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Table 394. Percentage of part-time or part-year undergraduates receiving financial aid, by type and source of aid and control and level of institution: Selected years, 1992-93 through 2007-08
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Control and level of institution Any aid Grants Loans Work study1
Total2 Federal3 Nonfederal Total Federal Nonfederal Total4 Federal4 Nonfederal Total Federal
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1992-93,                                                      
all institutions 37.6 (0.80) 25.0 (0.83) 16.5 (0.44) 32.4 (0.76) 18.8 (0.77) 14.5 (0.39) 13.5   (0.50) 13.1   (0.49) 0.8   (0.09) 2.1   (0.13) 1.2   (0.09)
Public 31.7 (0.71) 19.8 (0.67) 14.5 (0.46) 27.6 (0.66) 15.3 (0.60) 12.6 (0.40) 9.3   (0.41) 8.9   (0.39) 0.6   (0.09) 1.7   (0.12) 0.9   (0.09)
4-year doctoral 40.5 (1.02) 27.5 (0.95) 19.5 (0.66) 31.3 (0.85) 17.1 (0.68) 16.6 (0.61) 20.9   (0.83) 20.4   (0.82) 1.1   (0.18) 3.6   (0.32) 2.1   (0.24)
Other 4-year 39.5 (1.24) 28.4 (1.25) 19.2 (1.00) 33.8 (1.17) 22.0 (1.17) 16.1 (0.88) 16.2   (0.99) 15.6   (0.93) 1.3   (0.32) 3.1   (0.42) 1.6   (0.26)
2-year 28.6 (0.91) 16.5 (0.83) 12.7 (0.61) 25.9 (0.87) 13.7 (0.76) 11.2 (0.52) 5.6   (0.44) 5.3   (0.43) 0.4   (0.11) 1.1   (0.11) 0.6   (0.10)
Less-than-2-year 21.2 (3.11) 15.1 (3.55) 6.9 (1.47) 19.4 (3.43) 13.8 (3.90) 6.0 (1.41) 0.7 ! (0.32) 0.7 ! (0.32) #   (†)   (†)   (†)
                                                       
Private, nonprofit 56.4 (1.96) 35.1 (2.65) 33.7 (1.54) 50.2 (2.12) 23.2 (2.96) 31.7 (1.49) 23.7   (1.38) 23.2   (1.34) 1.8   (0.23) 5.9   (0.71) 3.8   (0.42)
4-year doctoral 51.4 (1.91) 28.3 (1.49) 33.0 (1.91) 44.4 (1.90) 12.8 (0.98) 31.7 (1.91) 24.2   (1.42) 23.3   (1.39) 2.7   (0.47) 5.4   (0.88) 3.1   (0.58)
Other 4-year 59.4 (2.83) 38.1 (4.18) 35.6 (2.25) 53.8 (3.14) 26.8 (4.73) 33.6 (2.19) 24.4   (2.08) 23.9   (2.02) 1.5   (0.32) 7.3   (1.14) 4.8   (0.65)
Less-than-4-year 53.9 (5.17) 35.8 (4.98) 28.4 (4.07) 47.3 (4.83) 28.3 (4.56) 24.4 (4.05) 20.7   (3.59) 20.3   (3.58) 1.2 ! (0.44)   (†)   (†)
                                                       
Private, for-profit 71.0 (3.08) 64.4 (3.44) 11.8 (1.58) 55.3 (3.30) 48.8 (3.61) 8.6 (1.34) 42.3   (3.54) 41.9   (3.51) 1.5 ! (0.46) 0.9 ! (0.29) 0.4   (0.11)
2-year and above 64.4 (5.75) 54.9 (5.93) 14.3 (2.75) 46.2 (4.25) 35.0 (4.19) 12.1 (2.45) 45.7   (5.59) 45.5   (5.58)   (†) 1.4 ! (0.58) 0.6 ! (0.24)
Less-than-2-year 75.5 (2.78) 70.8 (3.36) 10.2 (1.74) 61.5 (4.15) 58.1 (4.52) 6.3 (1.27) 40.0   (4.50) 39.4   (4.42) 1.8 ! (0.63)   (†) 0.3 ! (0.08)
                                                       
