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| Table 332.40. | Percentage of part-time or part-year postbaccalaureate students receiving financial aid, by type of aid, level of study, and control and level of institution: Selected years, 1992-93 through 2011-12 |
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| Level of study, control and level of institution |
Number of students1 (in thousands) | Percent receiving aid | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Any aid2 | Fellowship grants | Tuition waivers | Assistantships3 | Employer (includes college staff) | Loans | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Any loans | Stafford4 | Perkins5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992-93, all institutions | 1,980 | (—) | 36.8 | (0.81) | [6 ] | (†) | 5.0 | (0.38) | 4.3 | (0.28) | 16.7 | (0.70) | 10.5 | (0.52) | 9.4 | (0.48) | 1.0 | (0.13) | |||||||
| Master's degree | 1,322 | (—) | 37.5 | (0.85) | [6 ] | (†) | 4.6 | (0.48) | 3.8 | (0.37) | 18.6 | (0.90) | 10.3 | (0.62) | 9.3 | (0.53) | 0.9 | (0.15) | |||||||
| Public | 773 | (—) | 33.6 | (1.00) | [6 ] | (†) | 4.9 | (0.49) | 5.2 | (0.46) | 14.6 | (0.82) | 9.9 | (0.65) | 9.0 | (0.55) | 1.2 | (0.23) | |||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 489 | (—) | 37.8 | (1.25) | [6 ] | (†) | 6.5 | (0.66) | 6.7 | (0.70) | 14.6 | (1.05) | 11.8 | (0.90) | 10.7 | (0.74) | 1.5 | (0.33) | |||||||
| Other 4-year | 284 | (—) | 26.3 | (1.39) | [6 ] | (†) | 2.2 | (0.59) | 2.6 | (0.62) | 14.4 | (1.09) | 6.5 | (0.76) | 6.0 | (0.76) | 0.6 | ! | (0.21) | ||||||
| Private | 549 | (—) | 43.0 | (1.55) | [6 ] | (†) | 4.2 | (0.68) | 1.8 | ! | (0.60) | 24.4 | (1.45) | 11.0 | (1.02) | 9.7 | (0.88) | 0.5 | ! | (0.18) | |||||
| 4-year doctoral | 357 | (—) | 44.8 | (1.91) | [6 ] | (†) | 4.4 | (0.89) | 2.5 | ! | (0.81) | 25.1 | (1.71) | 11.9 | (1.16) | 10.5 | (0.99) | 0.6 | ! | (0.26) | |||||
| Other 4-year | 192 | (—) | 39.6 | (2.82) | [6 ] | (†) | 3.8 | (1.10) | 0.7 | ! | (0.30) | 23.1 | (2.31) | 9.3 | (1.57) | 8.1 | (1.31) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| Doctor's degree | 149 | (—) | 48.5 | (2.56) | [6 ] | (†) | 12.7 | (2.19) | 17.0 | (1.78) | 12.0 | (1.49) | 7.3 | (1.16) | 6.9 | (1.19) | 0.8 | ! | (0.35) | ||||||
| Public | 97 | (—) | 48.6 | (3.10) | [6 ] | (†) | 15.0 | (2.91) | 17.0 | (2.16) | 12.9 | (1.89) | 7.0 | (1.19) | 6.5 | (1.20) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Private | 51 | (—) | 48.2 | (5.53) | [6 ] | (†) | 8.3 | (2.05) | 17.0 | (4.31) | 10.2 | (2.47) | 7.6 | ! | (2.76) | 7.5 | ! | (2.79) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| First-professional | 64 | (—) | 58.6 | (3.04) | [6 ] | (†) | 5.9 | (1.41) | 3.1 | (0.92) | 6.1 | (1.34) | 45.6 | (3.35) | 42.0 | (3.20) | 6.2 | (0.84) | |||||||
| Public | 24 | (—) | 51.7 | (4.43) | [6 ] | (†) | 6.8 | (1.65) | 6.1 | ! | (2.23) | 5.0 | ! | (1.61) | 42.4 | (3.99) | 41.4 | (3.86) | 8.5 | (1.77) | |||||
| Private | 40 | (—) | 62.6 | (3.43) | [6 ] | (†) | 5.4 | ! | (1.77) | 1.4 | ! | (0.50) | 6.7 | (1.81) | 47.5 | (4.28) | 42.3 | (3.94) | 4.9 | (0.96) | |||||
| Other graduate | 415 | (—) | 27.0 | (1.42) | [6 ] | (†) | 3.4 | (0.55) | 1.6 | (0.32) | 13.4 | (1.00) | 7.1 | (0.68) | 6.0 | (0.59) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| 1999-2000, all institutions | 1,739 | (—) | 48.7 | (0.72) | 4.9 | (0.27) | 5.8 | (0.32) | 5.4 | (0.34) | 20.1 | (0.66) | 19.3 | (0.51) | 18.2 | (0.47) | 1.0 | (0.13) | |||||||
| Master's degree | 1,140 | (—) | 51.2 | (0.84) | 4.4 | (0.36) | 5.0 | (0.32) | 4.7 | (0.35) | 23.1 | (0.82) | 20.6 | (0.69) | 19.4 | (0.64) | 0.8 | (0.14) | |||||||
| Public | 635 | (—) | 47.0 | (1.18) | 3.8 | (0.51) | 6.3 | (0.55) | 6.2 | (0.56) | 20.6 | (1.32) | 16.8 | (0.84) | 15.7 | (0.78) | 0.7 | (0.16) | |||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 438 | (—) | 50.3 | (1.55) | 4.2 | (0.47) | 7.4 | (0.71) | 7.9 | (0.78) | 21.4 | (1.61) | 17.8 | (1.23) | 16.7 | (1.17) | 0.5 | ! | (0.17) | ||||||
| Other 4-year | 188 | (—) | 39.2 | (1.96) | 3.2 | ! | (1.41) | 4.2 | (0.93) | 2.3 | (0.46) | 18.5 | (2.28) | 14.4 | (1.47) | 13.6 | (1.49) | 1.2 | ! | (0.41) | |||||
| Private | 505 | (—) | 56.5 | (1.29) | 5.2 | (0.54) | 3.3 | (0.41) | 2.8 | (0.50) | 26.2 | (1.12) | 25.3 | (1.06) | 24.0 | (1.05) | 0.9 | ! | (0.30) | ||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 326 | (—) | 57.7 | (1.46) | 6.4 | (0.68) | 3.6 | (0.56) | 3.3 | (0.51) | 25.3 | (1.22) | 25.0 | (1.24) | 23.8 | (1.25) | 0.9 | ! | (0.34) | ||||||
| Other7 | 178 | (—) | 54.1 | (2.31) | 3.1 | ! | (0.92) | 2.5 | (0.61) | 1.9 | ! | (0.92) | 28.0 | (2.13) | 25.7 | (2.02) | 24.4 | (2.06) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Doctor's degree | 161 | (—) | 54.5 | (1.78) | 10.7 | (0.93) | 14.8 | (1.22) | 20.7 | (1.57) | 14.0 | (1.35) | 14.8 | (1.33) | 14.2 | (1.36) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Public | 109 | (—) | 53.1 | (2.32) | 8.8 | (0.84) | 19.4 | (1.34) | 25.6 | (1.97) | 12.1 | (1.45) | 12.5 | (1.12) | 11.9 | (1.12) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Private | 52 | (—) | 57.6 | (2.82) | 14.7 | (2.43) | 5.3 | (1.55) | 10.5 | (1.77) | 18.0 | (3.10) | 19.6 | (3.09) | 19.0 | (3.22) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| First-professional | 73 | (—) | 75.7 | (3.13) | 10.0 | (2.66) | 5.2 | ! | (1.58) | ‡ | (†) | 10.8 | (2.04) | 58.2 | (4.36) | 54.9 | (4.99) | 6.7 | ! | (2.64) | |||||
| Public | 22 | (—) | 72.3 | (6.92) | 8.3 | ! | (3.63) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 7.9 | ! | (3.76) | 57.3 | (8.38) | 53.2 | (7.99) | 4.6 | ! | (1.88) | ||||
| Private | 51 | (—) | 77.2 | (3.05) | 10.8 | ! | (3.60) | 5.9 | ! | (2.11) | 2.7 | ! | (1.31) | 12.1 | (2.78) | 58.5 | (5.31) | 55.7 | (6.49) | 7.6 | ! | (3.65) | |||
| Other graduate | 365 | (—) | 32.9 | (1.79) | 2.6 | (0.44) | 4.4 | (0.79) | 1.3 | (0.33) | 15.2 | (1.31) | 9.5 | (1.09) | 8.9 | (1.10) | 0.4 | ! | (0.17) | ||||||
| 2007-08, all institutions | 2,349 | (—) | 66.9 | (0.84) | 6.6 | (0.50) | 6.8 | (0.33) | 9.7 | (0.37) | 27.2 | (0.93) | 34.6 | (0.70) | 30.5 | (0.64) | 0.9 | (0.09) | |||||||
| Master's degree | 1,656 | (—) | 69.1 | (1.09) | 5.5 | (0.45) | 5.6 | (0.39) | 7.5 | (0.39) | 29.8 | (1.22) | 36.8 | (0.98) | 32.7 | (0.93) | 0.9 | (0.12) | |||||||
| Public | 831 | (—) | 65.8 | (1.38) | 4.6 | (0.53) | 7.2 | (0.68) | 10.7 | (0.72) | 27.8 | (1.42) | 32.7 | (1.16) | 27.8 | (0.90) | 1.0 | (0.16) | |||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 633 | (—) | 67.8 | (1.59) | 5.0 | (0.64) | 8.4 | (0.80) | 12.2 | (0.94) | 29.3 | (1.70) | 32.2 | (1.35) | 27.9 | (1.16) | 0.9 | (0.18) | |||||||
| Other 4-year | 198 | (—) | 59.4 | (2.99) | 3.0 | ! | (0.97) | 3.6 | ! | (1.18) | 6.0 | (1.17) | 22.7 | (2.56) | 34.5 | (2.98) | 27.2 | (2.63) | 1.2 | ! | (0.37) | ||||
| Private | 825 | (—) | 72.4 | (1.58) | 6.4 | (0.73) | 4.0 | (0.50) | 4.3 | (0.44) | 31.8 | (1.85) | 40.9 | (1.41) | 37.6 | (1.40) | 0.8 | (0.18) | |||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 510 | (—) | 71.1 | (1.51) | 8.0 | (0.95) | 3.8 | (0.52) | 5.6 | (0.59) | 32.8 | (1.20) | 36.6 | (1.32) | 32.8 | (1.23) | 1.1 | (0.29) | |||||||
| Other7 | 315 | (—) | 74.7 | (3.20) | 3.9 | (0.77) | 4.3 | (0.97) | 2.3 | (0.56) | 30.1 | (4.48) | 48.0 | (2.91) | 45.3 | (2.88) | 0.2 | ! | (0.11) | ||||||
| Doctor's degree | 272 | (—) | 79.8 | (1.91) | 17.1 | (2.08) | 16.3 | (1.76) | 33.9 | (3.38) | 19.2 | (1.71) | 33.3 | (4.77) | 30.4 | (5.04) | 0.5 | ! | (0.25) | ||||||
| Public | 155 | (—) | 76.6 | (1.55) | 16.8 | (1.67) | 24.2 | (1.51) | 47.1 | (2.01) | 19.6 | (1.42) | 18.8 | (1.25) | 15.8 | (1.15) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Private | 117 | (—) | 84.1 | (3.88) | 17.4 | (4.56) | 6.0 | ! | (2.00) | 16.4 | (4.25) | 18.6 | (4.05) | 52.6 | (8.57) | 49.8 | (9.24) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| First-professional | 59 | (—) | 85.8 | (2.50) | 20.2 | (3.96) | 6.4 | ! | (2.49) | 10.2 | (1.99) | 16.3 | (2.17) | 68.3 | (3.91) | 62.7 | (4.59) | 4.0 | ! | (1.46) | |||||
| Public | 20 | (—) | 88.6 | (4.88) | 13.5 | (3.95) | 10.8 | ! | (4.22) | 18.1 | (4.66) | 16.0 | (3.67) | 67.1 | (5.83) | 61.5 | (7.03) | 7.8 | ! | (3.19) | |||||
| Private | 38 | (—) | 84.3 | (3.06) | 23.8 | (5.42) | ‡ | (†) | 5.9 | (1.68) | 16.5 | (2.81) | 68.9 | (5.37) | 63.3 | (6.07) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Other graduate | 363 | (—) | 43.9 | (3.06) | 1.5 | (0.37) | 4.8 | (0.97) | 1.5 | (0.41) | 23.4 | (2.79) | 20.0 | (2.10) | 15.5 | (1.58) | 0.5 | ! | (0.25) | ||||||
| 2011-12, all institutions | 2,291 | (—) | 60.9 | (0.99) | 8.6 | (0.55) | 6.7 | (0.56) | 6.4 | (0.43) | 17.0 | (0.88) | 35.0 | (0.61) | 32.7 | (0.60) | 0.8 | (0.17) | |||||||
| Master's degree | 1,715 | (—) | 62.5 | (1.29) | 7.6 | (0.61) | 5.6 | (0.62) | 4.8 | (0.47) | 17.3 | (1.13) | 38.1 | (0.83) | 36.0 | (0.83) | 0.7 | (0.17) | |||||||
| Public | 800 | (—) | 57.1 | (1.51) | 7.2 | (0.83) | 5.8 | (0.72) | 7.5 | (0.85) | 14.7 | (1.02) | 33.7 | (1.19) | 31.2 | (1.12) | 1.2 | ! | (0.37) | ||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 664 | (—) | 58.5 | (1.74) | 8.1 | (1.00) | 6.2 | (0.84) | 7.9 | (1.02) | 15.6 | (1.15) | 33.4 | (1.36) | 31.1 | (1.29) | 1.2 | ! | (0.43) | ||||||
| Other 4-year | 136 | (—) | 50.2 | (2.32) | 2.7 | (0.76) | 3.8 | (1.07) | 5.3 | (1.06) | 10.3 | (1.66) | 35.0 | (2.15) | 31.7 | (2.10) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Private | 914 | (—) | 67.3 | (1.94) | 8.0 | (0.92) | 5.5 | (0.91) | 2.5 | (0.55) | 19.5 | (1.91) | 41.9 | (1.32) | 40.1 | (1.30) | 0.2 | ! | (0.08) | ||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 515 | (—) | 65.7 | (2.07) | 10.1 | (1.49) | 3.7 | (0.91) | 2.7 | (0.72) | 21.2 | (2.02) | 37.9 | (1.67) | 35.4 | (1.72) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Other 4-year | 399 | (—) | 69.4 | (3.63) | 5.2 | (0.93) | 7.8 | (1.71) | 2.1 | ! | (0.95) | 17.3 | (3.39) | 47.2 | (2.03) | 46.1 | (1.92) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| Doctor's degree research/ scholarship |
198 | (—) | 70.9 | (1.67) | 18.1 | (1.31) | 20.0 | (1.27) | 30.4 | (1.98) | 20.9 | (1.35) | 24.4 | (1.46) | 22.4 | (1.44) | 0.3 | ! | (0.10) | ||||||
