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Average unmet need (total price of attendance minus EFC minus aid) for FT/FY undergraduates enrolled in one institution during AY 1999-2000, by institution type and student characteristics
  Institution type
 
 
 
Public 2-year
(Mean including 0)
Public 4-year
(Mean including 0)
Private nfp 4-year
(Mean including 0)
Private for-profit
(Mean including 0)
Unmet need
Total

           
    Total $2,747 $2,369 $4,931 $6,548 $3,267
           
Income dependents          
  Low quartile 4,465 3,818 6,022 7,840 4,655
  Middle two quartiles 1,500 2,163 5,266 4,980 2,872
  High quartile 0 207 2,309 667 867
           
Income independents          
  Low quartile 5,155 3,930 8,273 8,392 5,415
  Middle two quartiles 3,825 4,201 6,972 7,226 4,870
  High quartile 406 900 3,798 2,773 1,595
           
Receipt of any aid          
  Not aided 2,718 3,791 12,373 11,162 4,743
  Some aid 2,768 1,820 3,513 5,983 2,703
           
Pell Grant receipt          
  No Pell 2,344 2,309 5,027 5,224 3,099
  Received Pell 3,606 2,522 4,661 7,822 3,667
           
Received Stafford subsidized          
  No Stafford 2,933 2,848 6,527 8,134 3,704
  Received Stafford 1,502 1,559 3,241 5,847 2,487
           
Received Stafford unsubsidized          
  No Stafford 2,953 2,948 5,931 8,106 3,787
  Received Stafford 586 557 1,657 5,401 1,426
           
Gender          
  Male 2,594 2,413 5,198 6,225 3,272
  Female 2,862 2,333 4,724 6,750 3,264
           
Race-ethnicity          
  White, non-Hispanic 2,218 2,164 4,622 5,763 2,924
  Black, non-Hispanic 3,619 2,255 4,514 7,014 3,384
  Hispanic or Latino 3,943 2,835 5,114 8,019 4,156
  Asian 3,970 3,911 9,019 8,446 5,089
  American Indian/Alaskan Native low n 1,866 4,839 low n 3,021
  Pacific Islander/Hawaiian low n 1,607 low n low n 2,857
  Other low n 3,725 7,193 low n 4,799
  More than one race low n 2,891 5,318 5,973 3,927
           
Undergraduate level          
  1st year undergraduate 2,648 2,188 4,126 6,819 3,063
  2nd year undergraduate 2,799 2,387 5,354 6,316 3,333
  3rd year undergraduate 2,859 2,339 5,083 4,772 3,263
  4th year undergraduate 2,267 2,362 5,178 5,501 3,093
  5th year undergraduate low n 3,377 low n low n 3,701
  Senior/graduated in 1999-2000 low n 2,348 4,988 6,030 3,389
  Unclassified/other 3,196 6,268 low n 9,681 5,344

Note: Unmet need values less than zero were set to zero. Aid within the unmet need formula does not include earnings from college work study or other employment.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999-2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study.

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