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Table 349. Percentage of full-time, full-year postbaccalaureate students receiving aid, by type of aid, level of study, and control and type of institution: Selected years, 1992-93 through 2007-08
Level of study,
control and type of institution
Number of students1  (in thousands) Percent receiving aid, by type
Any aid2 Fellowship grants Tuition waivers Assistant- ships3 Employer (includes college staff) Loans
Any loans Stafford4 Perkins5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1992-93, all institutions 673 (—) 68.1 (1.03) [6] (†) 12.4 (1.00) 14.3 (1.21) 3.3 (0.39) 43.5 (1.49) 41.1 (1.50) 9.0 (0.97)
Master's degree 281 (—) 62.5 (2.13) [6] (†) 15.7 (1.32) 18.1 (1.92) 5.1 (0.66) 32.5 (2.01) 30.5 (1.99) 5.0 (0.80)
Public 163 (—) 65.4 (1.98) [6] (†) 20.5 (1.80) 22.4 (1.85) 4.8 (0.76) 32.2 (1.96) 30.8 (1.86) 4.0 (0.74)
4-year doctoral 139 (—) 65.7 (2.14) [6] (†) 23.3 (1.99) 23.5 (2.09) 4.7 (0.78) 30.6 (2.06) 29.6 (1.94) 3.3 (0.69)
Other 4-year 24 (—) 63.9 (4.12) [6] (†) 4.4 (2.00) 15.8 (3.34) 5.3 (2.44) 41.5 (4.87) 38.4 (4.64) 8.3 (3.11)
Private 118 (—) 58.4 (4.05) [6] (†) 8.9 (1.67) 12.2 (3.95) 5.6 (1.08) 32.9 (3.56) 30.0 (3.60) 6.4 (1.66)
4-year doctoral 102 (—) 60.7 (4.44) [6] (†) 9.5 (1.92) 13.6 (4.50) 5.7 (1.26) 33.6 (4.23) 30.8 (4.32) 6.8 (1.92)
Other 4-year 16 (—) 43.5 (3.79) [6] (†) 5.4 (0.64) 3.0 (1.45) 4.7 (0.37) 28.7 (2.47) 24.6 (2.50) 4.4 (0.35)
                                   
Doctor's degree 120 (—) 69.6 (2.28) [6] (†) 19.5 (1.95) 27.1 (2.06) 2.2 (0.74) 25.8 (2.44) 23.9 (2.40) 3.5 (0.62)
Public 73 (—) 69.7 (2.77) [6] (†) 23.1 (2.70) 31.6 (2.63) 3.1 (1.12) 20.6 (2.38) 18.9 (2.30) 2.9 (0.73)
Private 46 (—) 69.6 (4.11) [6] (†) 13.6 (2.80) 19.9 (3.42) 0.9 (0.59) 34.1 (4.62) 31.9 (4.57) 4.3 (1.15)
                                   
First-professional 211 (—) 77.0 (1.17) [6] (†) 5.6 (0.99) 4.4 (0.66) 1.2 (0.40) 67.8 (1.77) 65.6 (1.72) 19.3 (1.95)
Public 101 (—) 79.3 (1.30) [6] (†) 5.4 (1.41) 4.3 (0.57) 1.3 (0.60) 71.8 (1.82) 69.9 (1.58) 23.2 (2.73)
Private 110 (—) 74.9 (1.71) [6] (†) 5.8 (1.25) 4.5 (1.17) 1.2 (0.54) 64.1 (2.21) 61.6 (2.26) 15.7 (1.80)
                                   
Other graduate 61 (—) 60.7 (5.42) [6] (†) 7.5 (1.78) 6.2 (1.93) 3.7 (1.05) 44.4 (4.16) 39.6 (4.30) 2.7 (0.75)
                                   
1999-2000, all institutions 918 (—) 82.2 (0.73) 20.0 (1.02) 11.5 (0.54) 23.2 (0.80) 5.8 (0.45) 53.7 (1.08) 52.0 (1.08) 8.7 (0.87)
Master's degree 395 (—) 79.4 (1.09) 17.2 (1.03) 12.0 (0.88) 22.6 (1.17) 8.4 (0.88) 50.2 (1.36) 48.7 (1.34) 5.9 (0.64)
Public 222 (—) 78.5 (1.49) 15.5 (1.43) 18.5 (1.41) 30.5 (1.67) 6.8 (0.88) 44.4 (1.62) 43.6 (1.62) 3.0 (0.64)
4-year doctoral 184 (—) 80.2 (1.60) 16.6 (1.60) 19.4 (1.65) 34.0 (1.95) 7.1 (1.03) 42.2 (1.74) 41.6 (1.74) 3.1 (0.74)
Other 4-year 38 (—) 70.2 (3.69) 10.7 (3.06) 14.0 (1.99) 13.7 (2.05) 5.3 (1.30) 54.7 (4.48) 53.3 (4.41) 2.2 (1.14)
Private 172 (—) 80.6 (1.59) 19.2 (1.49) 3.6 (0.75) 12.3 (1.55) 10.4 (1.66) 57.7 (2.24) 55.3 (2.18) 9.8 (1.19)
4-year doctoral 127 (—) 82.5 (1.82) 23.4 (1.89) 4.2 (0.98) 14.0 (1.54) 8.3 (1.06) 60.1 (2.48) 56.7 (2.35) 11.5 (1.50)
Other 4-year 46 (—) 75.2 (3.31) 7.7 (2.01) 1.9 (0.67) 7.8 (4.20) 16.3 (5.55) 51.2 (5.08) 51.2 (5.08) 4.9 (1.86)
                                   
