Postsecondary Education

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Table A-48-3. Average and annual tuition and fees, aid, and net tuition after grants for part-time graduate students, by level, degree program, and institution control: Academic years 2003-04 and 2007-08

[In constant 2009–10 dollars]
Characteristic	Average tuition and fees	Percent with grants	Percent with employer aid¹	Average grants	Average employer aid¹	Net tuition after grants² (all part-time students)	Percent attending part time
	2003–04
Master’s degree students
Total	$6,200	41.2	25.8	$2,000	$1,000	$4,700	43.4
Degree program
Business administration (M.B.A.)	7,400	59.1	48.6	3,300	2,700	4,900	35.7
Education (any master’s)	5,400	34.9	22.1	1,300	600	4,400	49.1
Any other master’s degree	6,300	40.1	21.2	2,000	800	4,800	42.9

Institution control
Public	4,300	38.9	23.5	1,600	700	3,200	48.4
Private not-for-profit	9,000	44.4	28.2	2,500	1,400	6,900	40.6

Doctoral degree students
Total	6,600	48.2	20.6	3,800	600	4,400	33.2
Degree program
Ph.D. (except in education)	6,300	52.0	14.9	4,900	500	3,600	29.3
Education (any doctorate)³	5,500	41.4	26.3	1,900	800	4,100	57.0
Any other doctoral degree⁴	8,900	47.2	27.7	3,200	900	6,800	27.5

Institution control
Public	5,500	48.4	17.5	3,700	500	3,500	36.0
Private not-for-profit	8,200	44.8	22.6	3,900	1,000	5,500	28.0

	2007–08
Master’s degree students
Total	7,000	42.1	30.4	2,300	1,500	5,200	32.4
Degree program
Business administration (M.B.A.)	9,100	53.3	47.6	4,200	3,400	5,800	27.6
Education (any master’s)	5,800	32.9	23.3	1,300	700	4,900	35.4
Any other master’s degree	7,200	44.9	29.8	2,500	1,400	5,300	32.3

Institution control
Public	4,900	41.2	29.2	1,900	1,100	3,600	35.1
Private not-for-profit	9,600	44.9	32.8	3,000	2,000	7,100	32.0

Doctoral degree students
Total	7,800	51.1	19.1	3,900	900	5,200	22.5
Degree program
Ph.D. (except in education)	7,700	56.5	16.2	4,800	800	4,600	19.7
Education (any doctorate)³	7,200	45.6	25.7	2,700	1,100	5,400	43.7
Any other doctoral degree⁴	8,800	44.5	16.7	3,100	800	6,700	16.7

Institution control
Public	6,500	55.9	18.2	4,400	900	3,800	26.3
Private not-for-profit	9,800	42.1	21.7	3,100	1,000	7,400	17.1
¹ Employer aid is considered a type of grant aid and therefore is included in the estimates for grants.
² If grants were greater than tuition, net tuition was set to zero. Consequently, average net tuition may be larger than average tuition and fees minus average grants.
³ Ph.D. in education, Ed.D., or any other doctoral degree in which education is the field of study.
⁴ 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 part-time students who attended for the full year at only one institution to keep financial aid and price comparable. "Total" includes data for private for-profit institutions, which are not shown separately. Too few first-professional students enrolled part time to present the data. Part-time students includes unaided students. 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.
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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