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Table 395. Percentage of full-time and part-time undergraduates receiving federal aid, by aid program and control and level of institution: 2003-04 and 2007-08
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Control and level of institution Number of undergrad-uates1 (in thousands) Percent receiving federal aid
Any federal aid Selected Title IV programs2
Any Title IV aid Pell SEOG3 CWS4 Perkins5 Stafford6 PLUS7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
  2003-04
Full-time, full-year
   students
                                           
                                             
All institutions 7,679 (79.8) 60.7 (0.42) 59.6 (0.43) 32.2 (0.30) 10.2   (0.31) 10.7   (0.36) 7.3   (0.27) 45.3 (0.43) 6.7   (0.22)
Public 5,569 (72.0) 55.0 (0.41) 53.7 (0.42) 30.6 (0.38) 8.1   (0.36) 7.6   (0.27) 5.6   (0.26) 37.8 (0.41) 5.1   (0.22)
4-year doctoral 2,375 (30.0) 58.3 (0.68) 57.1 (0.71) 26.8 (0.77) 8.3   (0.48) 8.2   (0.36) 9.0   (0.39) 48.4 (0.76) 8.2   (0.37)
Other 4-year 1,201 (41.0) 64.7 (1.25) 63.9 (1.26) 34.3 (1.59) 8.4   (0.67) 10.3   (0.71) 6.8   (0.81) 50.7 (1.32) 6.0   (0.69)
2-year 1,967 (52.1) 45.1 (0.76) 43.6 (0.77) 32.7 (0.77) 7.7   (0.56) 5.2   (0.46) 0.9   (0.13) 17.5 (0.81) 1.0   (0.15)
Less-than-2-year 26 (2.2) 45.1 (2.95) 44.0 (3.01) 36.2 (2.14) 2.2 ! (0.74) 1.2 ! (0.59)   (†) 16.6 (4.65)   (†)
                                             
Private, nonprofit 1,623 (38.6) 72.4 (0.72) 71.8 (0.72) 30.5 (0.65) 14.6   (0.83) 23.5   (1.34) 14.3   (0.84) 60.9 (0.99) 11.5   (0.47)
4-year doctoral 653 (27.8) 65.7 (1.53) 64.9 (1.56) 22.8 (2.28) 11.5   (1.66) 22.9   (1.44) 18.3   (0.93) 54.9 (1.78) 12.0   (0.69)
Other 4-year 925 (33.9) 77.1 (1.17) 76.7 (1.18) 35.0 (1.70) 16.9   (1.05) 24.7   (1.95) 12.2   (1.34) 66.2 (1.88) 11.3   (0.76)
Less-than-4-year 45 (4.1) 71.4 (3.93) 69.8 (3.79) 47.7 (3.71) 12.4   (2.74) 8.5 ! (2.74)   (†) 40.5 (4.25) 8.0   (2.12)
                                             
Private, for-profit 487 (17.9) 87.2 (1.26) 86.4 (1.35) 57.2 (1.34) 20.1   (2.05) 3.1   (0.58) 2.5 ! (1.08) 79.2 (1.84) 8.8   (1.04)
2-year and above 355 (19.3) 89.3 (1.30) 88.2 (1.44) 57.7 (1.64) 19.1   (2.65) 3.8   (0.76) 3.1 ! (1.48) 83.3 (1.64) 9.0   (1.36)
Less-than-2-year 132 (3.8) 81.8 (1.72) 81.6 (1.72) 55.7 (1.26) 22.8   (1.67) 1.5   (0.33) 0.9 ! (0.45) 68.2 (3.73) 8.2   (0.74)
                                             
Part-time or part-year
   students
                                           
                                             
All institutions 11,375 (79.8) 38.3 (0.76) 36.1 (0.71) 23.8 (0.59) 4.7   (0.22) 2.3   (0.12) 1.3   (0.08) 23.0 (0.23) 1.4   (0.09)
Public 9,095 (74.6) 31.2 (1.06) 28.9 (0.98) 19.9 (0.80) 3.0   (0.20) 1.9   (0.11) 1.0   (0.08) 14.7 (0.31) 0.7   (0.06)
Private, nonprofit 1,232 (36.9) 53.2 (1.27) 50.2 (1.28) 25.8 (0.91) 6.8   (0.52) 6.4   (0.60) 3.7   (0.39) 41.2 (1.10) 3.6   (0.45)
Private, for-profit 1,048 (20.4) 83.1 (0.70) 82.1 (0.71) 54.9 (1.11) 16.5   (1.49) 1.1   (0.28) 0.9 ! (0.41) 74.0 (0.95) 4.8   (0.44)
  2007-088
Full-time, full-year
   students
                                           
