Special Analysis 2005

Paying for College: Changes Between 1990 and 2000 for Full-Time, Dependant Undergraduates

Table SA8. Standard errors for table 3: Percentage of full-time, full-year dependent undergraduates who received financial aid, and among aided students, average amount received (in 1999 constant dollars) and average percentage of price of attendance covered by financial aid, by family income and type of institution: 1989–90 and 1999–2000

	Percentage with aid		Average amount		Percentage of price of attendance covered by aid
Family income and type of institution	1989–90	1999–2000	1989–90	1999–2000	1989–90	1999–2000

Total	0.96	0.61	$130	$130	0.46	0.45
Family income
Lowest quarter	1.15	0.94	160	210	0.69	0.81
Lower middle quarter	1.36	1.13	170	220	0.77	0.84
Upper middle quarter	1.37	1.18	190	220	0.73	0.76
Highest quarter	1.13	1.03	170	190	0.77	0.68

Type of institution
Public 2-year	2.57	1.95	120	120	1.58	1.28
Public 4-year	1.38	0.66	90	90	0.71	0.52
Private not-for-profit 4-year	1.43	0.88	250	280	0.65	0.82
Private for-profit less-than-4-year	2.03	1.40	180	500	1.00	2.11

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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