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| Table 331.90. | Percentage of full-time and part-time undergraduates receiving federal aid, by aid program and control and level of institution: 2011-12 and 2015-16 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Control and level of institution | Number of undergrad-uates1 (in thousands) | Percent receiving federal aid | |||||||||||||||||||
| Any federal aid | Selected Title IV programs2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Any Title IV aid | Pell | SEOG3 | CWS4 | Perkins5 | Stafford6 | PLUS7 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 2011-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Full-time, full-year students | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All institutions | 8,864 | 72.8 | (0.51) | 71.4 | (0.54) | 47.1 | (0.50) | 9.0 | (0.24) | 10.5 | (0.24) | 4.2 | (0.18) | 55.1 | (0.54) | 9.1 | (0.23) | ||||
| Public | 5,997 | 68.4 | (0.61) | 67.1 | (0.64) | 45.8 | (0.59) | 6.6 | (0.26) | 6.2 | (0.23) | 2.7 | (0.15) | 47.1 | (0.57) | 7.1 | (0.28) | ||||
| 4-year doctoral | 2,893 | 70.9 | (0.47) | 70.1 | (0.48) | 40.8 | (0.39) | 7.1 | (0.39) | 7.4 | (0.37) | 4.3 | (0.30) | 60.0 | (0.43) | 11.4 | (0.45) | ||||
| Other 4-year | 969 | 72.7 | (1.34) | 71.4 | (1.43) | 48.1 | (1.07) | 6.5 | (0.52) | 8.6 | (0.61) | 2.8 | (0.35) | 54.0 | (1.53) | 8.1 | (0.67) | ||||
| 2-year | 2,104 | 63.0 | (1.24) | 61.0 | (1.29) | 51.4 | (1.30) | 5.9 | (0.40) | 3.4 | (0.28) | 0.3 | (0.06) | 26.5 | (0.99) | 1.0 | (0.11) | ||||
| Less-than-2-year | 31 | 67.8 | (4.72) | 66.4 | (5.20) | 62.4 | (5.04) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | # | (†) | 19.7 | (4.83) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Private nonprofit | 1,875 | 76.1 | (0.75) | 74.9 | (0.75) | 37.2 | (0.64) | 12.2 | (0.60) | 29.2 | (0.81) | 10.6 | (0.61) | 66.0 | (0.90) | 16.5 | (0.67) | ||||
| 4-year doctoral | 990 | 74.3 | (0.94) | 73.4 | (0.96) | 34.5 | (0.77) | 11.0 | (0.89) | 30.0 | (1.26) | 13.3 | (0.97) | 64.4 | (1.08) | 16.7 | (1.10) | ||||
| Other 4-year | 849 | 78.0 | (1.20) | 76.7 | (1.17) | 39.8 | (1.11) | 13.6 | (0.74) | 29.1 | (1.14) | 8.0 | (0.69) | 68.2 | (1.48) | 16.2 | (0.76) | ||||
| Less-than-4-year | 36 | 78.1 | (5.04) | 74.6 | (5.35) | 48.5 | (6.54) | 13.1 | ! | (5.38) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 59.0 | (7.42) | 13.9 | (3.36) | |||
| Private for-profit | 992 | 93.1 | (0.51) | 90.4 | (0.52) | 73.8 | (0.81) | 17.8 | (0.87) | 1.8 | (0.20) | 1.4 | (0.23) | 83.2 | (0.90) | 7.1 | (0.44) | ||||
| 2-year and above | 859 | 92.8 | (0.59) | 89.7 | (0.59) | 72.1 | (0.91) | 15.7 | (0.81) | 2.1 | (0.23) | 1.6 | (0.27) | 83.3 | (0.91) | 7.3 | (0.48) | ||||
| Less-than-2-year | 133 | 95.2 | (0.79) | 95.1 | (0.80) | 85.0 | (1.46) | 31.4 | (4.40) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 82.9 | (3.51) | 5.9 | (0.77) | ||||
| Part-time or part-year students | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All institutions | 14,192 | 51.1 | (1.10) | 48.4 | (1.09) | 37.6 | (0.85) | 4.4 | (0.19) | 2.0 | (0.12) | 0.9 | (0.08) | 30.7 | (0.44) | 1.6 | (0.10) | ||||
| Public | 10,929 | 44.5 | (1.22) | 42.4 | (1.13) | 33.4 | (0.89) | 2.6 | (0.14) | 1.6 | (0.11) | 0.5 | (0.05) | 22.1 | (0.43) | 1.0 | (0.08) | ||||
| Private nonprofit | 1,135 | 61.0 | (1.61) | 56.5 | (1.99) | 34.8 | (1.51) | 6.8 | (0.66) | 7.1 | (0.76) | 1.9 | (0.30) | 49.5 | (1.57) | 4.3 | (0.51) | ||||
| Private for-profit | 2,128 | 79.7 | (0.83) | 75.2 | (1.16) | 60.5 | (1.09) | 12.8 | (0.83) | 0.9 | (0.14) | 2.0 | (0.47) | 65.3 | (0.47) | 3.4 | (0.32) | ||||
| 2015-16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Full-time, full-year students | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All institutions | 7,239 | 69.8 | (0.33) | 68.4 | (0.34) | 44.0 | (0.31) | 10.4 | (0.22) | 9.1 | (0.25) | 4.3 | (0.17) | 52.0 | (0.34) | 9.3 | (0.18) | ||||
| Public | 5,023 | 67.7 | (0.42) | 66.3 | (0.42) | 44.3 | (0.38) | 8.6 | (0.25) | 5.8 | (0.24) | 3.3 | (0.18) | 46.3 | (0.40) | 7.8 | (0.18) | ||||
| 4-year doctoral | 2,849 | 69.4 | (0.48) | 68.3 | (0.48) | 41.3 | (0.38) | 9.4 | (0.35) | 7.1 | (0.35) | 4.9 | (0.29) | 56.9 | (0.44) | 11.5 | (0.28) | ||||
| Other 4-year | 765 | 72.6 | (0.98) | 70.9 | (1.05) | 45.0 | (1.20) | 7.2 | (0.54) | 5.2 | (0.67) | 2.7 | (0.49) | 50.4 | (1.25) | 7.3 | (0.49) | ||||
| 2-year | 1,391 | 61.6 | (0.85) | 59.5 | (0.86) | 50.0 | (0.80) | 8.0 | (0.51) | 3.4 | (0.41) | 0.5 | (0.08) | 22.6 | (0.62) | 0.6 | (0.10) | ||||
| Less-than-2-year | 19 | 67.0 | (8.01) | 64.4 | (8.15) | 56.0 | (7.26) | 3.0 | ! | (1.20) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 25.1 | (6.39) | ‡ | (†) | |||
| Private nonprofit | 1,735 | 70.3 | (0.61) | 69.6 | (0.59) | 35.5 | (0.52) | 13.9 | (0.46) | 21.0 | (0.75) | 8.2 | (0.52) | 61.9 | (0.63) | 14.0 | (0.43) | ||||
| 4-year doctoral | 1,011 | 67.5 | (0.89) | 66.8 | (0.88) | 31.9 | (0.61) | 13.2 | (0.49) | 21.3 | (1.03) | 9.0 | (0.71) | 58.6 | (0.82) | 14.2 | (0.63) | ||||
| Other 4-year | 684 | 73.7 | (0.89) | 73.0 | (0.86) | 38.7 | (0.81) | 15.3 | (0.82) | 21.7 | (1.22) | 7.4 | (0.76) | 66.3 | (1.00) | 14.2 | (0.55) | ||||
| Less-than-4-year | 40 | 81.7 | (3.76) | 81.0 | (3.83) | 72.2 | (4.88) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 70.7 | (5.65) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Private for-profit | 481 | 89.4 | (0.71) | 86.7 | (0.68) | 71.9 | (0.85) | 15.6 | (0.95) | 1.5 | (0.23) | 0.7 | (0.16) | 76.5 | (0.79) | 8.0 | (0.59) | ||||
| 2-year and above | 382 | 89.7 | (0.77) | 86.3 | (0.74) | 70.4 | (0.97) | 16.2 | (0.81) | 1.5 | (0.28) | 0.8 | (0.21) | 77.2 | (0.79) | 7.8 | (0.48) | ||||
| Less-than-2-year | 99 | 88.6 | (1.74) | 88.2 | (1.76) | 77.5 | (2.19) | 13.2 | (3.37) | 1.1 | ! | (0.54) | ‡ | (†) | 73.9 | (2.40) | 8.8 | (2.05) | |||
| Part-time or part-year students | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All institutions | 12,069 | 47.6 | (0.26) | 45.4 | (0.24) | 35.5 | (0.20) | 5.9 | (0.16) | 1.8 | (0.15) | 0.8 | (0.07) | 27.0 | (0.21) | 1.4 | (0.08) | ||||
| Public | 9,468 | 42.0 | (0.30) | 40.0 | (0.28) | 31.4 | (0.24) | 4.4 | (0.16) | 1.5 | (0.16) | 0.6 | (0.05) | 19.8 | (0.21) | 0.9 | (0.07) | ||||
| 4-year doctoral | 1,825 | 55.5 | (0.71) | 53.5 | (0.73) | 34.1 | (0.72) | 5.5 | (0.37) | 2.2 | (0.26) | 2.5 | (0.26) | 43.4 | (0.67) | 3.6 | (0.32) | ||||
| Other 4-year | 1,346 | 44.8 | (1.25) | 42.8 | (1.12) | 32.9 | (0.99) | 3.5 | (0.42) | 1.1 | (0.24) | 0.4 | (0.08) | 21.9 | (0.75) | 1.0 | (0.19) | ||||
| 2-year | 6,249 | 37.5 | (0.38) | 35.5 | (0.35) | 30.3 | (0.30) | 4.3 | (0.19) | 1.4 | (0.24) | # | (†) | 12.6 | (0.15) | 0.1 | (0.02) | ||||
| Less-than-2-year | 48 | 38.4 | (2.59) | 35.2 | (2.52) | 30.0 | (2.05) | 1.9 | ! | (0.61) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 12.4 | (2.70) | ‡ | (†) | |||
| Private nonprofit | 1,220 | 58.0 | (1.03) | 55.9 | (1.03) | 37.7 | (0.93) | 8.0 | (0.69) | 4.7 | (0.63) | 2.7 | (0.50) | 46.7 | (0.93) | 3.7 | (0.40) | ||||
| 4-year doctoral | 622 | 53.5 | (1.58) | 51.4 | (1.55) | 32.5 | (1.37) | 6.5 | (0.77) | 4.8 | (0.98) | 3.5 | (0.89) | 44.7 | (1.34) | 3.4 | (0.52) | ||||
| Other 4-year | 540 | 61.6 | (1.13) | 59.5 | (1.16) | 41.7 | (1.18) | 9.5 | (1.14) | 4.9 | (0.79) | 2.0 | (0.46) | 48.5 | (1.12) | 3.9 | (0.63) | ||||
| Less-than-4-year | 58 | 73.2 | (4.47) | 70.2 | (4.96) | 56.2 | (5.18) | 9.0 | ! | (3.71) | 1.1 | ! | (0.47) | ‡ | (†) | 52.7 | (4.60) | 3.7 | ! | (1.39) | |
| Private for-profit | 1,381 | 77.0 | (0.59) | 73.5 | (0.53) | 61.5 | (0.57) | 14.6 | (0.76) | 0.9 | (0.11) | 0.8 | (0.19) | 58.4 | (0.53) | 3.0 | (0.28) | ||||
| 2-year and above | 1,140 | 77.5 | (0.67) | 73.6 | (0.60) | 61.4 | (0.60) | 15.6 | (0.87) | 1.0 | (0.12) | 0.9 | (0.22) | 59.2 | (0.47) | 2.9 | (0.31) | ||||
| Less-than-2-year | 240 | 74.6 | (1.55) | 73.1 | (1.41) | 61.8 | (1.63) | 9.9 | (1.60) | 0.7 | ! | (0.32) | ‡ | (†) | 54.6 | (2.11) | 3.5 | (0.63) | |||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| !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 undergraduates may not equal figures reported in other tables, since these data are based on a sample survey of students who enrolled at any point during the year. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Refers to Title IV of the Higher Education Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 College Work Study. Prior to October 17, 1986, private for-profit institutions were prohibited by law from spending CWS funds for on-campus work. Includes persons who participated in the program but had no earnings. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Formerly National Direct Student Loans (NDSL). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Formerly Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Full-time, full-year undergraduates are those who were enrolled full time for 9 or more months. Part-time or part-year undergraduates include those who were enrolled part time for 9 or more months and those who were enrolled for less than 9 months either part time or full time. Excludes students whose attendance status was not reported. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some students receive multiple types of aid and aid from different sources. Data exclude students attending institutions in Puerto Rico. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2011-12 and 2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12 and NPSAS:16). (This table was prepared June 2018.) |