                                             
All institutions 7,650 (---) 64.3 (0.32) 63.3 (0.32) 33.6 (0.28) 9.1   (0.20) 10.6   (0.22) 5.9   (0.17) 49.8 (0.31) 7.4   (0.20)
Public 5,189 (---) 58.8 (0.35) 57.7 (0.36) 32.2 (0.29) 6.8   (0.18) 7.1   (0.22) 4.1   (0.15) 41.8 (0.33) 6.1   (0.21)
4-year doctoral 2,531 (---) 59.6 (0.48) 58.7 (0.48) 27.4 (0.37) 6.5   (0.23) 7.6   (0.32) 6.1   (0.27) 49.6 (0.49) 9.2   (0.38)
Other 4-year 1,051 (---) 67.9 (0.67) 66.9 (0.70) 35.8 (0.65) 7.9   (0.37) 8.7   (0.45) 4.9   (0.41) 53.0 (0.71) 6.3   (0.39)
2-year 1,584 (---) 51.4 (0.73) 49.9 (0.75) 37.2 (0.65) 6.6   (0.36) 5.5   (0.29) 0.4   (0.08) 22.1 (0.58) 1.1   (0.12)
Less-than-2-year 22 (---) 58.6 (3.84) 57.1 (4.15) 49.7 (4.14)   (†) #   (†) #   (†) 23.6 (4.33)   (†)
    (---)                                        
Private, nonprofit 1,737 (---) 72.2 (0.64) 71.5 (0.64) 29.1 (0.43) 13.5   (0.47) 24.5   (0.83) 13.4   (0.61) 62.0 (0.61) 11.8   (0.57)
4-year doctoral 861 (---) 67.8 (1.20) 66.8 (1.23) 23.7 (1.06) 12.0   (0.55) 24.2   (1.06) 16.0   (1.03) 58.1 (1.26) 12.0   (0.67)
Other 4-year 854 (---) 76.2 (1.09) 75.7 (1.09) 33.8 (1.20) 14.9   (0.77) 25.3   (1.37) 11.0   (0.75) 66.4 (1.21) 11.6   (0.89)
Less-than-4-year 22 (---) 88.8 (2.95) 87.8 (3.42) 61.7 (7.02) 23.3   (5.78) 4.2   (1.13)   (†) 40.7 (6.36)   (†)
    (---)                                        
Private, for-profit 724 (---) 85.1 (1.21) 84.4 (1.32) 54.6 (1.39) 14.3   (1.23) 1.6   (0.28) 0.9   (0.18) 78.1 (1.23) 5.6   (0.61)
2-year and above 610 (---) 84.4 (1.41) 83.6 (1.55) 51.3 (1.61) 12.7   (1.43) 1.8   (0.33) 1.0   (0.21) 80.1 (1.35) 4.9   (0.67)
Less-than-2-year 115 (---) 88.9 (1.71) 88.7 (1.79) 72.2 (1.90) 22.6   (2.06) 0.6 ! (0.28)   (†) 67.0 (2.92) 9.5   (1.06)
                                             
Part-time or part-year
   students
                                           
                                             
All institutions 13,112 (---) 39.3 (0.30) 37.7 (0.29) 24.4 (0.28) 4.4   (0.23) 2.6   (0.11) 0.9   (0.05) 25.9 (0.19) 1.6   (0.10)
Public 10,402 (---) 30.3 (0.36) 28.6 (0.34) 19.1 (0.30) 2.1   (0.11) 2.2   (0.10) 0.6   (0.04) 15.7 (0.16) 0.9   (0.06)
4-year doctoral 1,685 (---) 44.0 (0.74) 42.2 (0.77) 19.6 (0.57) 3.2   (0.24) 3.3   (0.26) 2.5   (0.20) 36.1 (0.76) 3.6   (0.34)
Other 4-year 1,164 (---) 43.2 (0.97) 40.7 (0.95) 25.3 (0.80) 2.6   (0.27) 2.5   (0.28) 1.4   (0.20) 29.3 (0.81) 1.5   (0.22)
2-year 7,477 (---) 25.2 (0.42) 23.7 (0.41) 17.9 (0.38) 1.8   (0.14) 2.0   (0.13) 0.1   (0.02) 9.0 (0.13) 0.2   (0.03)
Less-than-2-year 76 (---) 31.4 (1.91) 30.9 (1.85) 27.6 (1.43)   (†) #   (†) #   (†) 11.3 (1.91)   (†)
                                             
Private, nonprofit 1,168 (---) 55.4 (0.87) 53.2 (0.87) 25.0 (0.75) 6.5   (0.48) 7.0   (0.63) 3.4   (0.47) 45.6 (0.78) 3.5   (0.41)
4-year doctoral 465 (---) 49.7 (1.87) 48.4 (1.82) 20.0 (1.40) 5.4   (0.70) 8.2   (1.19) 4.0   (0.89) 42.7 (1.91) 2.4   (0.24)
Other 4-year 637 (---) 58.2 (1.43) 55.3 (1.47) 26.7 (1.25) 6.9   (0.72) 6.7   (0.73) 3.2   (0.56) 48.1 (1.36) 4.3   (0.70)
Less-than-4-year 66 (---) 67.4 (3.94) 66.1 (4.04) 44.1 (3.48) 11.8   (2.89) 1.6   (0.42)   (†) 42.0 (2.23) 2.9 ! (1.24)
                                             
Private, for-profit 1,542 (---) 87.7 (0.73) 87.2 (0.73) 59.5 (1.17) 18.4   (1.63) 1.7   (0.34) 0.9   (0.13) 79.6 (0.65) 5.1   (0.58)
2-year and above 1,205 (---) 89.6 (0.90) 89.1 (0.89) 58.7 (1.47) 18.2   (2.02) 2.1   (0.43) 1.0   (0.16) 83.4 (0.74) 4.9   (0.72)
Less-than-2-year 337 (---) 80.7 (1.24) 80.6 (1.24) 62.3 (1.06) 19.1   (1.35)   (†) 0.4   (0.05) 66.0 (1.21) 5.9   (0.62)
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
1 Numbers of undergraduates may not equal figures reported in other tables, since these data are based on a sample survey of students who enrolled at any point during the year.
2 Title IV of the Higher Education Act.
3 Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants.
4 College Work Study. Prior to October 17, 1986, private, for-profit institutions were prohibited by law from spending CWS funds for on-campus work. Includes persons who participated in the program but had no earnings.
5 Formerly National Direct Student Loans (NDSL).
6 Formerly Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL).
7 Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students.
8 Data have been revised from previously published figures.
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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003-04 and 2007-08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04 and NPSAS:08). (This table was prepared July 2013.)

2012 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest