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Table 343. Percentage of full-time, full-year undergraduates receiving aid, by type and source of aid and control and type of institution: Selected years, 1992-93 through 2007-08
Control and type
of institution
Any aid Grants Loans Work study1
Total2 Federal Nonfederal Total Federal Nonfederal Total Federal3 Nonfederal Total Federal
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
                                             
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
                                             
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)
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)
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)
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)
                                             
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)
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)
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)
                                             
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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) # (†)
                                             
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)
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)
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)
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)
                                             
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)
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)
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)
                                             
2003-04, all institutions 75.5 (0.56) 60.7 (0.42) 54.7 (0.68) 62.6 (0.51) 33.4 (0.29) 49.9 (0.64) 48.2 (0.45) 46.7 (0.44) 8.9 (0.31) 13.9 (0.41) 10.7 (0.36)
Public 70.3 (0.54) 55.0 (0.41) 48.8 (0.55) 56.3 (0.51) 31.6 (0.37) 44.3 (0.53) 40.5 (0.41) 39.0 (0.40) 5.9 (0.18) 10.1 (0.31) 7.6 (0.27)
4-year doctoral 75.6 (0.63) 58.3 (0.68) 55.4 (0.67) 59.3 (0.62) 28.1 (0.78) 50.8 (0.73) 51.7 (0.75) 50.2 (0.73) 7.4 (0.38) 11.1 (0.40) 10.3 (0.71)
Other 4-year 77.4 (1.36) 64.7 (1.25) 54.3 (1.23) 59.6 (1.74) 35.0 (1.54) 48.9 (1.21) 53.2 (1.33) 51.6 (1.32) 7.6 (0.52) 13.4 (0.77) 5.2 (0.46)
2-year 59.5 (0.86) 45.1 (0.76) 37.6 (1.02) 50.6 (0.96) 33.7 (0.75) 34.0 (1.01) 19.6 (0.80) 18.2 (0.80) 3.1 (0.22) 7.0 (0.54) 1.2 (0.59)
Less-than-2-year 65.7 (3.09) 45.1 (2.95) 37.9 (2.69) 51.7 (3.06) 36.4 (2.20) 24.9 (2.59) 17.5 (4.55) 16.8 (4.64) 2.9 (0.88) 2.4 (1.00) 22.9 (1.44)
                                             
Private, not-for-profit 88.4 (0.74) 72.4 (0.72) 78.3 (1.77) 81.2 (0.92) 31.9 (0.64) 74.6 (1.81) 64.9 (1.04) 63.1 (1.00) 16.8 (0.97) 29.8 (1.49) 23.5 (1.34)
4-year doctoral 83.9 (1.02) 65.7 (1.53) 76.0 (1.43) 75.9 (1.16) 24.2 (2.24) 72.2 (1.38) 60.3 (1.59) 58.4 (1.59) 17.5 (1.71) 28.1 (1.42) 24.7 (1.95)
Other 4-year 91.6 (1.11) 77.1 (1.17) 80.7 (2.87) 85.2 (1.48) 36.6 (1.64) 77.2 (2.99) 69.1 (1.95) 67.6 (1.90) 16.6 (1.35) 31.9 (2.18) 8.5 (2.74)
Less-than-4-year 86.2 (3.04) 71.4 (3.93) 62.2 (4.94) 75.4 (3.74) 49.4 (4.06) 55.4 (5.88) 44.2 (4.56) 41.5 (4.18) 9.1 (3.53) 10.2 (3.20) 3.8 (0.76)
                                             
Private, for-profit 92.4 (0.86) 87.2 (1.26) 44.1 (2.44) 72.6 (1.46) 58.9 (1.29) 31.6 (2.43) 80.6 (1.83) 79.5 (1.85) 16.3 (1.66) 3.7 (0.69) 3.1 (0.58)
2-year and above 94.0 (0.91) 89.3 (1.30) 48.5 (3.23) 73.8 (1.93) 58.7 (1.65) 36.3 (3.15) 84.5 (1.62) 83.7 (1.64) 17.5 (2.14) 4.5 (0.90) 1.5 (0.33)
Less-than-2-year 88.0 (1.15) 81.8 (1.72) 32.5 (1.45) 69.2 (0.98) 59.5 (1.11) 19.0 (1.98) 70.2 (3.73) 68.4 (3.73) 13.1 (1.34) 1.6 (0.31) 11.1 (0.40)
                                             
