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Table 3.8. Average federal aid and institutional grants as percentages of total aid for aided graduate and first-professional students, by selected enrollment and institution characteristics: 2003–04

	All aided students			Students with each type of aid
Enrollment and institution characteristics	Federal aid as a percent of total aid1	Institutional grants as a percent of total aid2		Federal aid as a percent of total aid	Institutional grants as a percent of total aid
All students
U.S. total (excluding Puerto Rico)	47.0	10.8		83.9	46.1
Total (50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico)	47.0	10.7		83.8	45.7
Master’s degree/institution type	46.4	8.6		85.8	46.2
Public	40.3	9.4		84.8	44.3
Non-doctorate-granting	45.6	7.9		87.7	‡
Doctorate-granting	38.7	9.9		83.8	41.8
Private not-for-profit	50.3	8.8		86.3	48.6
Non-doctorate-granting	53.2	4.9		92.6	43.2
Doctorate-granting	48.3	11.5		82.0	50.5
Doctoral degree/institution type	27.2	24.5		73.0	50.7
Public	21.3	26.2		66.8	48.7
Private not-for-profit	35.3	23.3		78.3	55.0
First-professional degree/institution	69.8	8.4		80.7	32.6
type
Public	76.0	7.8		86.0	27.8
Private not-for-profit	65.4	8.8		76.8	36.7
Master’s degree/program
Business administration (M.B.A.)	40.7	4.4		80.6	37.0
Education (any master’s)	51.5	7.1		91.6	55.8
M.A. except in education	43.9	12.4		82.2	44.4
M.S. except in education	32.9	11.4		81.3	48.2
Any other master’s degree	61.6	9.6		87.2	41.9
Doctoral degree/program
Ph.D. except in education	13.9	32.1		56.0	52.2
Education (any doctorate)	36.0	15.0		87.9	51.2
Any other doctoral degree	54.0	11.5		83.4	42.4
First-professional degree/program
Medicine (M.D.)	74.8	7.2		84.2	29.4
Other health science degree	79.2	4.5		87.2	24.7
Law (L.L.B. or J.D.)	68.2	10.2		75.3	35.3
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.)	31.4	15.1		71.8	41.7
Attendance pattern
Full-time/full-year	57.3	14.6		80.4	42.6
Full-time/part-year	45.8	10.0		81.5	48.3
Part-time/full-year	44.0	9.3		86.2	47.3
Part-time/part-year	31.0	5.6		93.6	61.6
Full-time/full-year students
U.S. total (excluding Puerto Rico)	57.3	14.6		80.4	42.7
Total (50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico)	57.3	14.6		80.4	42.6
Master’s degree/institution type	55.1	14.0		80.6	43.4
Public	48.4	16.0		81.5	43.7
Non-doctorate-granting	‡	‡		‡	‡
Doctorate-granting	47.1	15.6		81.4	42.1
Private not-for-profit	58.6	14.0		77.7	43.0
Non-doctorate-granting	72.6	3.9		86.4	‡
Doctorate-granting	54.8	16.8		74.9	45.5
Doctoral degree/institution type	30.1	28.4		70.6	49.8
Public	25.5	30.1		65.6	47.5
Private not-for-profit	35.3	27.8		74.3	53.8
First-professional degree/institution	73.2	8.0		81.3	30.7
type
Public	77.0	7.4		86.4	26.4
Private not-for-profit	69.9	8.5		77.0	35.1
Master’s degree/program
Business administration (M.B.A.)	52.1	8.4		75.1	‡
Education (any master’s)	76.9	8.9		90.7	39.2
M.A. except in education	48.2	21.6		77.7	42.8
M.S. except in education	40.1	15.9		75.7	47.5
Any other master’s degree	60.6	14.5		81.0	42.3
Doctoral degree/program
Ph.D. except in education	13.2	37.4		50.7	52.1
Education (any doctorate)	43.1	23.4		81.4	50.4
Any other doctoral degree	62.7	10.7		83.4	37.2
First-professional degree/program
Medicine (M.D.)	75.1	6.8		84.5	29.0
Other health science degree	80.4	4.5		87.7	24.1
Law (L.L.B. or J.D.)	68.1	11.0		74.5	33.6
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.)	45.9	15.4		‡	‡
‡ Reporting standards not met.
1 For all aided students, including those with no federal aid.
2 For all aided students, including those with no institutional grants. A large proportion of institutional aid comes from federal research funds.
NOTE: Seventy-three percent of all students were aided (table 2.1). Unless specifically excluded, data include students in graduate programs other than master’s, doctoral, and first-professional, students in private for-profit institutions, and students in Puerto Rico.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003–04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04).