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Table 356. Average amount of financial aid awarded to part-time or part-year undergraduates, by type and source of aid and selected student characteristics: 2007-08
Selected student
characteristic
Any aid Grants Loans Work study
Total1 Federal2 Nonfederal Total Federal Nonfederal Total3 Federal3 Nonfederal Total4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
All part-time or part-
        year undergraduates
$5,820 (105) $5,170 (101) $3,400 (75) $2,710 (54) $2,320 (37) $2,350 (67) $6,490 (74) $5,180 (50) $5,080 (99) $2,720 (67)
Sex                                        
Male 5,810 (122) 5,300 (132) 3,540 (91) 2,770 (62) 2,600 (59) 2,500 (74) 6,660 (128) 5,290 (104) 5,310 (169) 2,990 (115)
Female 5,830 (113) 5,090 (95) 3,300 (83) 2,680 (59) 2,180 (33) 2,250 (79) 6,400 (79) 5,130 (43) 4,940 (92) 2,520 (72)
                                         
Race/ethnicity                                        
White 5,840 (101) 5,230 (101) 3,570 (85) 2,720 (51) 2,320 (40) 2,500 (64) 6,530 (98) 5,170 (66) 5,320 (126) 2,610 (79)
Black 6,120 (143) 5,250 (121) 3,230 (106) 2,580 (76) 2,240 (50) 2,030 (101) 6,400 (107) 5,080 (75) 4,760 (199) 2,800 (149)
Hispanic 5,360 (212) 4,880 (155) 2,860 (150) 2,590 (93) 2,310 (54) 1,940 (115) 6,490 (162) 5,390 (129) 4,610 (176) 2,940 (196)
Asian 5,920 (336) 5,130 (245) 3,820 (344) 3,550 (310) 2,640 (194) 3,160 (395) 6,590 (243) 5,360 (231) 5,090 (348) 2,850 (253)
American Indian/
     Alaska Native
4,940 (563) 4,460 (520) 2,500 (278) 2,800 (352) 2,840 (342) 1,850 (241) 4,830 (497) 4,090 (393) 3,440 (601) (†)
Native Hawaiian/
     Pacific Islander
5,010 (393) 4,900 (410) 3,110 (386) 2,430 (267) 2,170 (286) 1,930 (350) 6,550 (608) 5,230 (397) 6,360 (809) (†)
Other 5,250 (621) 4,810 (476) 3,010 (568) 2,180 (248) 2,060 (157) 1,610 (339) 7,100 (671) 5,450 (590) 5,130 (868) (†)
Two or more races 6,700 (299) 5,580 (208) 3,790 (316) 3,100 (195) 2,590 (180) 2,820 (263) 6,840 (323) 5,410 (205) 5,250 (689) 2,970 (257)
                                         
Age                                        
15 to 23 years old 6,330 (158) 5,020 (98) 4,120 (141) 3,270 (99) 2,300 (42) 2,980 (124) 6,660 (111) 5,160 (83) 5,590 (145) 2,620 (80)
24 to 29 years old 6,010 (148) 5,520 (120) 3,000 (98) 2,360 (44) 2,480 (61) 1,830 (61) 6,390 (138) 5,220 (73) 4,600 (143) 2,910 (146)
30 years old or over 4,990 (74) 5,080 (130) 2,680 (67) 2,240 (37) 2,210 (40) 1,860 (44) 6,300 (113) 5,190 (71) 4,640 (200) 2,950 (156)
                                         
Marital status                                        
Not married5  6,110 (128) 5,170 (100) 3,650 (97) 2,890 (66) 2,290 (36) 2,540 (83) 6,540 (93) 5,190 (60) 5,170 (110) 2,650 (71)
Married 4,940 (95) 5,110 (126) 2,710 (79) 2,200 (38) 2,440 (75) 1,910 (47) 6,360 (143) 5,210 (74) 4,740 (245) 3,220 (224)
Separated 6,060 (311) 5,390 (171) 2,980 (347) 2,470 (110) 2,340 (89) 1,750 (177) 6,210 (431) 4,950 (138) 4,890 (965) 2,520 (270)
                                         
Dependency status and
   family income
                                       
Dependent 6,530 (180) 5,060 (112) 4,370 (159) 3,470 (114) 2,260 (44) 3,200 (136) 6,870 (136) 5,260 (100) 5,790 (170) 2,610 (79)
Less than $20,000 5,470 (246) 4,540 (161) 2,830 (167) 3,290 (126) 2,600 (60) 2,120 (140) 5,420 (199) 4,420 (133) 4,490 (265) 2,260 (203)
$20,000-$39,999 6,090 (214) 4,720 (136) 3,380 (145) 3,260 (98) 2,230 (49) 2,550 (110) 6,060 (186) 4,810 (143) 4,640 (272) 2,540 (177)
$40,000-$59,999 6,500 (274) 4,830 (152) 4,360 (250) 3,140 (181) 1,590 (94) 3,140 (222) 6,600 (211) 4,970 (148) 5,620 (302) 2,470 (198)
$60,000-$79,999 6,710 (239) 5,360 (282) 4,870 (183) 3,550 (190) 2,320 (445) 3,600 (192) 7,090 (275) 5,330 (292) 5,980 (299) 2,730 (206)
$80,000-$99,999 7,500 (378) 5,660 (256) 5,750 (406) 4,190 (468) (†) 4,180 (469) 7,620 (343) 5,550 (263) 6,610 (373) 3,100 (234)
$100,000 or more 7,460 (275) 6,200 (266) 5,550 (263) 4,190 (236) (†) 4,190 (235) 8,340 (283) 6,490 (290) 6,940 (321) 2,720 (197)
Independent 5,430 (79) 5,230 (108) 2,810 (49) 2,330 (34) 2,350 (40) 1,850 (40) 6,270 (67) 5,140 (45) 4,610 (112) 2,900 (112)
Less than $10,000 6,140 (141) 5,440 (115) 2,910 (98) 2,700 (60) 2,520 (48) 1,730 (77) 5,910 (135) 4,840 (67) 4,510 (196) 2,340 (132)
$10,000-$19,999 5,970 (186) 5,120 (118) 2,830 (143) 2,300 (63) 2,130 (46) 1,650 (95) 6,050 (129) 4,950 (77) 4,370 (191) 2,660 (223)
$20,000-$29,999 5,630 (133) 5,160 (130) 2,860 (100) 2,410 (73) 2,460 (72) 1,770 (82) 6,350 (140) 5,260 (110) 4,480 (214) 3,210 (243)
$30,000-$49,999 5,130 (120) 5,030 (161) 2,660 (89) 2,050 (53) 1,950 (62) 1,800 (67) 6,400 (131) 5,350 (104) 4,540 (184) 3,420 (233)
$50,000 or more 4,330 (101) 5,350 (149) 2,830 (88) 2,100 (70) 3,850 (266) 2,110 (70) 6,930 (178) 5,530 (133) 5,330 (219) 3,920 (393)
                                         
Housing status6                                        
School-owned 11,330 (356) 6,710 (230) 7,990 (328) 6,520 (258) 2,840 (114) 6,360 (290) 8,300 (268) 5,950 (248) 7,540 (383) 1,690 (98)
Off-campus, not with
     parents
5,590 (95) 5,180 (106) 3,060 (66) 2,450 (42) 2,300 (42) 2,020 (53) 6,400 (83) 5,140 (48) 4,920 (118) 2,900 (105)
With parents 4,730 (141) 4,390 (131) 2,780 (98) 2,420 (65) 2,250 (50) 1,850 (80) 5,940 (135) 4,820 (122) 4,650 (133) 3,280 (162)
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
1 Includes students who reported they were awarded aid, but did not specify the source or type of aid.
2 Includes Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense benefits.
3 Includes Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS).
4 Details on federal and nonfederal work-study participants are not available.
5 Includes students who were single, divorced, or widowed.
6 Excludes students attending more than one institution.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some students receive multiple types of aid and aid from different sources. Part-time or part-year undergraduates include students enrolled part time for 9 or more months and students enrolled less than 9 months either part time or full time. Data include undergraduates in degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions. Data include veteran's benefits and Department of Defense aid. Data include Puerto Rico. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2007-08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08). (This table was prepared August 2009.)

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