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Table 327. State awards for need-based undergraduate scholarship and grant programs, by state: Selected years, 1989-90 through 2003-04

[In thousands]
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                          |            |             |          |          |          |          |             |          |             |             |             |          |             |           |   Percent
                          |            |             |          |          |          |          |             |          |             |             |             |          |             |           |   change,
                          |            |             |          |          |          |          |             |          |             |             |             |          |             |           |1993-94 to
State                     |     1989-90|      1990-91|1992-93\1\|1993-94\1\|1994-95\1\|1995-96\1\|   1996-97\1\|1997-98\1\|   1998-99\1\|   1999-2000\|   2000-01\1\|2001-02\1\|      2002-03|    2003-04|2003-04\2\
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1                         |           2|            3|         4|         5|         6|         7|            8|         9|           10|           11|           12|        13|           14|         15|        16
__________________________|____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|_____________|___________|__________
Need-based undergraduate  |            |             |          |          |          |          |             |          |             |             |             |          |             |           |
   aid as a percent of    |            |             |          |          |          |          |             |          |             |             |             |          |             |           |
   all need-based and     |            |             |          |          |          |          |             |          |             |             |             |          |             |           |
   non-need-based aid\3\ .|        76.8|         77.4|      75.7|      75.7|      77.5|      84.4|         83.5|      81.5|         79.9|         76.7|         75.1|      74.4|         76.7|       74.4|        †
                          |============|=============|==========|==========|==========|==========|=============|==========|=============|=============|=============|==========|=============|===========|==========
   Need-based aid ........|  $1,529,421|   $1,658,221|$1,923,720|$2,195,993|$2,421,952|$2,435,687|   $2,555,667|$2,735,670|   $2,927,207|   $3,102,348|   $3,475,500|$3,790,435|   $3,930,714| $4,226,378|      92.5
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Alabama ..................|       2,984|        2,878|     2,271|     2,283|     2,281|     2,142|        1,950|     2,270|        2,046|        1,831|        1,820|     1,841|        1,646|      3,260|      42.8
Alaska ...................|         228|          464|       470|       454|       444|       430|          213|       240|            0|            0|            0|         0|         --- |       --- |        †
Arizona ..................|       3,420|        3,318|     2,437|     3,476|     3,482|     2,291|        2,748|     3,160|        2,731|        2,727|        2,990|     2,812|        2,790|      2,865|     -17.6
Arkansas .................|       3,946|        3,885|     6,319|     7,701|     8,907|    10,765|       12,569|    13,160|       15,922|       25,010|       30,887|    29,006|       20,981|     19,931|     158.8
California ...............|     153,045|      161,642|   151,379|   207,969|   232,067|   235,582|      257,544|   284,410|      331,636|      369,785|      461,914|   514,348|      544,893|    654,549|     214.7
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Colorado .................|      10,349|       11,276|    14,812|    16,480|    18,252|    21,076|       28,236|    31,670|       41,884|\4\    41,884|\4\    41,884|    46,700|       43,178|     47,834|     190.3
Connecticut ..............|      19,915|       20,580|    20,805|    20,641|    20,690|    20,372|       20,297|    26,360|       33,113|       37,001|       44,364|    44,820|\5\    15,938|     36,434|      76.5
Delaware .................|         956|        1,066|     1,121|     1,270|     1,033|     1,188|          959|     1,290|        1,409|          967|        1,057|     1,211|        1,713|     11,553|     809.7
District of Columbia .....|       1,069|          947|     1,015|     1,022|     1,022|       939|\6\       939|       940|          728|          743|          781|     1,321|         --- |     27,572|   2,597.8
Florida ..................|      20,134|       24,729|    29,628|    31,277|    36,824|    34,822|       33,854|    35,680|       36,659|       44,892|       66,193|    75,656|       88,731|     88,496|     182.9
