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Table 320. Percentage of full-time, full-year undergraduates receiving aid, by type and source of aid received and control and type of institution: Selected years, 1992-93 through 2003-04
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                         |             Any aid             |              Grants             |                Loan             |     Work study\1\    |               Other
Control and type         |_________________________________|_________________________________|_________________________________|______________________|_________________________________
of institution           |  Total\2\|   Federal|Non-federal|     Total|   Federal|Non-federal|     Total|   Federal|Non-federal|     Total|    Federal|     Total|   Federal|Non-federal
_________________________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________
1                        |         2|         3|          4|         5|         6|          7|         8|         9|         10|        11|         12|        13|        14|         15
_________________________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________
1992-93                  |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
   All institutions .....|58.7(0.81)|45.6(0.80)|37.9 (0.76)|48.9(0.75)|29.4(0.76)|34.0 (0.71)|32.3(0.78)|31.3(0.77)| 2.7 (0.20)|10.2(0.48)| 6.8 (0.39)| 9.5(0.40)| 5.2(0.28)| 4.6 (0.32)
                         |__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________
Public ..................|52.6(1.03)|40.0(0.98)|33.0 (0.88)|43.1(0.94)|27.8(0.83)|29.1 (0.79)|25.5(0.89)|24.8(0.88)| 2.0 (0.22)| 6.8(0.43)| 4.2 (0.30)| 7.9(0.40)| 3.7(0.27)| 4.4 (0.33)
  4-year doctoral .......|54.1(1.18)|39.3(1.17)|34.8 (0.81)|42.4(1.02)|23.8(0.96)|30.8 (0.74)|31.2(1.05)|30.4(1.04)| 2.4 (0.26)| 7.1(0.55)| 4.3 (0.37)| 8.6(0.43)| 5.0(0.37)| 3.9 (0.27)
  Other 4-year ..........|57.1(1.56)|46.1(1.61)|37.4 (1.69)|46.1(1.65)|32.1(1.63)|32.4 (1.55)|32.2(1.38)|31.1(1.34)| 2.8 (0.59)| 9.5(0.76)| 5.4 (0.57)| 7.9(0.63)| 4.2(0.42)| 3.8 (0.55)
  2-year ................|47.2(2.35)|36.0(2.09)|27.0 (1.96)|41.9(2.19)|29.9(1.81)|24.3 (1.87)|12.1(1.40)|11.7(1.38)| 0.7 (0.24)| 4.1(0.75)| 3.0 (0.58)| 7.0(0.94)| 1.3(0.47)| 5.7 (0.84)
  Less than 2-year ......|35.4(7.28)|31.6(7.27)|15.7 (6.50)|30.3(5.52)|26.6(5.70)|12.8 (5.75)| 3.0(1.63)| 3.0(1.63)| 0.6 (0.51)| 1.5(0.98)| 1.4 (0.95)| 5.1(2.59)| 0.8(0.62)| 4.4 (2.49)
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Private, not-for-profit .|70.2(1.52)|53.4(1.43)|58.0 (1.60)|62.9(1.50)|27.7(1.78)|54.1 (1.64)|45.4(1.33)|43.6(1.31)| 5.0 (0.48)|22.2(1.11)|15.9 (0.99)|12.1(0.98)| 7.7(0.54)| 5.0 (0.90)
  4-year doctoral .......|63.6(1.80)|44.5(1.57)|54.8 (1.78)|56.1(1.79)|17.3(1.29)|51.8 (1.70)|40.5(1.37)|38.5(1.31)| 6.1 (0.65)|18.9(1.24)|13.2 (1.38)|11.6(0.96)| 7.4(0.70)| 4.5 (0.67)
  Other 4-year ..........|76.2(2.07)|60.8(2.07)|62.7 (2.66)|69.4(2.07)|35.6(2.77)|58.1 (2.81)|50.6(2.17)|49.0(2.20)| 4.1 (0.77)|27.0(1.61)|19.7 (1.47)|12.2(1.80)| 7.9(0.85)| 5.3 (1.71)
  Less than 4-year ......|73.9(4.01)|63.9(5.69)|42.0 (5.38)|61.3(4.73)|47.3(7.16)|35.4 (6.71)|39.7(5.73)|38.1(5.51)| 2.5 (0.97)| 4.6(1.36)| 3.0 (1.01)|17.2(3.97)| 9.4(4.28)| 7.8 (3.07)
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Private, for-profit .....|77.3(2.53)|72.4(2.76)|16.4 (2.97)|57.0(2.67)|50.9(2.69)|11.4 (2.75)|52.9(3.87)|52.4(3.87)| 2.1 (0.66)| 1.9(1.18)| 0.8 (0.36)|15.6(2.42)|11.3(2.29)| 4.5 (1.02)
  2-year and above ......|82.7(3.43)|77.4(4.27)|22.7 (5.67)|52.5(4.19)|43.4(4.13)|16.4 (5.15)|63.3(4.16)|63.0(4.18)| 3.0 (1.41)| 3.5(2.55)| 1.4 (0.78)|24.6(4.64)|18.8(4.48)| 6.5 (2.11)
  Less than 2-year ......|73.2(3.27)|68.6(3.26)|11.5 (2.43)|60.4(3.57)|56.7(3.75)| 7.5 (2.47)|45.0(5.12)|44.3(5.09)| 1.5 (0.40)| 0.7(0.43)| 0.2 (0.09)| 8.7(1.48)| 5.6(1.21)| 3.1 (0.86)
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1995-96                  |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
   All institutions .....|68.4(0.76)|55.6(0.79)|45.7 (0.85)|54.1(0.80)|30.6(0.79)|41.0 (0.82)|43.7(0.80)|43.2(0.80)| 1.7 (0.24)|11.0(0.55)| 9.0 (0.46)|10.9(0.43)| 5.0(0.27)| 5.9 (0.36)
                         |__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________
Public ..................|62.8(0.97)|50.8(0.97)|39.0 (0.97)|47.5(0.99)|29.6(0.99)|34.2 (0.89)|37.2(0.93)|36.9(0.92)| 0.8 (0.19)| 7.0(0.52)| 5.4 (0.42)| 9.3(0.52)| 3.7(0.30)| 5.5 (0.42)
  4-year doctoral .......|65.4(1.16)|51.9(1.12)|42.2 (1.18)|47.6(1.20)|26.1(1.13)|37.2 (1.19)|44.5(1.10)|44.1(1.10)| 1.4 (0.34)| 7.4(0.74)| 5.3 (0.46)|11.0(0.75)| 5.6(0.58)| 5.4 (0.54)
  Other 4-year ..........|69.3(1.38)|59.8(1.34)|44.5 (1.58)|52.3(1.48)|34.4(1.53)|40.0 (1.45)|47.4(1.60)|47.2(1.60)| 0.4 (0.14)| 9.2(0.86)| 6.7 (0.63)| 8.6(0.66)| 3.7(0.45)| 4.8 (0.48)
  2-year ................|55.9(2.29)|44.5(2.33)|31.3 (2.25)|44.6(2.36)|31.1(2.43)|26.9 (1.93)|21.8(1.85)|21.3(1.83)| 0.4(0.39) | 5.1(1.16)| 4.7 (1.07)| 7.4(1.17)| 1.3(0.35)| 6.0 (1.04)
  Less than 2-year ......|39.5(9.87)|20.6(6.51)|27.5 (7.17)|30.9(7.49)|18.5(5.86)|16.0 (5.29)| 4.4(2.28)| 4.4(2.28)|  #    (†) | 0.1(0.14)| 0.1 (0.14)|12.6(4.52)| 0.1(0.06)|12.0 (4.36)
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Private, not-for-profit .|80.3(1.12)|64.0(1.43)|67.6 (1.58)|71.3(1.34)|28.6(1.37)|64.8 (1.64)|56.9(1.41)|56.2(1.42)| 3.4 (0.64)|24.7(1.45)|21.0 (1.26)|14.0(0.86)| 8.2(0.61)| 6.1 (0.74)
  4-year doctoral .......|70.6(1.56)|55.4(1.77)|61.2 (1.84)|61.6(1.69)|19.3(0.93)|58.7 (1.92)|50.9(1.80)|49.9(1.88)| 3.9 (0.84)|22.6(1.66)|20.2 (1.62)|13.3(0.86)| 8.6(0.77)| 4.9 (0.52)
  Other 4-year ..........|85.6(1.43)|68.3(1.99)|72.5 (2.19)|77.3(1.83)|32.5(2.10)|70.1 (2.27)|60.4(1.94)|60.0(1.95)| 2.6 (0.59)|27.6(2.10)|23.0 (1.80)|14.6(1.29)| 8.2(0.90)| 6.7 (1.15)
  Less than 4-year ......|79.2(5.71)|67.5(6.37)|52.0 (8.29)|61.9(4.87)|40.0(4.69)|42.0 (6.10)|52.9(7.57)|51.7(7.28)| 9.3 (7.17)| 5.3(2.22)| 4.6 (2.00)|11.4(3.30)| 5.0(1.43)| 6.3 (2.16)
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Private, for-profit .....|86.2(1.73)|79.7(2.05)|32.8 (3.11)|61.3(2.40)|53.9(2.53)|20.2 (2.64)|67.7(3.40)|65.5(3.67)| 5.1 (1.89)| 0.5(0.16)| 0.5 (0.15)|17.2(1.74)| 7.6(1.09)| 8.9 (1.32)
  2-year and above ......|85.8(1.85)|80.3(2.58)|33.0 (3.41)|60.0(3.02)|49.1(3.23)|26.0 (3.83)|70.9(3.50)|70.9(3.51)| 1.4 (0.74)| 0.7(0.26)| 0.7 (0.26)|15.3(1.86)| 7.8(1.36)| 6.9 (1.19)
  Less than 2-year ......|86.6(2.92)|79.1(3.16)|32.5 (5.18)|62.5(3.72)|58.6(3.83)|14.5 (3.61)|64.6(5.75)|60.3(6.32)| 8.7 (3.61)| 0.3(0.18)| 0.2 (0.15)|19.1(2.92)| 7.4(1.69)|10.9 (2.33)
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1999-2000                |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
   All institutions .....|72.5(0.51)|57.7(0.56)|51.8 (0.64)|58.7(0.59)|30.3(0.59)|48.3 (0.65)|45.4(0.62)|44.3(0.63)| 6.8 (0.25)|11.2(0.38)| 8.5 (0.31)| 9.6(0.31)| 5.6(0.22)| 1.9 (0.17)
                         |__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________
Public ..................|67.5(0.64)|52.6(0.68)|46.0 (0.72)|53.0(0.70)|29.8(0.69)|42.5 (0.72)|38.9(0.74)|37.9(0.75)| 4.4 (0.24)| 7.2(0.36)| 5.4 (0.30)| 8.2(0.35)| 3.9(0.22)| 1.9 (0.19)
  4-year doctoral .......|71.0(0.65)|54.7(0.70)|48.7 (0.74)|53.1(0.70)|25.7(0.72)|44.6 (0.71)|48.3(0.76)|47.2(0.78)| 5.5 (0.36)| 8.3(0.46)| 5.8 (0.38)| 9.6(0.45)| 6.1(0.37)| 1.6 (0.15)
  Other 4-year ..........|75.0(1.24)|62.2(1.48)|50.0 (1.61)|57.7(1.74)|34.5(2.11)|46.2 (1.60)|49.1(1.75)|48.2(1.78)| 4.5 (0.46)|10.4(1.05)| 7.7 (0.83)| 7.8(0.69)| 3.9(0.58)| 1.7 (0.36)
  2-year ................|58.2(1.34)|43.8(1.28)|40.0 (1.56)|49.9(1.42)|32.1(1.17)|37.7 (1.60)|20.5(1.26)|19.6(1.24)| 3.1 (0.47)| 3.8(0.53)| 3.4 (0.50)| 6.5(0.74)| 1.1(0.19)| 2.4 (0.49)
