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Table 355. Average amount of financial aid awarded to full-time, full-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 full-time,
        full-year
        undergraduates
$12,740 (115) $8,070 (73) $8,020 (84) $7,110 (73) $3,670 (34) $6,390 (78) $9,480 (69) $7,050 (53) $7,780 (105) $2,270 (27)
Sex                                        
Male 12,830 (158) 8,170 (112) 8,170 (112) 7,160 (95) 3,690 (43) 6,400 (98) 9,690 (112) 7,170 (88) 8,060 (168) 2,340 (40)
Female 12,670 (124) 7,990 (71) 7,920 (106) 7,080 (85) 3,650 (36) 6,370 (95) 9,340 (80) 6,960 (58) 7,580 (125) 2,230 (39)
                                         
Race/ethnicity                                        
White 12,860 (131) 8,040 (79) 8,390 (111) 7,090 (91) 3,500 (45) 6,590 (96) 9,790 (90) 7,150 (74) 8,110 (127) 2,270 (38)
Black 13,530 (163) 8,970 (105) 7,340 (162) 7,040 (133) 3,830 (48) 6,000 (168) 8,940 (156) 6,990 (107) 6,820 (218) 2,170 (66)
Hispanic 11,360 (261) 7,370 (138) 6,610 (183) 6,500 (137) 3,750 (43) 5,170 (152) 8,970 (189) 6,660 (125) 7,110 (310) 2,350 (81)
Asian 12,570 (361) 7,400 (208) 8,410 (277) 8,760 (271) 3,950 (63) 7,400 (296) 8,770 (244) 6,870 (227) 7,770 (425) 2,410 (104)
American Indian/
     Alaska Native
10,850 (847) 7,650 (554) 6,360 (759) 6,680 (695) 4,130 (333) 5,140 (747) 7,980 (592) 6,520 (519) 6,250 (845) 1,700 (279)
Native Hawaiian/
     Pacific Islander
13,430 (840) 8,950 (643) 7,720 (818) 6,140 (567) 3,440 (253) 5,510 (702) 11,100 (665) 8,360 (578) 8,540 (721) 2,470 (261)
Other 12,240 (1,247) 7,810 (584) 8,220 (1,222) 7,340 (1,233) 3,420 (335) 6,980 (1,245) 7,220 (713) 5,650 (466) (†) (†)
Two or more races 13,580 (397) 8,530 (242) 8,410 (381) 8,170 (353) 3,890 (141) 7,150 (366) 8,870 (355) 6,910 (267) 7,460 (562) 2,390 (106)
                                         
Age                                        
15 to 23 years old 12,980 (119) 7,820 (71) 8,570 (97) 7,680 (85) 3,730 (37) 6,870 (85) 9,590 (83) 7,040 (66) 8,170 (129) 2,260 (28)
24 to 29 years old 12,290 (218) 9,140 (154) 5,740 (131) 5,150 (122) 3,560 (65) 3,740 (130) 9,300 (132) 7,130 (93) 6,710 (226) 2,450 (120)
30 years old or over 11,350 (198) 8,510 (142) 5,310 (144) 4,810 (88) 3,490 (53) 3,520 (118) 9,000 (159) 6,990 (100) 6,320 (222) 2,470 (133)
                                         
Marital status                                        
Not married5  12,880 (119) 8,020 (72) 8,240 (88) 7,330 (77) 3,700 (34) 6,570 (80) 9,520 (76) 7,050 (59) 7,960 (116) 2,270 (28)
Married 11,290 (199) 8,340 (157) 5,790 (140) 4,940 (114) 3,360 (73) 4,100 (146) 9,180 (163) 7,000 (103) 6,400 (238) 2,430 (132)
Separated 12,210 (350) 9,200 (257) 4,930 (316) 4,970 (175) 3,790 (93) 3,080 (246) 9,050 (342) 6,900 (178) 5,980 (538) 1,670 (288)
                                         
Dependency status and
   family income
                                       
Dependent 13,110 (127) 7,780 (73) 8,740 (103) 7,800 (92) 3,710 (37) 6,990 (90) 9,700 (87) 7,080 (71) 8,340 (139) 2,250 (30)
Less than $20,000 12,840 (195) 8,060 (109) 6,820 (163) 8,590 (143) 4,560 (35) 5,950 (156) 7,050 (156) 5,650 (121) 5,910 (268) 2,220 (66)
$20,000-$39,999 13,720 (256) 7,900 (132) 7,860 (185) 8,550 (162) 3,740 (41) 6,690 (157) 8,010 (191) 6,210 (131) 6,500 (233) 2,170 (75)
$40,000-$59,999 13,180 (280) 7,080 (148) 8,860 (254) 7,460 (213) 2,360 (48) 6,960 (215) 9,180 (228) 6,550 (148) 7,960 (499) 2,260 (49)
$60,000-$79,999 12,650 (225) 7,140 (138) 9,070 (208) 7,050 (209) 1,660 (248) 7,040 (208) 9,780 (160) 6,920 (138) 8,350 (265) 2,310 (69)
$80,000-$99,999 13,250 (283) 7,680 (161) 9,780 (285) 7,590 (266) (†) 7,570 (264) 10,590 (216) 7,500 (165) 9,060 (255) 2,250 (84)
$100,000 or more 12,960 (185) 8,470 (176) 9,390 (152) 7,400 (147) 2,860 (634) 7,380 (146) 11,780 (177) 8,560 (178) 9,860 (229) 2,290 (61)
Independent 11,710 (158) 8,720 (110) 5,580 (87) 5,240 (74) 3,600 (43) 3,920 (87) 8,950 (94) 6,970 (61) 6,370 (137) 2,450 (80)
Less than $10,000 12,450 (224) 9,330 (136) 5,560 (162) 6,170 (108) 4,120 (41) 4,150 (135) 8,470 (147) 6,890 (95) 6,070 (235) 2,400 (97)
$10,000-$19,999 11,490 (220) 8,690 (150) 5,200 (199) 4,890 (121) 3,290 (59) 3,700 (170) 8,620 (186) 6,980 (111) 6,030 (320) 2,720 (205)
$20,000-$29,999 11,600 (275) 8,420 (202) 5,610 (246) 5,050 (178) 3,660 (65) 3,620 (208) 9,070 (265) 6,770 (148) 6,770 (452) 2,470 (261)
$30,000-$49,999 11,010 (252) 8,280 (187) 5,120 (177) 3,840 (113) 2,520 (77) 3,350 (159) 9,230 (203) 7,150 (125) 6,030 (313) 2,320 (238)
$50,000 or more 10,990 (335) 7,700 (217) 6,880 (294) 4,610 (248) (†) 4,680 (241) 10,310 (362) 7,180 (167) 7,400 (369) 2,210 (322)
                                         
Housing status6                                        
School-owned 17,220 (198) 9,120 (116) 11,530 (174) 10,250 (149) 4,010 (50) 9,340 (151) 10,700 (163) 7,710 (131) 9,250 (248) 2,130 (40)
                                         
Off-campus, not with
     parents
11,850 (109) 8,280 (74) 6,680 (96) 5,880 (80) 3,580 (39) 5,000 (97) 9,320 (84) 7,060 (62) 7,240 (126) 2,440 (55)
With parents 8,570 (130) 6,140 (92) 5,220 (115) 5,270 (83) 3,610 (39) 4,040 (99) 7,740 (140) 5,730 (98) 6,740 (188) 2,610 (79)
†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. Full-time, full-year undergraduates were enrolled full time for 9 or more months at one or more institutions. Data include undergraduates in degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions. 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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