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Table 1
Percentage distribution of full-time, full-year dependent undergraduates according to type of institution, by family income: 1989–90 and 1999–2000

Family income Public
2-year
Public
4-year
Private
not-for-profit
4-year
Private
for-profit
less-than-4-year

  1989–90
    Total 15.5 52.4 28.0 4.1
Lowest quarter 16.4 47.0 28.0 8.7
Lower middle quarter 19.7 53.5 22.8 4.0
Upper middle quarter 15.5 56.4 25.2 2.9
Highest quarter 10.6 52.4 35.7 1.3
         
  1999–2000
    Total 19.4* 51.3 27.0 2.4*
Lowest quarter 24.7* 47.4 22.9* 5.0*
Lower middle quarter 22.3 51.9 23.8 2.0*
Upper middle quarter 18.6 51.7 28.0 1.7*
Highest quarter 12.6 53.9 32.6 0.9

*Represents statistically significant change from 1989–90.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, 1989–90 and 1999–2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies (NPSAS:90 and NPSAS:2000).

 

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