  Less than 2-year ......|60.7(5.94)|48.1(6.42)|33.6 (4.81)|49.2(6.35)|40.8(6.85)|25.0 (5.05)|11.0(4.14)|11.0(4.14)| 0.3 (0.31)| 0.8(0.77)|  #    (†) |17.2(2.19)| 0.1(0.10)|11.7 (2.02)
                         |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
Private, not-for-profit .|84.0(0.77)|67.6(1.02)|71.6 (1.27)|74.7(1.12)|27.7(1.23)|68.9 (1.36)|59.3(1.14)|57.7(1.18)|13.4 (0.65)|24.4(1.07)|18.8 (0.82)|12.8(0.67)| 9.7(0.56)| 1.5 (0.40)
  4-year doctoral .......|78.8(1.13)|62.3(1.41)|69.4 (1.29)|69.7(1.24)|22.4(0.95)|66.4 (1.36)|57.3(1.42)|55.5(1.43)|15.1 (0.86)|24.7(1.17)|20.9 (1.06)|12.0(0.74)| 9.9(0.66)| 1.1 (0.20)
  Other 4-year ..........|88.3(1.12)|72.2(1.53)|74.1 (2.12)|78.7(1.81)|30.9(2.13)|71.6 (2.27)|62.2(1.79)|60.6(1.87)|12.8 (1.01)|24.8(1.75)|17.7 (1.26)|13.2(1.09)| 9.6(0.90)| 1.8 (0.73)
  Less than 4-year ......|81.1(3.64)|62.6(3.94)|61.5 (4.76)|73.9(3.59)|40.0(3.66)|59.4 (5.18)|40.3(5.18)|40.2(5.19)| 5.0 (0.80)|15.1(2.91)|10.9 (2.54)|14.6(1.94)| 8.8(0.95)| 2.0 (0.81)
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Private, for-profit .....|89.2(1.25)|86.0(1.50)|35.3 (3.45)|61.8(2.49)|52.0(2.95)|28.8 (3.14)|75.0(2.87)|74.1(2.93)| 7.3 (1.69)| 2.3(0.84)| 2.0 (0.83)|16.1(1.55)|10.9(1.42)| 2.3 (0.50)
  2-year and above ......|88.3(1.60)|85.3(1.90)|38.3 (4.46)|58.5(2.99)|46.3(3.47)|33.1 (4.01)|79.5(2.77)|78.7(2.80)| 6.8 (2.15)| 2.6(1.03)| 2.1 (1.00)|17.1(1.91)|12.3(1.80)| 1.8 (0.47)
  Less than 2-year ......|91.7(1.27)|88.3(1.92)|26.1 (3.49)|71.9(3.47)|69.9(3.52)|15.6 (3.83)|61.0(7.08)|59.9(7.28)| 8.9 (1.89)| 1.6(1.41)| 1.6 (1.41)|12.9(2.42)| 6.7(1.87)| 3.8 (1.40)
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2003-04                  |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |          |           |          |           |          |          |
   All institutions .....|76.1(0.40)|61.7(0.42)|54.3 (0.52)|62.2(0.48)|33.2(0.32)|49.3 (0.51)|49.9(0.44)|48.5(0.43)| 9.0 (0.31)|13.5(0.41)|10.3 (0.36)| 3.2(0.17)| 2.4(0.12)| 0.8 (0.09)
                         |__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________
Public ..................|71.1(0.49)|56.1(0.47)|48.3 (0.56)|56.0(0.58)|31.6(0.33)|43.7 (0.54)|42.6(0.46)|41.1(0.47)| 6.0 (0.16)| 9.9(0.34)| 7.3 (0.31)| 3.3(0.19)| 2.5(0.13)| 0.9 (0.11)
  4-year doctoral .......|75.5(0.64)|58.2(0.71)|54.4 (0.55)|58.5(0.61)|27.8(0.79)|49.7 (0.57)|51.6(0.74)|50.1(0.74)| 7.3 (0.31)|10.8(0.41)| 9.9 (0.87)| 2.5(0.20)| 2.1(0.16)| 0.4 (0.11)
  Other 4-year ..........|77.0(1.12)|64.0(1.20)|53.4 (1.36)|58.8(1.78)|34.6(1.38)|48.1 (1.33)|52.2(1.34)|50.5(1.38)| 7.3 (0.49)|12.9(0.96)| 5.3 (0.50)| 3.5(0.44)| 2.6(0.31)| 1.0 (0.30)
  2-year ................|62.3(1.22)|48.9(1.15)|38.1 (1.22)|51.5(1.20)|34.5(0.88)|34.2 (1.17)|26.4(1.03)|25.1(1.02)| 3.7 (0.26)| 7.1(0.54)| 1.1 (0.57)| 3.9(0.38)| 2.8(0.26)| 1.2 (0.23)
  Less than 2-year ......|66.7(2.51)|48.7(2.75)|36.5 (2.39)|49.7(2.87)|36.0(1.79)|23.1 (2.58)|24.8(2.52)|24.2(2.54)| 4.1 (0.89)| 2.0(0.76)|22.5 (1.53)|15.0(2.50)| 1.9(1.00)|13.2 (2.30)
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Private, not-for-profit .|88.6(0.78)|73.1(0.81)|78.3 (1.28)|81.0(0.97)|31.9(0.72)|74.5 (1.34)|66.0(1.03)|64.4(1.05)|17.0 (0.96)|29.2(1.26)|23.0 (1.17)| 2.1(0.19)| 1.7(0.18)| 0.4 (0.10)
  4-year doctoral .......|84.1(1.16)|66.2(1.69)|76.0 (1.74)|75.9(1.34)|24.3(3.06)|72.1 (1.54)|60.8(2.07)|59.0(2.02)|17.7 (1.85)|27.7(1.50)|24.2 (1.93)| 1.6(0.26)| 1.4(0.23)| 0.3 (0.11)
  Other 4-year ..........|91.8(1.08)|77.9(1.25)|80.7 (2.77)|85.0(1.36)|36.5(2.12)|77.2 (2.75)|70.3(2.35)|68.8(2.34)|16.9 (1.64)|31.3(2.29)| 8.6 (2.71)| 2.2(0.29)| 2.0(0.28)| 0.3 (0.12)
  Less than 4-year ......|88.8(2.63)|76.8(4.76)|63.4 (5.93)|76.3(3.71)|49.6(3.98)|57.4 (6.16)|56.4(5.05)|54.3(5.04)|10.1 (2.42)|10.1(3.38)| 3.7 (0.82)| 5.0(1.68)| 1.6(1.02)| 3.4 (1.39)
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Private, for-profit .....|92.1(0.72)|86.9(0.92)|44.3 (1.90)|69.7(1.68)|54.8(1.69)|31.3 (1.88)|79.4(1.18)|78.2(1.17)|16.6 (1.45)| 3.6(0.70)| 3.1 (0.62)| 5.2(0.69)| 4.0(0.57)| 1.2 (0.30)
  2-year and above ......|94.8(0.89)|90.6(1.14)|48.0 (2.45)|70.1(2.17)|53.6(2.21)|35.0 (2.50)|86.8(1.43)|86.1(1.44)|18.1 (1.91)| 4.2(0.93)| 1.5 (0.22)| 5.5(0.90)| 4.7(0.76)| 0.8 (0.39)
  Less than 2-year ......|84.3(1.13)|76.0(1.31)|33.3 (1.59)|68.4(1.44)|58.2(1.61)|20.2 (1.87)|57.7(1.62)|55.2(1.59)|12.2 (1.18)| 1.7(0.21)|10.8 (0.41)| 4.2(0.45)| 1.9(0.28)| 2.4 (0.30)
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†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
\1\Details on nonfederal work study participants are not available.
\2\Includes students who reported they were awarded aid, but did not specify the source of aid.
NOTE: Excludes students whose attendance status was not reported. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some students receive multiple types of aid and aid from different sources. Standard errors appear in parentheses. The 2003-04 loan estimates include PLUS loans and may differ from previously published figures. Data include Puerto Rico.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1999-2000, and 2003-04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies, (NPSAS:93), (NPSAS:96), (NPSAS:2000), and (NPSAS:04). (This table was prepared August 2005.)

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