Doctor's degree 184 (—) 88.6 (1.39) 37.8 (2.28) 23.3 (1.50) 55.0 (2.55) 5.4 (0.65) 29.5 (2.90) 27.9 (2.90) 4.7 (2.89)
Public 111 (—) 89.4 (1.23) 30.1 (1.54) 35.5 (1.79) 63.5 (1.88) 7.4 (0.97) 26.2 (1.67) 24.4 (1.51) 1.1 (0.37)
Private 73 (—) 87.3 (2.94) 49.5 (4.61) 4.9 (1.03) 41.9 (4.98) 2.3 (0.54) 34.4 (6.49) 33.1 (6.55) 10.2 (6.83)
                                   
First-professional 253 (—) 88.5 (1.06) 16.4 (2.18) 4.1 (0.79) 6.5 (0.99) 1.6 (0.44) 80.8 (1.41) 78.7 (1.60) 18.0 (1.83)
Public 113 (—) 88.6 (1.57) 12.3 (1.98) 7.3 (1.55) 6.5 (1.55) 1.6 (0.64) 81.8 (1.83) 80.6 (1.82) 20.1 (2.46)
Private 140 (—) 88.4 (1.45) 19.8 (3.62) 1.5 (0.55) 6.5 (1.28) 1.5 (0.60) 79.9 (2.11) 77.2 (2.55) 16.3 (2.69)
                                   
Other graduate 86 (—) 62.7 (3.60) 5.3 (1.48) 6.0 (1.68) 7.4 (1.86) 7.3 (1.82) 42.2 (4.08) 40.6 (4.08) 3.1 (1.13)
                                   
2003-04, all institutions 914 (30.5) 85.9 (1.06) 21.6 (0.94) 13.2 (0.63) 22.5 (0.92) 8.6 (0.85) 61.0 (1.25) 53.4 (1.33) 10.8 (1.35)
Master's degree 381 (28.4) 80.5 (1.95) 17.1 (1.44) 11.7 (1.04) 21.6 (1.65) 10.5 (1.36) 57.3 (2.15) 49.1 (2.12) 5.4 (0.80)
Public 190 (12.0) 78.3 (2.11) 15.0 (1.86) 19.0 (1.69) 33.7 (2.50) 7.0 (1.06) 46.1 (2.54) 38.5 (2.24) 4.1 (0.87)
4-year doctoral 168 (10.4) 81.3 (1.75) 15.4 (2.06) 19.7 (1.71) 36.4 (2.52) 7.7 (1.17) 47.6 (2.55) 39.1 (2.26) 4.7 (0.99)
Other 4-year 22 (5.0) 55.4 (10.59) 12.1 (6.63) 13.2 (7.69) 13.0 (8.31) 1.4 (1.09) 34.7 (10.36) 33.4 (10.13) (†)
Private 191 (23.0) 82.6 (3.45) 19.3 (2.44) 4.6 (1.01) 9.5 (2.19) 14.0 (2.47) 68.4 (3.34) 59.7 (3.41) 6.6 (1.38)
4-year doctoral 116 (10.0) 85.8 (2.53) 27.9 (2.90) 7.0 (1.51) 12.4 (2.32) 10.3 (2.13) 67.8 (3.26) 57.1 (3.62) 9.8 (1.96)
Other 4-year 76 (19.4) 77.7 (6.94) 6.1 (2.94) 0.9 (0.73) 4.9 (3.91) 19.7 (5.43) 69.3 (6.36) 63.8 (6.45) 1.6 (1.45)
                                   
Doctor's degree 190 (9.0) 92.3 (0.86) 37.1 (1.71) 32.3 (1.71) 52.1 (1.82) 7.9 (0.79) 34.6 (1.86) 29.2 (1.52) 6.9 (1.50)
Public 111 (5.5) 93.4 (0.85) 33.2 (2.03) 43.5 (2.20) 59.1 (1.94) 8.5 (0.94) 30.8 (1.80) 26.4 (1.70) 4.7 (0.87)
Private 78 (6.3) 90.7 (1.63) 42.7 (3.12) 16.4 (1.73) 42.2 (3.30) 7.1 (1.26) 39.8 (3.53) 33.1 (2.86) 10.1 (3.30)
                                   
