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Table 329. Average amount of financial aid awarded to full-time, full-year undergraduates, by type and source of aid and control and type of institution: Selected years, 1992-93 through 2003-04

[In current dollars]
Control and type of institution Any aid Grants Loans Work study1 Other
Total2 Federal Nonfederal Total3 Federal Nonfederal Total Federal4 Nonfederal Total Federal Total Federal Nonfederal
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1992–93, all institutions $5,727 (1,344.4) $4,296 (334.1) $3,480 (915.1) $3,545 (643.2) $1,985 (31.5) $3,319 (807.3) $3,884 (293.1) $3,762 (198.1) $2,728 (663.8) $1,376 (103.1) $1,290 (92.5) $2,380 (659.5) $2,917 (1,391.0) $2,049 (411.8)
Public 4,067 (314.4) 3,695 (44.6) 1,797 (261.6) 2,398 (60.4) 1,880 (20.8) 1,655 (325.1) 3,333 (40.8) 3,273 (46.3) 2,022 (132.7) 1,366 (83.7) 1,346 (64.8) 1,645 (157.2) 2,058 (182.8) 1,288 (58.7)
4-year doctoral 4,753 (349.3) 4,358 (54.7) 2,277 (235.5) 2,713 (106.3) 1,971 (24.5) 2,144 (278.3) 3,635 (59.6) 3,563 (67.8) 2,112 (268.6) 1,434 (115.9) 1,355 (101.7) 1,816 (113.6) 2,409 (180.4) 1,452 (86.8)
Other 4-year 4,241 (301.7) 3,782 (71.2) 1,658 (84.9) 2,419 (49.2) 1,943 (29.4) 1,453 (122.9) 3,198 (64.0) 3,118 (66.1) 2,155 (204.5) 1,242 (60.9) 1,265 (69.2) 1,786 (204.4) 1,720 (411.2) 1,728 (148.7)
2-year 2,762 (188.8) 2,619 (99.6) 1,090 (461.2) 1,928 (76.1) 1,723 (60.5) 1,028 (524.2) 2,530 (162.9) 2,561 (152.2) (†) 1,466 (165.3) 1,474 (155.9) 1,379 (430.9) 2,016 (246.7) 706 (136.1)
Less-than-2-year 2,299 (322.3) 1,947 (216.9) 1,139 (502.6) 1,974 (304.9) 1,761 (44.0) 875 (163.4) 3,139 (801.1) 2,971 (885.5) (†) (†) (†) 1,889 (1,326.1) (†) (†)
                                                         
Private, not-for-profit 9,217 (3,036.2) 5,248 (949.3) 6,053 (1,869.0) 6,026 (1,564.2) 2,312 (123.9) 5,741 (1,651.5) 4,433 (809.4) 4,189 (600.2) 3,444 (772.2) 1,359 (267.7) 1,252 (194.0) 3,792 (1,482.9) 7,509 (4,754.3) 3,001 (767.0)
4-year doctoral 10,240 (932.0) 5,632 (341.1) 6,919 (325.9) 6,811 (241.4) 2,257 (59.1) 6,395 (422.1) 4,883 (142.4) 4,543 (120.9) 3,692 (468.5) 1,519 (63.3) 1,366 (79.7) 5,148 (669.7) 9,576 (1,864.7) 3,859 (795.3)
Other 4-year 8,284 (1,402.7) 4,923 (362.5) 5,159 (314.9) 5,369 (359.2) 2,234 (70.9) 4,794 (316.0) 4,166 (175.0) 4,019 (155.3) 2,906 (318.3) 1,283 (73.6) 1,181 (61.9) 3,133 (459.9) (†) 2,646 (349.0)
Less-than-4-year 7,667 (919.9) 4,750 (224.6) 4,582 (433.6) 4,863 (404.7) 1,971 (24.5) 4,622 (388.6) 3,728 (124.4) 3,636 (110.7) 2,671 (404.7) 1,119 (67.8) 1,103 (66.2) 2,244 (542.9) (†) 2,154 (602.4)
                                                         