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Georgia ..................|       4,607|        5,070|     4,951|    26,853|     5,147|     4,757|        2,165|     1,060|          472|            0|            0|     1,540|        1,501|      1,460|     -94.6
Hawaii ...................|         726|          612|       724|       748|       732|       499|          379|       590|          493|          490|          535|       531|          408|        408|     -45.5
Idaho ....................|         346|          350|       580|       634|       779|       763|          714|       710|          756|          830|          700|       814|          874|        823|      29.8
Illinois .................|     171,361|      183,508|   203,532|   214,809|   244,352|   256,872|      272,898|   288,870|      315,657|      337,003|      359,932|   384,477|      343,262|    339,624|      58.1
Indiana ..................|      41,874|       46,756|    55,814|    55,814|    67,742|    68,340|       77,834|    85,040|       99,490|      104,737|      110,147|   114,708|      135,892|    150,706|     170.0
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Iowa .....................|      32,467|       35,586|    34,067|    34,718|    35,642|    38,953|       41,938|    44,900|       48,242|       51,351|       52,632|    51,191|       49,620|     48,838|      40.7
Kansas ...................|       6,478|        6,462|     6,894|     9,060|     9,802|     9,526|       10,171|    10,310|       11,669|       12,265|       12,692|    12,974|         --- |     14,073|      55.3
Kentucky .................|      12,605|       19,866|    20,520|    20,619|    25,517|    26,215|       28,902|    27,200|       38,441|       40,118|       45,327|    48,322|       51,742|     68,433|     231.9
Louisiana ................|       2,786|        3,827|     5,125|     6,374|     6,429|     6,580|        7,172|     8,190|        1,393|        1,388|        1,463|     1,452|        1,452|      1,452|     -77.2
Maine ....................|       1,877|        4,802|     5,200|     5,170|     5,787|     6,988|        6,636|     7,700|\4\     7,701|       10,360|       11,961|    12,021|       12,547|     12,561|     143.0
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Maryland .................|      14,800|       15,607|    20,828|    23,713|    24,571|    30,350|       36,264|    37,190|       38,515|       39,592|       43,665|    45,535|       39,512|     46,503|      96.1
Massachusetts ............|      50,844|       46,000|    45,989|    45,059|    61,850|    54,565|       57,413|    74,340|       92,127|      102,056|      114,058|   110,711|       83,177|     79,714|      76.9
Michigan .................|      70,721|       68,918|    75,469|    79,735|    81,340|    84,154|       85,872|    90,480|       92,299|       91,109|      102,164|   106,244|       95,719|     91,782|      15.1
Minnesota ................|      58,136|       74,656|    83,170|   102,920|    97,920|    92,069|       92,707|    96,400|      113,381|      113,714|      120,426|   130,370|      133,586|    119,583|      16.2
Mississippi ..............|       1,243|        1,136|     1,244|     1,255|     1,248|     1,175|          540|     1,070|          859|        1,563|\4\     1,563|     1,489|        1,340|     17,226|   1,272.6
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Missouri .................|      10,796|       11,078|    11,097|    11,124|    11,913|    12,233|       13,681|    14,690|       20,003|       24,100|       28,058|    27,847|       25,603|     25,111|     125.7
Montana ..................|         415|          383|       418|       401|       419|       393|          314|       460|          474|        1,990|        2,204|     2,810|        2,824|      2,541|     533.7
Nebraska .................|       1,276|        2,192|     2,613|     2,686|     2,726|     3,114|        3,211|     4,090|        4,692|        5,645|        5,975|     7,380|        2,458|      8,742|     225.5
Nevada ...................|\6\      352|          321|       341|       342|       342|     2,595|        3,180|     5,900|\4\     5,900|        6,083|        6,529|     6,545|         --- |      7,755|   2,167.5
New Hampshire ............|         918|          770|     1,253|       840|     1,425|       765|          669|     1,330|        1,744|        1,497|        1,488|     3,066|        3,170|      3,647|     334.2
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New Jersey ...............|      84,347|       87,054|   118,868|   135,251|   159,683|   132,383|      152,458|   153,420|      160,859|      170,015|      174,554|   187,756|      191,913|    198,722|      46.9
New Mexico ...............|       5,601|        6,479|     8,295|     9,266|    13,886|    14,629|       14,289|    14,510|       16,229|       15,745|       17,469|    15,950|       12,906|      2,424|     -73.8
New York .................|     382,655|      428,358|   554,803|   618,849|   636,704|   625,711|      629,940|   636,760|      619,065|      599,435|      645,090|   684,342|      737,075|    856,143|      38.3
North Carolina ...........|       3,046|        2,519|     3,163|    14,436|    13,774|    16,659|       17,435|    37,090|       41,579|       50,572|       58,769|    71,897|       76,344|    107,211|     642.7
North Dakota .............|       1,242|        1,177|     2,162|     2,036|     1,996|     1,898|        2,202|     2,070|        2,016|        2,076|          779|     1,402|        1,397|      1,346|     -33.9
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Ohio .....................|      53,848|       54,600|    66,000|    77,940|    91,225|    86,053|       86,770|    92,950|       93,122|       95,482|       98,607|   112,264|      132,293|    144,777|      85.8
Oklahoma .................|      11,591|       11,871|    13,286|    13,405|    13,325|    13,642|       14,558|    16,920|       17,387|       17,579|       19,608|    22,091|       22,272|     28,027|     109.1
Oregon ...................|      10,092|       11,809|    12,606|    12,903|    13,761|    13,651|       16,241|    15,800|       16,027|       17,891|       19,711|    19,866|       17,290|     21,782|      68.8
Pennsylvania .............|     132,344|      142,389|   173,214|   188,751|   218,604|   232,020|      240,459|   251,550|      270,724|      280,402|      325,234|   337,014|      348,788|    360,816|      91.2
Rhode Island .............|       9,917|        9,522|     9,586|     6,500|     6,340|     5,741|        5,699|     6,010|        5,717|        6,098|        6,164|     6,077|        6,310|     12,297|      89.2
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South Carolina ...........|      18,150|       17,901|    17,105|    16,795|    17,297|    18,622|       21,540|    21,920|       22,853|       33,198|       39,098|    34,971|\5\    26,127|     41,181|     145.2
South Dakota .............|         504|          468|       587|       589|       589|       562|          346|         0|            0|            0|            0|         0|         --- |       --- |        †
Tennessee ................|      12,977|       13,487|    13,723|    16,755|    18,313|    18,811|       18,652|    20,440|       20,648|       21,383|       29,304|    37,320|       45,806|     41,833|     149.7
Texas ....................|      24,784|       24,135|    27,467|    29,102|    29,102|    40,768|       42,761|    60,670|       61,728|       93,814|      106,382|   197,252|      318,784|    156,529|     437.9
Utah .....................|       1,091|        1,001|     1,115|     1,132|     1,129|     1,197|        2,170|     1,960|        1,957|        2,656|        2,511|     4,069|        3,779|      3,713|     228.0
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Vermont ..................|      11,137|       10,184|    11,120|    11,167|    11,788|    11,865|       11,309|    12,330|       12,760|       13,739|       14,327|    15,545|       16,225|     16,858|      51.0
Virginia .................|       7,966|        7,351|     6,654|     6,408|    53,885|    59,568|       59,025|    59,260|       62,972|       66,641|       70,260|    70,289|       69,138|     77,346|   1,107.0
Washington ...............|      13,925|       21,095|    23,571|    46,617|    53,369|    56,573|       58,149|    69,430|       74,159|       76,581|       90,651|   101,247|      113,345|    126,096|     170.5
West Virginia ............|       5,217|        5,559|     5,868|     5,802|     6,761|     8,132|       10,527|    12,140|       13,103|       16,135|       18,217|    21,054|       19,175|     22,863|     294.1
Wisconsin ................|      38,072|       42,365|    44,216|    46,592|    49,511|    46,470|       49,008|    50,540|       53,711|       52,020|       65,356|    62,124|       67,029|     72,775|      56.2
Wyoming ..................|\6\      241|\6\       212|       225|       250|       225|       219|          160|       200|          155|          155|            0|       163|          161|        163|     -34.8
__________________________|____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|_____________|___________|__________
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
\1\Estimated.
\2\Changes may reflect introduction of new programs or discontinuation of existing programs.
\3\Includes aid for graduate education and data for Puerto Rico. Participation requirements vary from state to state.
\4\Prior year data used for non-reporting states.
\5\May include 2001-02 data.
\6\Data are estimated based on prior year's report.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs, Annual Survey Report, 1989-90 to 2003-04. Retrieved on August 5, 2005 from http://www.nassgap.org/viewrepository.aspx?categoryID=3#. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


2005 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest