Table E-31-1. Among 2004 high school seniors who had applied to college by 2006, percentage who applied for financial aid, and among those who did not apply, percentage who reported various reasons for not doing so, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2006

NCES 2012-046
August 2012

Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study

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Sex and race/ethnicity	Among high school seniors, the percent who applied to college by 2006	Among college applicants, the percent who applied for financial aid by 2006	Reasons for not applying for financial aid
Sex and race/ethnicity			I or my family were able to pay for education without financial aid	I or my family thought that I would not qualify for aid		I was offered aid without applying		The aid application process was too difficult		I or my family could not afford to pay back a loan		I or my family did not want to report financial information		Other reason
Total	83.3	72.8	55.3	40.5		11.5		10.3		9.0		4.8		24.4
Sex
Male	79.5	68.6	57.3	36.6		12.7		10.7		8.2		4.4		25.4
Female	86.9	76.5	52.9	45.1		10.1		9.8		9.9		5.3		23.1

Race/ethnicity
White	84.6	71.9	62.7	42.1		10.4		9.1		5.6		4.1		20.6
Black	81.2	80.6	37.3	31.0		17.2		10.5		17.5		4.9	!	34.0
Hispanic	77.5	69.8	35.8	39.8		11.8		14.0		18.7		7.1		34.2
Asian	91.0	75.8	58.8	49.6		10.7		14.8		5.7		9.6		23.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	90.9	57.3	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	75.2	65.4	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races	83.7	71.7	51.4	32.1		11.0	!	12.0	!	9.3	!	‡		27.9

Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	80.7	67.6	64.9	38.1		10.7		9.5		5.3		4.0		21.7
Black	77.4	76.6	39.5	35.2		24.7		9.9	!	17.3		4.5	!	32.5
Hispanic	72.9	66.7	38.0	31.1		13.8		16.2		16.2		3.9	!	36.1
Asian	88.7	71.8	59.7	47.9		12.3	!	13.8		7.1	!	12.1		26.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	67.4	46.1	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races	83.4	69.0	48.4	24.8	!	‡		10.5	!	‡		‡		32.4

Female
White	88.4	75.7	60.2	46.8		10.1		8.6		6.0		4.2		19.3
Black	84.6	83.9	34.8	26.1		8.3	!	11.2	!	17.8		‡		35.7
Hispanic	81.8	72.3	33.5	48.5		9.7		11.7		21.1		10.2		32.2
Asian	93.5	79.7	57.5	52.0		8.4	!	16.2		‡		6.2	!	19.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	84.0	82.8	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races	84.0	74.3	54.8	40.5		13.5	!	‡		13.6	!	‡		22.6	!

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

NOTE: Estimates were weighted by F2F1WT. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002/2006), "Base-Year (2002) to Second Follow-up (2006)."