Private, for-profit 5,212 (294.1) 4,924 (283.6) 2,349 (1,168.4) 2,117 (307.3) 1,903 (71.3) 1,854 (1,392.4) 4,739 (287.1) 4,678 (285.7) 2,359 (605.3) 2,418 (593.4) (†) 2,953 (469.2) 2,720 (1,187.6) 3,114 (1,392.4)
2-year and above 6,010 (328.0) 5,526 (285.2) 2,561 (1,306.6) 2,407 (528.1) 1,863 (141.7) 2,210 (1,954.5) 5,194 (416.9) 5,106 (380.7) (†) (†) (†) 2,679 (689.7) (†) 2,672 (421.0)
Less-than-2-year 4,507 (434.0) 4,390 (429.9) 1,989 (1,237.6) 1,918 (157.7) 2,406 (70.2) 1,156 (679.5) 4,242 (420.3) 4,208 (384.3) (†) (†) (†) 3,469 (1,555.8) (†) 3,704 (1,739.7)
1995–96, all institutions $6,860 (240.2) $5,373 (115.1) $3,797 (252.9) $3,897 (211.7) $2,012 (22.4) $3,615 (253.2) $5,020 (94.5) $4,965 (94.5) $2,750 (363.1) $1,370 (75.1) $1,300 (66.1) $3,545 (348.5) $3,578 (570.9) $3,299 (296.9)
Public 5,228 (148.0) 4,817 (136.2) 2,214 (73.5) 2,702 (75.7) 1,931 (26.3) 2,075 (72.4) 4,621 (137.9) 4,606 (139.1) 2,351 (563.7) 1,345 (99.5) 1,290 (77.4) 2,896 (233.8) 3,295 (185.7) 2,342 (276.2)
4-year doctoral 6,289 (164.6) 5,669 (247.7) 2,856 (103.6) 3,185 (142.4) 1,955 (24.3) 2,730 (105.8) 5,177 (233.2) 5,128 (232.5) 2,694 (715.0) 1,313 (199.0) 1,279 (146.7) 3,078 (466.5) 3,484 (328.7) 2,470 (547.6)
Other 4-year 5,425 (229.2) 4,847 (196.8) 1,983 (62.6) 2,702 (68.3) 1,939 (73.2) 1,847 (53.4) 4,308 (135.0) 4,299 (133.4) (†) 1,444 (101.8) 1,373 (70.4) 3,218 (219.6) 3,548 (181.3) 2,467 (292.7)
2-year 3,423 (232.4) 3,464 (206.3) 1,270 (112.5) 2,007 (75.5) 1,741 (185.1) 1,091 (90.6) 3,615 (302.9) 3,675 (319.3) (†) 1,273 (170.9) 1,217 (175.0) 2,553 (315.8) 2,892 (274.6) 2,167 (409.0)
Less-than-2-year 2,956 (1,682.4) 2,661 (1,040.1) 2,406 (471.0) 2,374 (113.1) 6,373 (328.2) 2,552 (281.8) 3,601 (563.8) 3,601 (563.8) (†) (†) (†) 1,968 (398.6) (†) 1,892 (462.1)
                                                         
Private, not-for-profit 10,536 (660.4) 6,498 (236.3) 6,389 (585.5) 6,357 (575.8) 2,268 (60.0) 5,988 (567.2) 5,700 (137.2) 5,576 (129.5) 3,108 (620.0) 1,392 (109.0) 1,308 (99.6) 5,144 (943.7) 4,875 (2,475.5) 5,076 (565.7)
4-year doctoral 13,044 (1,634.7) 7,313 (433.0) 8,447 (1,493.7) 8,238 (1,548.5) 2,266 (60.6) 7,868 (1,464.9) 6,452 (276.3) 6,318 (217.4) 3,560 (1,564.3) 1,655 (238.6) 1,539 (204.2) 9,033 (2,353.8) 7,355 (4,557.8) 9,655 (1,907.6)
Other 4-year 9,807 (240.4) 6,275 (237.2) 5,695 (133.1) 5,790 (120.0) 2,034 (100.8) 5,330 (125.9) 5,422 (160.7) 5,307 (148.2) 3,345 (329.1) 1,281 (69.1) 1,206 (62.5) 3,838 (319.7) 3,903 (389.4) 3,674 (354.2)
Less-than-4-year 6,191 (296.1) 5,101 (182.9) 2,854 (302.8) 3,195 (621.5) 1,912 (32.5) 2,765 (618.9) 4,996 (349.4) 4,868 (236.5) 1,280 (90.0) 1,195 (55.0) 1,095 (213.5) 3,803 (1,232.5) (†) (†)
                                                         
Private, for-profit 6,401 (158.4) 5,874 (114.3) 2,698 (272.8) 2,507 (96.6) 1,951 (32.8) 2,365 (253.3) 5,275 (244.9) 5,212 (229.7) 2,351 (255.0) (†) (†) 3,681 (639.8) 3,537 (406.4) 3,694 (823.3)
2-year and above 7,037 (388.7) 6,373 (328.2) 2,952 (196.7) 2,825 (192.7) 1,901 (32.8) 2,692 (149.4) 5,671 (219.7) 5,621 (224.2) (†) (†) (†) 3,813 (362.0) 3,866 (254.1) 3,654 (625.8)
Less-than-2-year 5,648 (524.9) 5,273 (460.6) 2,370 (527.5) 2,140 (102.0) 2,354 (88.5) 1,623 (407.0) 4,771 (712.7) 4,679 (678.1) 2,070 (404.1) (†) (†) 3,558 (1,104.1) (†) 3,719 (1,186.2)
1999–2000, all institutions $8,516 (78.1) $6,162 (57.0) $5,027 (96.5) $4,979 (68.8) $2,525 (16.6) $4,455 (89.7) $6,279 (71.6) $5,689 (68.6) $4,936 (128.1) $1,673 (32.8) $1,558 (25.8) $3,859 (281.4) $4,277 (148.7) $3,199 (448.1)
Public 6,340 (73.8) 5,499 (60.1) 2,998 (57.2) 3,490 (38.2) 2,463 (13.0) 2,621 (42.4) 5,451 (65.1) 5,132 (67.9) 3,927 (212.1) 1,733 (37.9) 1,635 (53.1) 3,390 (337.9) 3,793 (258.5) 2,706 (349.4)
4-year doctoral 7,557 (85.2) 6,423 (67.6) 3,800 (74.2) 4,106 (56.8) 2,414 (37.9) 3,444 (71.7) 5,948 (73.6) 5,625 (59.0) 3,948 (203.9) 1,791 (53.5) 1,690 (31.2) 3,724 (161.7) 4,052 (229.7) 3,079 (322.3)
Other 4-year 6,306 (193.2) 5,483 (148.8) 2,634 (141.1) 3,237 (104.2) 2,452 (26.0) 2,240 (99.4) 5,123 (196.7) 4,875 (197.2) 3,632 (477.4) 1,662 (103.3) 1,571 (170.9) 3,925 (555.7) 3,824 (253.8) 3,915 (1,169.7)
2-year 4,403 (108.7) 4,000 (70.0) 1,994 (82.0) 2,809 (72.3) 2,378 (153.9) 1,625 (49.5) 4,430 (100.4) 3,987 (86.3) 4,159 (453.9) 1,686 (135.2) 1,606 (74.4) 2,892 (443.2) 3,560 (454.2) 1,890 (261.2)
Less-than-2-year 4,479 (946.6) 4,100 (1,163.3) 2,044 (390.8) 2,847 (210.3) 8,523 (308.2) 1,771 (430.5) 5,539 (1,080.7) 5,487 (1,156.9) (†) (†) (†) 1,946 (794.9) (†) (†)
                                                         
Private, not-for-profit 13,490 (217.9) 7,262 (78.3) 8,921 (258.2) 8,267 (275.9) 2,705 (70.3) 7,867 (232.7) 7,609 (83.4) 6,479 (83.6) 5,791 (160.1) 1,605 (52.3) 1,475 (30.4) 5,747 (514.0) 6,273 (397.8) 5,186 (1,053.5)
4-year doctoral 15,670 (268.5) 7,958 (168.8) 10,610 (325.1) 9,853 (290.4) 2,612 (65.5) 9,372 (260.6) 8,353 (145.7) 6,866 (178.5) 6,505 (309.7) 1,819 (52.1) 1,702 (58.7) 7,286 (1,232.3) 7,983 (1,297.9) 6,566 (1,535.6)
Other 4-year 12,285 (259.4) 6,861 (94.2) 7,917 (256.5) 7,378 (289.6) 2,621 (136.4) 6,976 (254.6) 7,143 (95.6) 6,250 (66.8) 5,147 (195.9) 1,467 (63.1) 1,294 (37.1) 4,899 (560.5) 5,197 (419.4) 4,672 (894.8)
Less-than-4-year 8,524 (980.8) 6,114 (463.5) 4,945 (617.6) 5,039 (636.8) 2,506 (21.5) 4,460 (709.6) 6,095 (325.9) 5,442 (268.0) 5,520 (1,438.6) 961 (118.6) 875 (79.7) 6,942 (2,351.0) (†) (†)
                                                         
Private, for-profit 9,302 (344.8) 8,032 (233.5) 3,881 (344.2) 3,498 (189.7) 2,570 (87.1) 2,850 (330.7) 7,464 (256.4) 6,932 (231.5) 6,211 (478.1) (†) (†) 3,916 (389.3) 4,553 (710.2) 3,020 (641.3)
2-year and above 9,978 (441.5) 8,523 (308.2) 3,981 (376.5) 3,785 (246.7) 2,459 (96.3) 3,014 (350.4) 7,839 (310.8) 7,325 (280.8) 6,822 (659.0) (†) (†) 3,892 (435.5) (†) (†)
Less-than-2-year 6,928 (390.3) 6,294 (373.8) 3,314 (597.1) 2,607 (71.8) 2,883 (77.7) 1,266 (411.4) 5,937 (356.6) 5,328 (338.8) 4,681 (617.3) (†) (†) 3,973 (952.9) (†) 4,426 (1,349.6)
2003–04, all institutions $9,899 (106.7) $7,304 (50.5) $5,586 (109.1) $5,565 (92.6) $3,247 (24.2) $4,828 (103.3) $7,336 (80.9) $6,426 (53.2) $6,089 (158.5) $1,942 (41.6) $1,787 (42.2) $4,777 (170.1) $5,283 (197.0) $3,008 (180.3)
Public 7,595 (63.7) 6,544 (51.3) 3,581 (47.3) 4,192 (44.2) 3,192 (25.0) 3,063 (42.9) 6,347 (70.9) 5,832 (61.4) 5,065 (134.4) 2,016 (50.4) 1,850 (56.9) 4,497 (177.5) 5,115 (210.1) 2,533 (160.7)
4-year doctoral 9,083 (88.7) 7,619 (71.5) 4,458 (83.0) 4,839 (77.9) 3,193 (49.8) 3,892 (71.1) 7,114 (73.6) 6,525 (60.8) 5,525 (162.5) 2,079 (59.8) 1,912 (61.1) 5,298 (316.2) 5,705 (359.6) 3,046 (321.8)
Other 4-year 7,965 (173.9) 6,671 (122.8) 3,482 (101.4) 4,218 (92.8) 3,161 (39.4) 2,859 (92.7) 6,210 (144.9) 5,660 (120.9) 5,208 (274.5) 1,922 (84.9) 1,794 (101.1) 4,699 (445.6) 5,063 (549.6) 3,352 (375.7)
2-year 5,209 (81.4) 4,943 (86.8) 2,178 (79.1) 3,312 (51.9) 2,798 (102.9) 1,804 (79.7) 4,728 (99.4) 4,399 (93.8) 3,826 (202.6) 2,004 (115.3) 1,803 (117.3) 3,844 (285.9) 4,575 (351.8) 1,942 (140.8)
Less-than-2-year 5,356 (322.4) 5,061 (213.9) 3,045 (267.6) 3,180 (170.7) 9,902 (251.9) 2,474 (256.0) 5,928 (425.1) 5,266 (218.5) 4,767 (614.0) 2,381 (1,059.6) (†) 3,180 (577.2) (†) 2,362 (311.3)
                                                         
Private, not-for-profit 15,930 (283.7) 8,608 (107.7) 9,994 (274.3) 9,230 (260.2) 3,425 (46.9) 8,572 (263.9) 9,037 (155.1) 7,300 (106.4) 7,445 (265.2) 1,819 (68.4) 1,667 (62.2) 6,492 (656.6) 6,808 (787.1) 4,716 (645.6)
4-year doctoral 17,412 (625.5) 9,081 (319.5) 11,363 (403.3) 10,358 (453.3) 3,358 (55.7) 9,708 (436.3) 9,942 (323.5) 7,753 (191.9) 8,335 (357.4) 2,120 (98.9) 1,965 (84.1) 9,388 (1,742.8) 9,930 (2,032.2) (†)
Other 4-year 15,258 (575.7) 8,404 (217.1) 9,254 (400.1) 8,662 (375.0) 3,545 (232.9) 7,956 (331.4) 8,566 (223.1) 7,066 (144.8) 6,859 (404.1) 1,631 (66.2) 1,468 (60.2) 5,057 (504.3) 5,263 (512.0) (†)
Less-than-4-year 9,627 (745.1) 6,885 (339.3) 5,149 (629.4) 5,701 (531.8) 3,229 (45.9) 4,517 (598.7) 6,685 (527.1) 6,104 (438.6) 4,513 (847.1) 1,536 (443.7) 1,536 (495.4) 5,573 (1,206.9) (†) 5,632 (1,099.8)
                                                         
Private, for-profit 10,998 (291.2) 9,171 (196.0) 4,889 (335.0) 4,199 (155.7) 3,267 (69.7) 3,630 (253.9) 8,647 (277.0) 7,553 (172.7) 5,755 (590.5) 2,877 (322.4) 2,961 (352.8) 4,572 (470.0) 4,380 (569.3) 4,954 (560.1)
2-year and above 12,086 (370.7) 9,902 (251.9) 5,177 (400.9) 4,488 (206.0) 3,013 (53.8) 3,834 (288.0) 9,148 (337.0) 7,956 (211.7) 6,019 (708.7) 3,032 (356.1) 3,157 (376.7) 4,335 (585.5) 4,245 (643.5) (†)
Less-than-2-year 7,415 (232.4) 6,619 (191.8) 3,668 (199.0) 3,330 (59.4) 3,547 (110.3) 2,594 (238.8) 6,435 (223.6) 5,711 (160.5) 4,603 (234.1) 1,733 (133.2) 1,570 (136.2) 5,474 (323.0) 5,364 (474.4) 5,308 (314.1)
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
1 Details on nonfederal work study participants are not available.
2 Includes students who reported that they were awarded aid, but did not specify the source or type of aid.
3 Indicates all grants, scholarships, or tuition waivers received from federal, state, institutional, or private sources, including employers.
4 Includes Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS).
NOTE: Aid averages are for those students who received the specified type of aid. Full-time, full-year students were enrolled full time for 9 or more months from July 1 through June 30. Data include Puerto Rico. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
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 2007.)
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