Postsecondary Education

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Table A-48-1. Average annual tuition and fees, total price, amount of aid, and net price for all full-time graduate and first-professional students, and percentage of all students attending full time, by level, degree program, and institution control: Academic years 2003-04 and 2007-08

[In constant 2009–10 dollars]
		Annual average for full-time students
Characteristic	Percent attending full time	Tuition and fees	Total price¹	Total aid	Grants	Loans	Assistant-ships and other aid	Net price (total price minus grants)
	2003–04
Master’s degree students
Total	21.3	$13,500	$32,000	$16,300	$3,300	$10,400	$2,500	$28,700
Degree program
Business administration (M.B.A.)	19.9	17,700	38,200	16,700	3,000	12,500	1,300	35,200
Education (any master’s)	11.5	9,600	26,400	12,600	1,900	9,600	1,000	24,500
Any other master’s degree	27.8	13,300	31,700	17,000	3,800	10,100	3,200	28,000

Institution control
Public	20.4	8,700	25,700	13,900	3,300	6,800	3,800	22,400
Private not-for-profit	20.8	20,100	39,400	20,000	3,800	14,800	1,400	35,600

Doctoral degree students
Total	47.7	16,800	38,500	26,500	10,100	7,200	9,300	28,400
Degree program
Ph.D. (except in education)	53.1	17,400	39,100	28,100	12,600	3,200	12,300	26,500
Education (any doctorate)²	20.2	12,500	32,400	16,300	5,900	5,100	5,300	26,500
Any other doctoral degred³	52.4	16,300	38,500	25,100	4,800	17,500	2,800	33,700

Institution control
Public	45.3	11,800	32,900	24,700	9,700	5,400	9,700	23,200
Private not-for-profit	51.8	23,900	46,700	29,500	10,800	9,700	8,900	35,800

First-professional degree students
Total	76.5	18,900	41,200	28,300	3,500	23,700	1,100	37,600
Degree program
Medicine (M.D.)	90.9	19,200	45,200	32,300	4,000	26,400	1,900	41,200
Other health science degree	89.4	18,200	40,400	28,100	2,300	24,800	1,100	38,100
Law (L.L.B. or J.D.)	76.5	19,700	40,300	27,200	3,800	22,600	700	36,500
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.)	22.4	11,000	27,600	13,400	5,900	6,900	700	21,700

Institution control
Public	87.8	11,100	33,700	24,600	2,800	20,800	1,100	30,900
Private not-for-profit	68.9	25,600	47,600	31,500	4,200	26,200	1,100	43,400
	2007–08
Master’s degree students
Total	26.0	$14,700	$34,600	$19,300	$4,500	$12,600	$2,200	$30,100
Degree program
Business administration (M.B.A.)	30.6	15,200	37,100	18,300	4,200	13,300	800	32,900
Education (any master’s)	16.5	10,900	29,400	16,000	2,900	11,600	1,500	26,500
Any other master’s degree	30.2	15,800	35,500	20,900	5,200	12,700	3,000	30,300

Institution control
Public	21.8	10,600	29,000	18,600	5,200	9,200	4,200	23,900
Private not-for-profit	25.6	20,600	39,600	20,900	4,600	15,000	1,300	35,000

Doctoral degree students
Total	52.9	16,800	39,700	26,900	9,200	8,300	9,400	30,500
Degree program
Ph.D. (except in education)	57.7	17,300	40,000	27,100	12,000	3,100	12,000	27,900
Education (any doctorate)²	22.8	12,300	34,500	21,900	4,400	11,300	6,100	30,100
Any other doctoral degred³	59.2	16,900	40,200	27,400	3,700	19,600	4,100	36,400

Institution control
Public	47.8	11,900	33,700	24,900	9,100	4,700	11,200	24,700
Private not-for-profit	61.8	24,200	47,100	29,100	10,800	9,800	8,500	36,300

First-professional degree students
Total	78.4	24,200	46,500	32,000	3,600	27,400	900	42,900
Degree program
Medicine (M.D.)	87.2	21,100	46,100	31,900	2,700	28,100	1,100	43,400
Other health science degree	81.7	20,000	42,700	31,300	3,000	27,200	1,000	39,700
Law (L.L.B. or J.D.)	76.6	28,100	49,200	33,200	4,200	28,200	900	45,000
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.)	44.3	16,200	33,900	17,600	7,000	10,300	300	26,900

Institution control
Public	82.2	13,500	37,300	27,700	3,000	23,400	1,300	34,400
Private not-for-profit	75.6	32,600	53,700	35,300	4,100	30,500	700	49,600
¹ Total price (also known as the student budget) includes tuition and fees, books and materials, and living expenses.
² Ph.D. in education, Ed.D., or any other doctoral degree in which education is the field of study.
³ Examples include D.B.A. (Doctor of Business Administration), D.F.A. (Doctor of Fine Arts), and D.P.A. (Doctor of Public Administration).
NOTE: Data presented are limited to full-time students who attended for the full year at only one institution to keep financial aid and price data comparable. Full-time students includes unaided students. "Other aid" includes aid that could not be characterized as federal, state, or institutional, such as employer aid, outside grants, and veteran's benefits. "Total" includes data for private for-profit institutions, which are not shown separately. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data are revised from previously published figures. Data were adjusted to constant 2009–10 dollars using the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). for more information on the CPI-U, see supplemental note 10. For more information on the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), see supplemental note 3.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003–04 and 2007–08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04 and NPSAS:08).

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