| Public | 133 | (—) | 69.9 | (2.12) | 20.0 | (1.76) | 25.2 | (1.78) | 39.4 | (2.56) | 23.6 | (1.77) | 14.7 | (1.34) | 13.5 | (1.28) | 0.4 | ! | (0.15) | ||||||
| Private | 66 | (—) | 73.1 | (2.56) | 14.2 | (1.34) | 9.6 | (1.24) | 12.2 | (1.77) | 15.5 | (1.78) | 44.0 | (2.68) | 40.5 | (2.75) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
| Doctor's degree–professional | 100 | (—) | 68.5 | (3.09) | 13.8 | (1.88) | 4.6 | (0.98) | 2.3 | ! | (0.79) | 12.1 | (1.83) | 51.5 | (3.52) | 47.3 | (3.67) | 4.7 | ! | (2.12) | |||||
| practice and other8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 41 | (—) | 58.3 | (4.51) | 16.0 | (2.83) | 7.3 | (1.96) | 3.8 | ! | (1.75) | 12.6 | (2.94) | 40.3 | (4.01) | 37.4 | (4.10) | 3.0 | ! | (1.32) | |||||
| Private | 59 | (—) | 75.5 | (3.48) | 12.3 | (2.41) | 2.7 | ! | (1.02) | 1.3 | ! | (0.50) | 11.8 | (2.64) | 59.1 | (4.83) | 54.1 | (5.03) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Other graduate | 278 | (—) | 40.6 | (2.66) | 6.5 | (1.57) | 4.6 | ! | (1.47) | 0.7 | ! | (0.34) | 14.6 | (1.91) | 17.9 | (1.76) | 14.9 | (1.64) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| —Not available. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Numbers of part-time or part-year postbaccalaureate students may not equal figures reported in other tables, since these data are based on a sample survey of all postbaccalaureate students enrolled at any time during the school year. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Includes students who reported they were awarded aid but did not specify the source of aid. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Includes students who received teaching or research assistantships and/or participated in work-study programs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Formerly Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Formerly National Direct Student Loans (NDSL). Includes subsidized amounts only. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Fellowship estimates for 1992-93 were based primarily on information provided by institutions and are not comparable to data for 1999-2000 and later years, which were based on information provided by both students and institutions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 Includes nonprofit 4-year nondoctoral institutions and for-profit 2-year-and-above institutions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 Professional practice doctor's degrees include most degrees formerly classified as first-professional (such as M.D., D.D.S., and J.D). "Other" doctor's degrees are those that are neither research/scholarship degrees nor professional practice degrees. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Excludes students whose attendance status was not reported. Total includes some students whose level of study or control of institution was unknown. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some students receive aid from multiple sources. Data for 2007-08 and prior years include Puerto Rico, which is excluded from the 2011-12 data. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1992-93, 1999-2000, 2007-08, and 2011-12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:93, NPSAS:2000, NPSAS:08, and NPSAS:12). (This table was prepared March 2014.) |