Postsecondary Education

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Table S-48-2. 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

	Percent				Average (for full-time students with each type of aid, in constant 2009–10 dollars)
Characteristic	Any aid	Grants	Loans	Assistant-ships and other aid	Total aid	Grants	Loans	Assistant- ships and other aid
	2003–04
Master’s degree students
Total	1.91	2.35	2.16	1.88	$590	$500	$660	$530
Degree program
Business administration (M.B.A.)	4.68	4.98	5.25	4.46	2,050	1,380	2,520	†
Education (any master’s)	5.49	4.51	5.22	2.84	1,310	1,470	1,080	†
Any other master’s degree	2.45	3.50	2.56	2.53	650	560	740	600

Institution control
Public	2.19	2.32	2.70	2.44	570	520	620	570
Private not-for-profit	3.80	4.58	3.47	3.06	920	980	1,000	1,110

Doctoral degree students
Total	0.87	1.71	1.94	1.74	520	560	1,100	440
Degree program
Ph.D. (except in education)	0.76	1.68	1.56	1.58	500	520	1,180	370
Education (any doctorate)	4.60	5.34	4.97	6.42	1,600	1,350	1,150	1,010
Any other doctoral degree	2.14	3.91	3.79	3.75	1,440	980	1,580	1,700

Institution control
Public	0.88	1.95	1.91	1.83	530	490	840	410
Private not-for-profit	1.62	2.96	3.36	3.05	920	1,240	1,760	980

First-professional degree students
Total	1.25	2.08	1.61	1.65	830	610	810	1,070
Degree program
Medicine (M.D.)	2.00	2.71	2.63	2.61	1,390	1,410	1,330	1,430
Other health science degree	2.53	5.28	2.91	5.31	1,370	840	1,470	2,410
Law (L.L.B. or J.D.)	1.54	2.95	2.13	1.73	1,140	870	1,190	1,060
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.)	14.20	16.60	11.10	9.91	†	†	†	†

Institution control
Public	1.46	2.28	2.09	1.60	750	610	760	950
Private not-for-profit	1.74	3.10	2.11	2.84	1,520	1,010	1,450	1,660
	2007–08
Master’s degree students
Total	1.16	2.09	1.79	1.23	$520	$600	$520	$440
Degree program
Business administration (M.B.A.)	3.25	6.10	4.39	1.89	1,400	1,380	1,550	1,010
Education (any master’s)	2.90	4.13	4.21	2.45	980	760	970	880
Any other master’s degree	1.50	2.44	2.05	1.61	770	690	670	530

Institution control
Public	1.42	2.01	1.81	2.01	680	700	470	550
Private not-for-profit	1.37	2.22	1.51	1.24	680	610	690	900

Doctoral degree students
Total	0.86	2.48	2.42	2.29	590	760	920	470
Degree program
Ph.D. (except in education)	0.74	1.80	1.60	2.15	730	940	1,280	460
Education (any doctorate)	3.75	5.91	6.61	6.27	1,890	1,370	1,620	1,200
Any other doctoral degree	2.36	5.33	4.03	4.69	910	740	1,020	1,310

Institution control
Public	1.51	2.18	1.79	2.59	880	1,440	900	400
Private not-for-profit	1.00	2.70	2.66	2.57	820	880	1,090	1,000

First-professional degree students
Total	1.18	1.85	1.70	1.36	650	440	550	690
Degree program
Medicine (M.D.)	2.45	3.61	2.69	3.48	1,450	1,220	1,100	2,190
Other health science degree	2.32	3.62	2.61	2.26	1,260	680	1,230	1,800
Law (L.L.B. or J.D.)	1.69	2.58	2.42	1.66	900	570	700	500
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.)	4.15	7.51	8.73	5.12	2,450	1,810	†	†

Institution control
Public	1.86	3.06	2.24	1.69	870	690	770	1,120
Private not-for-profit	1.72	2.17	2.23	2.03	920	670	830	750
† Not applicable.
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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