2007-08, all institutions 79.5 (0.37) 63.0 (0.32) 62.9 (0.43) 64.4 (0.38) 33.0 (0.38) 52.8 (0.52) 53.3 (0.42) 49.6 (0.42) 20.1 (0.29) 13.5 (0.29) 10.3 (0.24)
Public 74.0 (0.46) 56.6 (0.34) 57.0 (0.49) 58.0 (0.39) 30.7 (0.39) 48.7 (0.49) 44.3 (0.40) 40.7 (0.40) 13.9 (0.23) 9.2 (0.25) 6.9 (0.21)
4-year doctoral 76.7 (0.71) 57.5 (0.78) 62.1 (0.68) 58.9 (0.66) 26.1 (0.37) 53.1 (0.68) 52.7 (0.59) 48.6 (0.63) 17.1 (0.38) 9.9 (0.32) 8.4 (0.52)
Other 4-year 80.9 (0.67) 65.7 (0.94) 61.4 (0.79) 62.1 (0.91) 34.3 (0.98) 51.7 (0.81) 54.6 (0.68) 51.3 (0.69) 15.8 (0.56) 11.1 (0.69) 5.4 (0.28)
2-year 65.4 (0.65) 49.2 (1.26) 46.6 (0.82) 53.9 (0.68) 35.1 (1.69) 40.4 (0.81) 24.8 (1.16) 21.5 (1.26) 7.8 (0.35) 7.0 (0.35) # (†)
Less-than-2-year 68.1 (4.65) 57.2 (4.34) 33.0 (5.08) 55.1 (4.52) 48.2 (5.04) 16.1 (2.99) 26.2 (3.54) 23.1 (3.31) 10.6 (2.48) # (†) 23.3 (1.03)
                                             
Private, not-for-profit 89.1 (0.64) 70.0 (0.63) 81.8 (0.81) 80.6 (0.86) 28.3 (0.44) 76.0 (1.02) 64.9 (0.62) 60.9 (0.57) 29.1 (0.72) 30.7 (0.97) 23.7 (0.80)
4-year doctoral 84.8 (1.05) 65.5 (1.21) 78.3 (1.20) 75.9 (1.25) 23.6 (1.13) 72.4 (1.46) 61.6 (1.18) 57.1 (1.19) 28.6 (1.01) 29.1 (1.08) 24.6 (1.35)
Other 4-year 93.3 (0.88) 74.3 (1.13) 86.0 (1.16) 85.7 (1.19) 32.3 (1.25) 80.3 (1.48) 68.8 (1.22) 65.2 (1.28) 29.9 (1.11) 33.0 (1.68) 4.1 (1.09)
Less-than-4-year 93.4 (2.20) 88.0 (3.21) 58.3 (7.17) 72.3 (5.01) 61.2 (6.87) 46.2 (6.21) 44.9 (6.03) 41.6 (5.61) 19.5 (5.65) 4.8 (1.01) 2.1 (0.38)
                                             
Private, for-profit 96.9 (0.33) 93.6 (0.63) 60.1 (1.77) 72.3 (1.36) 62.2 (1.44) 25.4 (1.80) 92.0 (0.59) 88.7 (0.77) 44.0 (1.52) 2.1 (0.34) 1.8 (0.31)
2-year and above 97.4 (0.30) 94.5 (0.59) 62.2 (2.03) 71.7 (1.63) 60.0 (1.76) 27.0 (2.18) 94.7 (0.59) 92.8 (0.70) 45.6 (1.80) 2.4 (0.42) 0.6 (0.26)
Less-than-2-year 94.5 (0.92) 89.3 (1.66) 50.1 (2.45) 75.3 (1.87) 72.6 (1.90) 17.7 (1.93) 78.7 (1.62) 68.8 (2.81) 35.8 (1.71) 0.8 (0.26) 9.9 (0.32)
†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.
3 The 2003-04 and 2007-08 data include Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS).
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. Data include Puerto Rico. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1992-93, 1999-2000, 2003-04, and 2007-08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies (NPSAS:93, NPSAS:2000, NPSAS:04, and NPSAS:08). (This table was prepared November 2009.)

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