1999-2000,                                                      
all institutions 44.6 (0.81) 29.8 (0.64) 27.4 (0.75) 35.4 (0.70) 18.6 (0.52) 25.0 (0.73) 18.4   (0.56) 17.7   (0.55) 2.1   (0.12) 1.9   (0.11) 1.4   (0.10)
Public 39.7 (0.85) 24.8 (0.57) 25.3 (0.86) 31.7 (0.78) 15.9 (0.48) 23.3 (0.83) 13.5   (0.41) 13.0   (0.39) 1.3   (0.11) 1.5   (0.11) 1.1   (0.10)
4-year doctoral 51.0 (0.93) 36.8 (0.93) 30.0 (0.83) 35.7 (0.79) 17.9 (0.70) 26.7 (0.70) 31.5   (0.96) 30.3   (0.87) 3.3   (0.42) 3.0   (0.28) 1.9   (0.25)
Other 4-year 51.2 (1.33) 37.0 (1.36) 29.9 (1.10) 39.1 (1.24) 21.5 (1.33) 27.9 (1.10) 27.4   (1.04) 26.6   (1.02) 2.4   (0.34) 3.1   (0.48) 2.5   (0.44)
2-year 34.9 (1.14) 19.8 (0.69) 23.5 (1.20) 29.5 (1.08) 14.4 (0.62) 21.9 (1.16) 6.9   (0.42) 6.5   (0.40) 0.6   (0.10) 0.8   (0.12) 0.7   (0.11)
Less-than-2-year 38.6 (3.11) 21.9 (3.93) 22.2 (1.77) 29.6 (3.16) 18.2 (3.53) 14.4 (2.46)   (†)   (†)   (†) 1.6   (0.47) 0.9 ! (0.33)
                                                       
Private, nonprofit 64.8 (1.02) 44.5 (1.56) 47.2 (1.32) 53.9 (1.15) 22.1 (1.33) 44.8 (1.44) 34.8   (1.48) 33.4   (1.39) 6.0   (0.50) 5.9   (0.52) 4.0   (0.41)
4-year doctoral 60.2 (1.59) 40.9 (1.74) 46.8 (1.64) 49.9 (1.54) 17.0 (1.15) 44.2 (1.48) 35.1   (1.76) 34.1   (1.74) 7.6   (1.01) 6.5   (0.93) 4.7   (0.80)
Other 4-year 66.2 (1.33) 44.6 (2.23) 48.5 (1.78) 54.9 (1.58) 22.2 (1.94) 46.3 (2.02) 34.4   (2.11) 32.8   (1.95) 5.7   (0.63) 5.8   (0.68) 3.7   (0.52)
Less-than-4-year 71.2 (4.24) 57.3 (5.11) 37.2 (6.39) 61.0 (4.36) 41.7 (4.22) 34.4 (6.66) 36.4   (5.14) 35.9   (5.04) 2.9   (0.62) 4.6 ! (1.49) 3.5 ! (1.12)
                                                       
Private, for-profit 83.1 (1.78) 78.5 (1.53) 22.3 (1.82) 58.9 (2.03) 53.3 (2.19) 14.6 (1.69) 62.7   (3.06) 61.2   (3.07) 6.1   (0.86) 0.3 ! (0.16) 0.3 ! (0.15)
2-year and above 81.8 (2.03) 77.9 (2.24) 25.4 (2.77) 54.0 (2.92) 45.6 (2.94) 19.3 (2.16) 69.5   (3.09) 68.5   (3.12) 6.0   (1.28)   (†)   (†)
Less-than-2-year 84.7 (2.75) 79.1 (1.97) 18.7 (2.41) 64.5 (2.44) 62.2 (2.45) 9.1 (1.83) 54.8   (6.25) 52.9   (6.32) 6.3   (1.11)   (†)   (†)
                                                       
2003-04,                                                      
all institutions 54.1 (0.79) 38.3 (0.76) 31.6 (0.59) 43.3 (0.72) 24.4 (0.59) 28.2 (0.57) 24.5   (0.23) 23.4   (0.23) 3.7   (0.17) 3.5   (0.17) 2.3   (0.12)
Public 46.9 (1.01) 31.2 (1.06) 28.3 (0.61) 37.7 (0.86) 20.3 (0.80) 25.8 (0.58) 15.9   (0.32) 15.0   (0.31) 2.0   (0.10) 3.0   (0.18) 1.9   (0.11)
4-year doctoral 60.1 (0.92) 44.5 (0.89) 35.5 (0.86) 42.8 (0.93) 21.7 (0.74) 31.2 (0.96) 39.1   (0.95) 37.2   (0.90) 4.8   (0.33) 4.4   (0.38) 2.9   (0.27)
Other 4-year 57.8 (2.31) 44.0 (2.18) 31.2 (2.15) 41.5 (2.63) 24.2 (1.87) 28.1 (1.96) 33.5   (1.49) 32.4   (1.42) 3.4   (0.53) 3.4   (0.54) 2.2   (0.41)
2-year 42.2 (1.17) 26.2 (1.21) 26.1 (0.73) 35.9 (0.95) 19.5 (0.90) 24.2 (0.70) 7.9   (0.35) 7.2   (0.32) 1.1   (0.10) 2.6   (0.21) 1.6   (0.13)
Less-than-2-year 41.6 (3.49) 20.5 (3.03) 28.5 (3.70) 32.6 (3.01) 16.3 (2.66) 19.8 (3.08) 6.2   (1.65) 4.7 ! (1.42) 1.7 ! (0.72) 3.5 ! (1.13) 1.1 ! (0.49)
                                                       
Private, nonprofit 76.8 (1.04) 53.2 (1.27) 55.8 (2.12) 63.9 (1.69) 26.5 (0.98) 52.5 (2.13) 44.2   (1.05) 41.9   (1.08) 8.6   (0.72) 8.9   (0.72) 6.4   (0.60)
4-year doctoral 73.5 (1.36) 46.4 (1.91) 61.0 (1.89) 63.7 (1.59) 20.0 (1.76) 57.6 (1.86) 42.2   (1.99) 39.2   (2.01) 11.0   (1.05) 13.3   (1.42) 8.8   (1.20)
Other 4-year 78.1 (1.32) 55.5 (2.15) 54.1 (2.78) 63.8 (2.25) 27.7 (1.65) 51.3 (2.93) 45.7   (1.78) 44.0   (1.80) 7.6   (0.86) 7.4   (0.82) 5.6   (0.69)
Less-than-4-year 78.5 (4.82) 63.1 (3.84) 47.3 (5.70) 67.2 (3.34) 48.6 (3.77) 40.1 (4.26) 35.5   (4.92) 30.7   (2.84) 8.2 ! (3.82) 3.7   (0.99) 2.8   (0.79)
                                                       
Private, for-profit 89.7 (0.52) 83.1 (0.70) 32.1 (1.50) 67.5 (1.04) 56.8 (1.23) 20.5 (1.24) 75.8   (0.92) 74.2   (0.92) 12.3   (1.24) 1.8   (0.30) 1.1   (0.28)
2-year and above 91.1 (0.79) 83.9 (1.24) 35.7 (2.50) 69.1 (1.68) 56.4 (2.23) 24.2 (2.13) 78.4   (1.67) 77.0   (1.65) 13.2   (1.92) 1.5 ! (0.48) 1.1 ! (0.46)
Less-than-2-year 87.4 (0.69) 81.6 (1.07) 25.7 (0.87) 64.7 (0.55) 57.5 (0.88) 13.8 (1.02) 71.0   (1.59) 69.2   (1.66) 10.8   (0.51) 2.3   (0.13) 1.2   (0.12)
                                                       
2007-08,5                                                      
all institutions 56.9 (0.45) 39.3 (0.30) 37.8 (0.46) 43.4 (0.46) 24.5 (0.29) 28.4 (0.45) 30.1   (0.22) 26.1   (0.19) 11.6   (0.28) 3.4   (0.16) 2.6   (0.11)
Public 49.3 (0.54) 30.3 (0.36) 33.3 (0.46) 38.0 (0.53) 19.2 (0.31) 27.7 (0.46) 19.6   (0.21) 15.9   (0.17) 6.6   (0.17) 2.9   (0.17) 2.2   (0.10)
4-year doctoral 64.2 (0.73) 44.0 (0.74) 44.9 (0.72) 43.1 (0.61) 19.7 (0.57) 34.3 (0.62) 42.5   (0.81) 36.8   (0.76) 14.0   (0.56) 4.5   (0.30) 3.3   (0.26)
Other 4-year 60.1 (1.02) 43.2 (0.97) 35.9 (1.08) 42.5 (0.79) 25.5 (0.80) 26.9 (0.85) 34.7   (0.96) 29.5   (0.82) 10.6   (0.64) 3.3   (0.30) 2.5   (0.28)
2-year 44.2 (0.68) 25.2 (0.42) 30.4 (0.58) 36.2 (0.69) 18.0 (0.38) 26.4 (0.60) 12.1   (0.20) 9.1   (0.13) 4.3   (0.18) 2.5   (0.22) 2.0   (0.13)
Less-than-2-year 46.7 (2.17) 31.4 (1.91) 26.5 (4.22) 38.5 (1.87) 27.6 (1.43) 15.8 (2.14) 14.6   (1.79) 11.3   (1.91) 5.7   (1.24) #   (†) #   (†)
                                                       
Private, nonprofit 77.3 (0.90) 55.4 (0.87) 59.7 (1.04) 60.5 (1.00) 25.3 (0.76) 49.5 (1.10) 50.9   (0.77) 46.2   (0.79) 19.9   (0.74) 9.3   (0.72) 7.0   (0.63)
4-year doctoral 75.5 (1.37) 49.7 (1.87) 62.1 (1.69) 59.0 (1.68) 20.1 (1.38) 51.6 (1.86) 49.7   (1.58) 43.5   (1.90) 21.4   (1.23) 11.0   (1.42) 8.2   (1.19)
Other 4-year 78.8 (1.29) 58.2 (1.43) 59.8 (1.33) 62.0 (1.39) 26.9 (1.29) 50.4 (1.39) 52.3   (1.34) 48.6   (1.37) 19.0   (1.12) 8.8   (0.80) 6.7   (0.73)
Less-than-4-year 75.3 (4.14) 67.4 (3.94) 42.3 (5.29) 55.8 (3.11) 45.9 (3.45) 25.6 (3.85) 45.5   (1.97) 42.0   (2.21) 18.2   (2.47) 1.9 ! (0.59) 1.6   (0.42)
                                                       
Private, for-profit 93.2 (0.56) 87.7 (0.73) 51.2 (1.72) 66.7 (1.02) 59.7 (1.18) 17.6 (1.73) 85.6   (0.71) 79.8   (0.66) 39.4   (1.65) 2.0   (0.34) 1.7   (0.34)
2-year and above 94.5 (0.70) 89.6 (0.90) 53.0 (2.16) 67.0 (1.28) 58.9 (1.48) 18.7 (2.16) 88.0   (0.79) 83.6   (0.76) 40.9   (2.04) 2.5   (0.43) 2.1   (0.43)
Less-than-2-year 88.6 (0.81) 80.7 (1.24) 44.8 (1.91) 65.8 (1.15) 62.4 (1.05) 13.8 (2.11) 76.8   (1.43) 66.5   (1.23) 34.1   (1.58) 0.1 ! (0.07)   (†)
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
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.
3 Includes Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense benefits.
4 The 2003-04 and 2007-08 data include Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS).
5 Data have been revised from previously published figures.
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. Data include Puerto Rico.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1992-93, 1999-2000, 2003-04, and 2007-08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:93, NPSAS:2000, NPSAS:04, and NPSAS:08). (This table was prepared July 2013.)

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