5,540 | (1,081) | 5,490 | (1,157) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Private, not-for-profit | 13,490 | (218) | 7,260 | (78) | 8,920 | (258) | 8,270 | (276) | 2,700 | (70) | 7,870 | (233) | 7,610 | (83) | 6,480 | (84) | 5,790 | (160) | 1,610 | (52) | 1,480 | (30) |
| 4-year doctoral | 15,670 | (268) | 7,960 | (169) | 10,610 | (325) | 9,850 | (290) | 2,610 | (66) | 9,370 | (261) | 8,350 | (146) | 6,870 | (178) | 6,500 | (310) | 1,820 | (52) | 1,700 | (59) |
| Other 4-year | 12,280 | (259) | 6,860 | (94) | 7,920 | (257) | 7,380 | (290) | 2,620 | (136) | 6,980 | (255) | 7,140 | (96) | 6,250 | (67) | 5,150 | (196) | 1,470 | (63) | 1,290 | (37) |
| Less-than-4-year | 8,520 | (981) | 6,110 | (464) | 4,940 | (618) | 5,040 | (637) | 2,510 | (22) | 4,460 | (710) | 6,100 | (326) | 5,440 | (268) | 5,520 | (1,439) | 960 | (119) | 870 | (80) |
| Private, for-profit | 9,300 | (345) | 8,030 | (233) | 3,880 | (344) | 3,500 | (190) | 2,570 | (87) | 2,850 | (331) | 7,460 | (256) | 6,930 | (232) | 6,210 | (478) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 2-year and above | 9,980 | (441) | 8,520 | (308) | 3,980 | (377) | 3,780 | (247) | 2,460 | (96) | 3,010 | (350) | 7,840 | (311) | 7,320 | (281) | 6,820 | (659) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Less-than-2-year | 6,930 | (390) | 6,290 | (374) | 3,310 | (597) | 2,610 | (72) | 2,880 | (78) | 1,270 | (411) | 5,940 | (357) | 5,330 | (339) | 4,680 | (617) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 2003-04, all institutions | $9,670 | (100) | $6,950 | (50) | $5,640 | (126) | $5,630 | (107) | $3,240 | (23) | $4,890 | (132) | $6,970 | (67) | $6,040 | (52) | $6,080 | (137) | $1,930 | (35) | $1,780 | (37) |
| Public | 7,380 | (93) | 6,240 | (89) | 3,610 | (45) | 4,230 | (45) | 3,200 | (31) | 3,090 | (45) | 6,060 | (72) | 5,520 | (64) | 5,090 | (114) | 2,010 | (45) | 1,850 | (51) |
| 4-year doctoral | 8,930 | (106) | 7,330 | (96) | 4,480 | (72) | 4,880 | (65) | 3,170 | (60) | 3,910 | (66) | 6,750 | (99) | 6,150 | (81) | 5,500 | (160) | 2,070 | (64) | 1,900 | (65) |
| Other 4-year | 7,820 | (190) | 6,400 | (152) | 3,530 | (87) | 4,220 | (116) | 3,180 | (45) | 2,880 | (95) | 5,870 | (127) | 5,280 | (111) | 5,250 | (226) | 1,930 | (85) | 1,810 | (100) |
| 2-year | 4,690 | (130) | 4,410 | (143) | 2,140 | (84) | 3,330 | (64) | 2,800 | (157) | 1,810 | (86) | 4,170 | (146) | 3,850 | (147) | 3,700 | (207) | 2,000 | (99) | 1,820 | (108) |
| Less-than-2-year | 4,770 | (388) | 4,490 | (366) | 2,920 | (250) | 3,180 | (205) | 9,050 | (297) | 2,500 | (243) | 5,260 | (621) | 4,740 | (402) | 4,230 | (802) | 2,430 | (1,160) | ‡ | (†) |
| Private, not-for-profit | 15,700 | (359) | 8,270 | (114) | 10,080 | (266) | 9,330 | (328) | 3,410 | (47) | 8,690 | (275) | 8,680 | (157) | 6,960 | (113) | 7,390 | (269) | 1,810 | (53) | 1,670 | (51) |
| 4-year doctoral | 17,230 | (529) | 8,830 | (244) | 11,390 | (430) | 10,410 | (510) | 3,350 | (55) | 9,770 | (487) | 9,640 | (290) | 7,500 | (192) | 8,200 | (335) | 2,100 | (77) | 1,960 | (74) |
| Other 4-year | 15,040 | (513) | 8,030 | (177) | 9,400 | (331) | 8,800 | (389) | 3,580 | (264) | 8,130 | (309) | 8,170 | (206) | 6,660 | (144) | 6,870 | (388) | 1,630 | (58) | 1,480 | (53) |
| Less-than-4-year | 8,580 | (641) | 6,040 | (334) | 4,960 | (543) | 5,590 | (536) | 3,230 | (40) | 4,400 | (635) | 6,160 | (572) | 5,580 | (456) | 4,460 | (763) | 1,540 | (456) | 1,540 | (449) |
| Private, for-profit | 10,380 | (335) | 8,460 | (228) | 5,000 | (286) | 4,280 | (165) | 3,240 | (69) | 3,800 | (319) | 7,640 | (267) | 6,580 | (190) | 5,720 | (524) | 2,650 | (274) | 2,720 | (326) |
| 2-year and above | 11,330 | (435) | 9,050 | (297) | 5,300 | (349) | 4,650 | (221) | 2,880 | (67) | 4,000 | (366) | 8,140 | (351) | 6,950 | (253) | 6,050 | (657) | 2,780 | (308) | 2,890 | (361) |
| Less-than-2-year | 7,650 | (128) | 6,740 | (85) | 3,780 | (130) | 3,240 | (111) | 3,510 | (104) | 2,770 | (145) | 6,050 | (139) | 5,340 | (112) | 4,540 | (203) | 1,730 | (116) | 1,550 | (101) |
| 2007-08, all institutions | $12,740 | (115) | $8,070 | (73) | $8,020 | (84) | $7,110 | (73) | $3,670 | (34) | $6,390 | (78) | $9,480 | (69) | $7,050 | (53) | $7,780 | (105) | $2,270 | (27) | $2,160 | (30) |
| Public | 9,480 | (82) | 7,150 | (67) | 5,210 | (51) | 5,340 | (65) | 3,650 | (43) | 4,050 | (47) | 7,970 | (78) | 6,450 | (66) | 6,570 | (105) | 2,440 | (37) | 2,380 | (44) |
| 4-year doctoral | 11,470 | (92) | 8,220 | (89) | 6,560 | (82) | 6,340 | (68) | 3,700 | (33) | 5,170 | (65) | 8,880 | (106) | 7,080 | (96) | 7,220 | (150) | 2,450 | (44) | 2,310 | (53) |
| Other 4-year | 9,810 | (134) | 7,270 | (106) | 5,140 | (108) | 5,360 | (96) | 3,490 | (78) | 3,980 | (114) | 7,670 | (132) | 6,210 | (101) | 6,340 | (209) | 2,310 | (77) | 2,140 | (86) |
| 2-year | 5,650 | (233) | 5,130 | (205) | 2,520 | (47) | 3,660 | (130) | 3,270 | (135) | 1,850 | (38) | 5,450 | (124) | 4,600 | (145) | 4,690 | (158) | 2,570 | (105) | 2,790 | (123) |
| Less-than-2-year | 6,130 | (499) | 5,130 | (388) | 3,770 | (525) | 3,570 | (219) | 9,580 | (186) | 2,420 | (482) | 6,840 | (514) | 5,490 | (421) | 4,950 | (580) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Private, not-for-profit | 20,740 | (297) | 9,660 | (159) | 14,310 | (209) | 12,070 | (186) | 4,060 | (50) | 11,300 | (171) | 12,160 | (205) | 8,220 | (160) | 9,910 | (235) | 2,090 | (37) | 1,920 | (38) |
| 4-year doctoral | 22,160 | (448) | 10,110 | (205) | 15,540 | (319) | 12,870 | (293) | 3,920 | (63) | 12,110 | (251) | 13,300 | (269) | 8,750 | (212) | 11,160 | (381) | 2,220 | (54) | 2,070 | (59) |
| Other 4-year | 19,710 | (438) | 9,350 | (243) | 13,320 | (323) | 11,490 | (239) | 4,370 | (708) | 10,680 | (244) | 11,150 | (335) | 7,770 | (236) | 8,720 | (267) | 1,970 | (44) | 1,780 | (45) |
| Less-than-4-year | 9,920 | (1,509) | 6,910 | (846) | 5,460 | (1,351) | 5,720 | (1,394) | 3,760 | (51) | 3,150 | (1,124) | 10,670 | (731) | 7,570 | (1,102) | 8,420 | (1,075) | 2,190 | (275) | 2,230 | (335) |
| Private, for-profit | 13,120 | (247) | 9,270 | (164) | 6,700 | (215) | 3,990 | (88) | 3,280 | (59) | 3,300 | (184) | 10,260 | (200) | 7,110 | (129) | 7,140 | (245) | 3,520 | (376) | 3,700 | (343) |
| 2-year and above | 13,810 | (297) | 9,580 | (186) | 7,060 | (251) | 4,060 | (103) | 3,390 | (91) | 3,520 | (213) | 10,670 | (241) | 7,230 | (155) | 7,440 | (288) | 3,660 | (391) | 3,840 | (349) |
| Less-than-2-year | 9,700 | (235) | 7,700 | (241) | 4,570 | (205) | 3,660 | (101) | 4,220 | (76) | 1,690 | (210) | 7,910 | (260) | 6,330 | (192) | 5,230 | (221) | 1,470 | (675) | 1,390 | (799) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Details on nonfederal work-study participants are not available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Includes students who reported that they were awarded aid, but did not specify the source or type of aid. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Indicates all grants, scholarships, or tuition waivers received from federal, state, institutional, or private sources, including employers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 The 2003-04 and 2007-08 data include Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Aid averages are for those students who received the specified type of aid. Full-time, full-year students were enrolled full time for 9 or more months from July 1 through June 30. Data include Puerto Rico. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1999-2000, 2003-04, and 2007-08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies (NPSAS:93, NPSAS:96, NPSAS:2000, NPSAS:04, and NPSAS:08). (This table was prepared November 2009.) |
