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Table S-48-1. Standard Errors for the 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]
		Average for full-time students
Characteristic	Percent attending full time	Tuition and fees	Total price	Total aid	Grants	Loans	Assistant-ships and other aid	Net price (total price minus grants)
	2003–04
Master’s degree students
Total	1.86	$580	$600	$610	$230	$530	$220	$600
Degree program
Business administration (M.B.A.)	3.14	1,500	1,510	1,960	540	1,680	480	1,350
Education (any master’s)	1.46	820	1,180	1,380	480	1,110	330	1,200
Any other master’s degree	2.39	530	570	730	340	610	300	600

Institution control
Public	1.48	370	570	590	280	430	330	530
Private not-for-profit	2.92	1,040	1,170	1,260	460	1,050	290	1,080

Doctoral degree students
Total	2.66	380	460	590	490	570	380	570
Degree program
Ph.D. (except in education)	2.60	340	400	550	530	350	400	480
Education (any doctorate)	2.45	940	1,250	1,720	1,040	900	990	1,580
Any other doctoral degree	4.54	1,010	1,100	1,380	560	1,320	440	1,230

Institution control
Public	2.52	200	340	590	470	460	390	410
Private not-for-profit	3.65	780	690	1,130	960	1,160	730	860

First-professional degree students
Total	3.19	1,070	1,120	790	280	820	170	1,060
Degree program
Medicine (M.D.)	1.47	1,250	1,270	1,510	700	1,570	430	1,050
Other health science degree	2.96	2,050	2,360	1,480	540	1,620	300	2,010
Law (L.L.B. or J.D.)	2.64	1,380	1,330	1,100	490	1,140	170	1,480
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.)	10.10	2,530	2,090	3,050	2,720	2,400	790	3,050

Institution control
Public	1.27	270	530	870	310	910	200	610
Private not-for-profit	5.28	1,730	1,810	1,280	440	1,290	260	1,790
	2007–08
Master’s degree students
Total	0.93	$300	$440	$530	$330	$480	$170	$380
Degree program
Business administration (M.B.A.)	2.80	860	880	1,210	560	1,330	160	950
Education (any master’s)	1.63	520	1,040	1,070	420	1,050	250	1,090
Any other master’s degree	1.17	360	490	720	470	500	220	480

Institution control
Public	1.07	390	700	730	420	370	320	500
Private not-for-profit	1.24	610	870	750	400	630	180	770

Doctoral degree students
Total	1.56	420	470	620	640	810	430	680
Degree program
Ph.D. (except in education)	1.64	520	580	730	780	420	480	720
Education (any doctorate)	2.51	1,000	1,480	2,160	710	2,030	830	1,670
Any other doctoral degree	3.52	880	690	1,100	550	1,470	600	920

Institution control
Public	1.88	400	580	900	1,050	380	420	740
Private not-for-profit	1.86	470	590	890	660	890	610	720

First-professional degree students
Total	2.18	620	570	760	240	740	120	530
Degree program
Medicine (M.D.)	2.14	1,110	1,080	1,470	390	1,350	290	960
Other health science degree	2.77	950	1,030	1,470	370	1,470	280	1,080
Law (L.L.B. or J.D.)	4.03	700	750	1,060	370	930	120	710
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.)	6.93	830	1,400	2,380	1,600	1,660	170	1,160

Institution control
Public	2.16	390	530	940	370	930	190	560
Private not-for-profit	3.85	570	690	1,280	330	1,270	130	700

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), 2003–04 and 2007–08.

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