First-professional 273 (7.2) 90.3 (1.23) 21.2 (1.87) 3.8 (0.67) 7.5 (0.89) 5.0 (0.76) 81.2 (1.60) 73.3 (2.01) 23.1 (3.31)
Public 126 (7.3) 90.6 (1.45) 21.0 (2.51) 5.6 (0.90) 9.7 (1.35) 5.0 (0.93) 80.7 (2.11) 73.2 (2.44) 22.8 (2.01)
Private 147 (10.5) 90.1 (1.71) 21.3 (2.51) 2.2 (0.91) 5.6 (1.12) 5.0 (1.05) 81.6 (2.07) 73.4 (2.83) 23.3 (5.81)
                                   
Other graduate 71 (11.7) 80.9 (4.80) 6.2 (1.59) 5.6 (2.04) 6.6 (2.49) 14.1 (5.74) 73.4 (5.67) 64.5 (6.43) 2.7 (1.20)
                                   
2007-08, all institutions 1,177 (26.7) 87.0 (0.65) 23.6 (1.07) 12.3 (0.66) 25.4 (0.93) 11.5 (0.94) 58.2 (1.27) 52.3 (1.22) 6.0 (0.36)
Master's degree 616 (17.5) 84.8 (1.10) 17.7 (1.14) 10.6 (0.87) 19.4 (1.08) 16.1 (1.70) 60.1 (1.72) 52.2 (1.66) 4.4 (0.48)
Public 251 (8.8) 86.3 (1.37) 19.7 (1.78) 21.2 (1.92) 35.6 (1.80) 13.5 (1.45) 52.4 (1.79) 46.3 (1.78) 4.7 (0.95)
4-year doctoral 219 (8.6) 87.7 (1.40) 21.9 (1.96) 23.4 (2.12) 37.9 (2.01) 14.7 (1.66) 51.2 (1.94) 45.5 (1.93) 4.4 (0.99)
Other 4-year 33 (3.5) 76.9 (4.06) 5.2 (2.35) 6.1 (2.39) 20.0 (4.75) 5.1 (2.08) 60.4 (6.17) 51.1 (6.36) (†)
Private 364 (16.2) 83.7 (1.61) 16.3 (1.42) 3.4 (0.52) 8.2 (0.73) 18.0 (2.69) 65.4 (2.43) 56.3 (2.56) 4.2 (0.52)
4-year doctoral 207 (11.5) 80.7 (1.53) 25.5 (2.42) 3.9 (0.64) 13.0 (1.12) 14.5 (1.17) 57.4 (1.72) 48.7 (2.08) 7.0 (0.92)
Other 4-year 157 (12.0) 87.6 (2.90) 4.1 (0.90) 2.8 (0.89) 2.0 (0.54) 22.6 (6.10) 76.0 (4.59) 66.2 (4.66) 0.5 (0.30)
                                   
Doctor's degree 285 (19.5) 93.0 (0.84) 36.0 (1.89) 25.9 (1.57) 54.3 (2.30) 8.0 (0.70) 35.8 (2.33) 32.1 (2.35) 2.6 (0.46)
Public 148 (14.2) 92.1 (1.47) 30.7 (2.12) 39.4 (2.31) 66.5 (2.51) 7.9 (0.98) 28.3 (1.77) 25.4 (1.73) 2.4 (0.70)
Private 138 (10.7) 94.0 (1.02) 41.7 (3.17) 11.4 (1.36) 41.2 (3.46) 8.0 (1.14) 43.8 (3.79) 39.2 (3.94) 2.8 (0.63)
                                   
First-professional 242 (10.3) 88.1 (1.18) 26.1 (1.67) 1.6 (0.47) 7.8 (0.77) 4.6 (0.76) 81.3 (1.69) 77.6 (1.65) 14.4 (1.28)
Public 106 (5.9) 88.0 (1.88) 21.9 (2.10) 3.2 (0.91) 9.4 (1.31) 4.9 (1.41) 81.1 (2.25) 77.1 (2.48) 14.5 (1.95)
Private 136 (11.2) 88.2 (1.72) 29.3 (2.33) 0.4 (0.18) 6.6 (0.84) 4.4 (0.68) 81.5 (2.21) 78.1 (2.21) 14.4 (1.83)
                                   
Other graduate 34 (4.4) 68.8 (6.75) 10.5 (2.98) 3.0 (1.17) 16.2 (5.09) 6.1 (2.97) 48.8 (6.82) 45.0 (6.77) 4.5 (2.09)
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
1 Numbers of full-time, full-year postbaccalaureate students may not equal figures reported in other tables, since these data are based on a sample survey of all postbaccalaureate students who enrolled at any time during the school year.
2 Includes students who reported they were awarded aid, but did not specify the source of aid.
3 Includes students who received teaching or research assistantships and/or participated in work-study programs.
4 Formerly Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL).
5 Formerly National Direct Student Loans (NDSL). Includes subsidized amounts only.
6 Fellowship estimates for 1992-93 were based primarily on information provided by institutions and are not comparable to data for 1999-2000 and later years, which were based on information provided by both students and institutions.
NOTE: Excludes students whose attendance status was not reported. Total includes some students whose level of study or control of institution was unknown. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some students receive aid from multiple sources. 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, 1999-2000, 2003-04, and 2007-08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies (NPSAS:93, NPSAS:2000, NPSAS:04, and NPSAS:08). (This table was prepared December 2009.)

2009 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest