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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
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Level of study,
control and level of institution
Number of students1 (in thousands) Percent receiving aid
Any aid2 Fellowship grants Tuition waivers Assistant- ships3 Employer (includes college staff) Loans
Any loans Stafford4 Perkins5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1992-93, all institutions 1,975 (—) 36.8 (0.81) [6]   (†) 5.1   (0.38) 4.2   (0.27) 16.7   (0.71) 10.5   (0.52) 9.4   (0.48) 1.0   (0.13)
Master's degree 1,319 (—) 37.5 (0.85) [6]   (†) 4.6   (0.48) 3.8   (0.37) 18.7   (0.91) 10.3   (0.62) 9.2   (0.54) 0.9   (0.15)
Public 772 (—) 33.6 (1.00) [6]   (†) 4.9   (0.49) 5.2   (0.46) 14.6   (0.83) 9.8   (0.65) 8.9   (0.55) 1.2   (0.23)
4-year doctoral 488 (—) 37.8 (1.25) [6]   (†) 6.5   (0.66) 6.7   (0.70) 14.6   (1.06) 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 547 (—) 43.0 (1.56) [6]   (†) 4.2   (0.69) 1.8 ! (0.60) 24.5   (1.46) 10.9   (1.03) 9.6   (0.89) 0.5 ! (0.18)
4-year doctoral 357 (—) 44.8 (1.91) [6]   (†) 4.4   (0.89) 2.5 ! (0.82) 25.1   (1.72) 11.9   (1.16) 10.5   (0.99) 0.6 ! (0.26)
Other 4-year 191 (—) 39.6 (2.84) [6]   (†) 3.8   (1.11) 0.7 ! (0.31) 23.3   (2.36) 9.1   (1.60) 7.9   (1.33)   (†)
                                                   
Doctor's degree 148 (—) 48.3 (2.56) [6]   (†) 12.7   (2.19) 16.8   (1.75) 12.0   (1.49) 7.3   (1.16) 6.9   (1.20) 0.8 ! (0.35)
Public 97 (—) 48.4 (3.09) [6]   (†) 15.0   (2.91) 16.6   (2.11) 12.9   (1.89) 7.1   (1.20) 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 414 (—) 27.0 (1.42) [6]   (†) 3.4   (0.55) 1.6   (0.32) 13.4   (1.00) 7.1   (0.68) 5.9   (0.59)   (†)
                                                   
1999-2000, all institutions 1,724 (—) 48.7 (0.72) 4.9   (0.27) 5.8   (0.33) 5.4   (0.34) 20.2   (0.66) 19.1   (0.51) 18.1   (0.47) 0.9   (0.13)
Master's degree 1,131 (—) 51.2 (0.83) 4.5   (0.37) 5.0   (0.32) 4.7   (0.36) 23.2   (0.81) 20.4   (0.68) 19.3   (0.63) 0.7   (0.14)
Public 633 (—) 47.0 (1.19) 3.8   (0.52) 6.4   (0.55) 6.2   (0.56) 20.7   (1.32) 16.9   (0.86) 15.8   (0.79) 0.7   (0.16)
4-year doctoral 436 (—) 50.4 (1.56) 4.2   (0.48) 7.4   (0.71) 8.0   (0.79) 21.4   (1.62) 17.8   (1.24) 16.7   (1.18) 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 498 (—) 56.5 (1.26) 5.3   (0.55) 3.2   (0.41) 2.8   (0.50) 26.5   (1.15) 24.9   (1.05) 23.8   (1.04) 0.8 ! (0.29)
4-year doctoral 322 (—) 57.7 (1.43) 6.5   (0.68) 3.5   (0.55) 3.3   (0.52) 25.5   (1.23) 24.7   (1.25) 23.5   (1.26) 0.8 ! (0.33)
Other7 176 (—) 54.1 (2.26) 3.1   (0.93) 2.6   (0.62) 1.9 ! (0.92) 28.3   (2.23) 25.3   (2.00) 24.2   (2.03)   (†)
                                                   
Doctor's degree 159 (—) 54.5 (1.81) 10.8   (0.95) 15.0   (1.24) 20.9   (1.60) 14.0   (1.35) 14.7   (1.34) 14.1   (1.37)   (†)
Public 108 (—) 53.3 (2.34) 8.8   (0.85) 19.5   (1.34) 25.7   (1.98) 12.1   (1.46) 12.6   (1.13) 12.0   (1.12)   (†)
Private 51 (—) 57.1 (2.95) 15.1   (2.49) 5.5   (1.60) 10.8   (1.83) 18.1   (3.16) 19.2   (3.16) 18.5   (3.29)   (†)
                                                   
First-professional 72 (—) 75.6 (3.17) 10.2   (2.70) 5.3 ! (1.62)   (†) 11.0   (2.09) 57.7   (4.43) 54.8   (5.09) 6.8 ! (2.70)
Public 22 (—) 72.7 (6.84) 8.5 ! (3.72)   (†)   (†) 8.0 ! (3.85) 57.4   (8.37) 54.4   (8.28) 4.7 ! (1.93)
Private 50 (—) 76.8 (3.14) 11.0 ! (3.67) 6.0 ! (2.17) 2.7 ! (1.34) 12.3   (2.85) 57.8   (5.44) 54.9   (6.63) 7.8 ! (3.72)
                                                   
Other graduate 363 (—) 33.0 (1.77) 2.6   (0.44) 4.4   (0.80) 1.3   (0.33) 15.3   (1.31) 9.5   (1.09) 8.9   (1.09) 0.4 ! (0.18)
                                                   
2007-08, all institutions 2,337 (—) 66.8 (0.85) 6.6   (0.50) 6.8   (0.34) 9.7   (0.38) 27.2   (0.93) 34.6   (0.70) 30.5   (0.65) 0.9   (0.09)
Master's degree 1,646 (—) 69.0 (1.10) 5.5   (0.45) 5.6   (0.40) 7.5   (0.40) 29.8   (1.22) 36.8   (0.97) 32.7   (0.93) 0.9   (0.12)
Public 829 (—) 65.7 (1.39) 4.4   (0.53) 7.2   (0.69) 10.6   (0.72) 27.8   (1.43) 32.8   (1.16) 27.8   (0.90) 1.0   (0.16)
4-year doctoral 631 (—) 67.7 (1.60) 4.9   (0.64) 8.4   (0.81) 12.0   (0.94) 29.4   (1.71) 32.3   (1.36) 28.0   (1.16) 1.0   (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 818 (—) 72.3 (1.59) 6.5   (0.74) 4.0   (0.51) 4.3   (0.43) 31.7   (1.85) 40.9   (1.42) 37.6   (1.41) 0.8   (0.19)
4-year doctoral 509 (—) 71.0 (1.52) 8.0   (0.95) 3.8   (0.52) 5.5   (0.57) 32.9   (1.20) 36.5   (1.33) 32.8   (1.24) 1.1   (0.29)
Other7 309 (—) 74.4 (3.25) 4.0   (0.79) 4.4   (1.00) 2.4   (0.57) 29.9   (4.50) 48.3   (2.89) 45.5   (2.86) 0.2 ! (0.12)
                                                   
Doctor's degree 270 (—) 79.9 (1.92) 17.1   (2.09) 16.4   (1.78) 34.0   (3.40) 19.2   (1.73) 33.3   (4.81) 30.4   (5.07) 0.5 ! (0.25)
Public 154 (—) 76.8 (1.57) 16.8   (1.67) 24.2   (1.52) 47.2   (2.02) 19.6   (1.43) 18.9   (1.26) 15.9   (1.15)   (†)
Private 116 (—) 84.0 (3.95) 17.5   (4.59) 6.0 ! (2.03) 16.4   (4.27) 18.6   (4.11) 52.4   (8.69) 49.6   (9.37)   (†)
                                                   
First-professional 58 (—) 85.6 (2.54) 20.5   (3.99) 6.5 ! (2.52) 10.3   (2.01) 16.5   (2.21) 68.5   (3.89) 62.9   (4.62) 4.1 ! (1.48)
Public 20 (—) 88.3 (4.96) 13.8   (3.97) 11.0 ! (4.26) 18.5   (4.72) 16.3   (3.79) 68.4   (5.79) 62.7   (7.17) 7.9 ! (3.25)
Private 38 (—) 84.1 (3.09) 24.0   (5.43)   (†) 6.0   (1.69) 16.7   (2.86) 68.6   (5.46) 63.0   (6.20)   (†)
                                                   
Other graduate 363 (—) 43.9 (3.07) 1.5   (0.37) 4.9   (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
     practice and other8
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)
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 exclude Puerto Rico. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
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 August 2014.)

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