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Number and percentage of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates and financial aid recipients and average amounts of financial aid received by full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates at Title IV institutions, by sector of institution and type of aid: United States, academic year 2007-08
  Public Private not-for-profit Private for-profit
Type of aid Total students 4-year 2-year Less-than- 2-year 4-year 2-year Less-than- 2-year 4-year 2-year Less-than- 2-year
   Full-time, first-time undergraduates 2,910,614 972,855 702,478 28,677 483,959 12,413 9,068 209,978 230,238 260,948
   
Number receiving
   
Any financial aid 2,225,061 753,643 439,437 15,890 416,413 10,494 7,117 159,991 200,165 221,911
  Federal grants 1,137,996 273,956 276,050 10,684 129,408 6,512 5,860 108,443 147,704 179,379
   Pell grants 1,091,817 262,615 263,694 10,173 121,158 6,320 5,546 105,523 140,416 176,372
   Other federal grants 491,709 177,151 75,911 1,001 93,008 2,225 1,967 22,969 56,227 61,250
  State/local grants 803,025 365,250 234,364 4,999 145,101 3,705 1,671 15,098 23,969 8,868
  Institutional grants 878,666 353,572 74,517 1,405 363,737 4,370 779 43,022 18,202 19,062
  Loans to students1 1,390,524 441,961 131,562 6,102 291,901 6,655 3,345 144,519 179,442 185,037
   Federal loans 1,345,062 430,024 128,068 5,912 282,355 6,527 3,298 142,305 168,764 177,809
   Other loans 217,241 62,582 7,393 254 60,522 439 109 20,648 29,715 35,579
   
Percent receiving
   
Any financial aid 76.4 77.5 62.6 55.4 86.0 84.5 78.5 76.2 86.9 85.0
  Federal grants 39.1 28.2 39.3 37.3 26.7 52.5 64.6 51.6 64.2 68.7
   Pell grants 37.5 27.0 37.5 35.5 25.0 50.9 61.2 50.3 61.0 67.6
   Other federal grants 16.9 18.2 10.8 3.5 19.2 17.9 21.7 10.9 24.4 23.5
  State/local grants 27.6 37.5 33.4 17.4 30.0 29.8 18.4 7.2 10.4 3.4
  Institutional grants 30.2 36.3 10.6 4.9 75.2 35.2 8.6 20.5 7.9 7.3
  Loans to students1 47.8 45.4 18.7 21.3 60.3 53.6 36.9 68.8 77.9 70.9
   Federal loans 46.2 44.2 18.2 20.6 58.3 52.6 36.4 67.8 73.3 68.1
   Other loans 7.5 6.4 1.1 0.9 12.5 3.5 1.2 9.8 12.9 13.6
   
Average amount2
   
Federal grants $3,299 $3,675 $3,017 $2,891 $3,960 $3,145 $3,224 $3,030 $3,137 $3,008
  Pell grants 2,990 3,085 2,947 2,778 2,947 2,898 2,931 2,939 3,045 2,943
  Other federal grants 996 1,110 732 2,625 1,671 974 1,339 805 634 335
State/local grants 2,566 2,963 1,348 2,276 3,391 3,203 3,243 2,922 2,988 2,877
Institutional grants 6,604 3,956 1,442 980 11,539 4,122 2,404 1,235 894 457
Loans to students1 6,051 5,190 3,502 5,183 6,435 5,367 5,275 8,799 7,216 6,104
  Federal loans 5,006 4,130 3,355 5,149 4,567 5,059 5,091 7,529 6,482 5,579
  Other loans 7,739 8,273 4,197 4,680 9,732 6,144 7,839 9,701 6,762 3,863
    

1 Loans to students include only loans made directly to students; federal loans to parents (Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students [PLUS]) and other loans made directly to parents are not included.

2 Average grants (or loans) were calculated by dividing the total amount of grants (or loans) awarded by the total number of recipients of grants (or loans).

NOTE: The numbers shown reflect the 6,034 institutions that reported the number of recipients by types of financial aid and the average amounts received.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2009, Student Financial Aid component.

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