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| Table 332.35. | Average amount of financial aid awarded to full-time, full-year postbaccalaureate students, by type of aid, level of study, and control and level of institution: Selected years, 1992-93 through 2015-16 |
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| Level of study and control and level of institution |
Any aid1 | Grants | Assistant-ships2,3 | Employer (includes college staff) |
Loans | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Any grants | Fellowship grants2 |
Tuition waivers | Any loans | Stafford4 | Perkins5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current dollars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992-93, all institutions | $12,180 | (257) | $5,480 | (236) | $8,430 | (641) | $4,540 | (256) | $7,420 | (365) | $4,820 | (425) | $11,110 | (257) | $6,410 | (73) | $2,710 | (99) | |||||||||
| Master's degree | 10,090 | (409) | 5,400 | (421) | 7,010 | (747) | 4,040 | (357) | 6,750 | (412) | 4,450 | (575) | 8,180 | (264) | 6,060 | (132) | 2,690 | (284) | |||||||||
| Public | 8,480 | (230) | 4,400 | (311) | ‡ | (†) | 3,360 | (296) | 6,330 | (377) | 3,960 | (713) | 6,870 | (235) | 5,640 | (186) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 8,830 | (250) | 4,660 | (350) | ‡ | (†) | 3,370 | (309) | 6,450 | (405) | 4,110 | (837) | 7,150 | (230) | 5,800 | (183) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Other 4-year | 6,410 | (534) | 2,450 | (379) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 5,600 | (355) | 4,960 | (302) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Private | 12,540 | (700) | 6,760 | (703) | ‡ | (†) | 6,180 | (651) | 7,820 | (692) | 4,990 | (809) | 9,950 | (599) | 6,640 | (156) | 3,300 | (506) | |||||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 13,150 | (669) | 7,210 | (722) | ‡ | (†) | 6,390 | (668) | 7,740 | (722) | ‡ | (†) | 10,310 | (677) | 6,640 | (177) | 3,380 | (540) | |||||||||
| Other 4-year | 7,510 | (1,269) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
Doctor's degree |
12,510 | (382) | 7,090 | (408) | 10,500 | (935) | 5,960 | (435) | 9,340 | (597) | ‡ | (†) | 9,920 | (692) | 6,270 | (177) | 2,400 | (213) | |||||||||
| Public | 10,160 | (355) | 5,400 | (237) | ‡ | (†) | 4,120 | (296) | 7,920 | (403) | ‡ | (†) | 7,570 | (373) | 5,730 | (228) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Private | 16,270 | (758) | 9,930 | (953) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 12,920 | (1,411) | ‡ | (†) | 12,160 | (1,089) | 6,770 | (239) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
First-professional |
15,280 | (408) | 4,820 | (238) | ‡ | (†) | 4,480 | (546) | 3,610 | (579) | 5,990 | (1,069) | 13,950 | (381) | 6,930 | (45) | 2,750 | (129) | |||||||||
| Public | 13,630 | (633) | 4,020 | (371) | ‡ | (†) | 3,500 | (437) | 2,920 | (489) | ‡ | (†) | 12,270 | (457) | 6,760 | (82) | 2,690 | (178) | |||||||||
| Private | 16,870 | (629) | 5,660 | (341) | ‡ | (†) | 5,330 | (844) | 4,210 | (783) | ‡ | (†) | 15,680 | (635) | 7,110 | (53) | 2,830 | (172) | |||||||||
Other graduate |
7,980 | (640) | 3,890 | (533) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 7,310 | (623) | 4,860 | (324) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
1999-2000, all institutions |
19,200 | (363) | 9,150 | (387) | 9,210 | (530) | 5,750 | (207) | 9,920 | (412) | 6,080 | (493) | 15,930 | (306) | 13,590 | (147) | 2,850 | (191) | |||||||||
| Master's degree | 16,340 | (486) | 7,680 | (335) | 7,770 | (447) | 5,170 | (268) | 8,050 | (499) | 6,240 | (694) | 14,410 | (587) | 12,460 | (237) | 2,850 | (222) | |||||||||
| Public | 13,870 | (409) | 6,660 | (328) | 6,040 | (463) | 5,000 | (240) | 8,210 | (520) | 6,400 | (1,107) | 11,210 | (372) | 10,830 | (315) | 2,430 | (225) | |||||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 14,150 | (467) | 6,960 | (360) | 6,330 | (506) | 5,290 | (253) | 8,570 | (519) | 6,310 | (1,177) | 11,250 | (392) | 10,860 | (392) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Other 4-year | 12,920 | (822) | 4,890 | (876) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 11,470 | (1,038) | 10,590 | (813) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Private | 19,200 | (1,012) | 8,860 | (594) | 9,540 | (694) | ‡ | (†) | 7,560 | (1,190) | 6,130 | (921) | 17,260 | (1,030) | 13,940 | (315) | 3,010 | (296) | |||||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 22,120 | (1,430) | 10,020 | (753) | 10,100 | (708) | ‡ | (†) | 8,670 | (1,171) | 7,980 | (1,686) | 18,880 | (1,462) | 14,520 | (463) | 3,260 | (310) | |||||||||
| Other6 | 12,570 | (691) | 5,200 | (905) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 4,440 | (983) | 13,480 | (441) | 12,650 | (400) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
Doctor's degree |
22,630 | (486) | 13,610 | (725) | 11,470 | (815) | 6,450 | (262) | 12,420 | (480) | 6,780 | (740) | 13,220 | (1,340) | 12,090 | (715) | 2,000 | (453) | |||||||||
| Public | 18,900 | (443) | 9,870 | (333) | 8,520 | (437) | 5,860 | (214) | 11,690 | (255) | 6,630 | (861) | 10,230 | (377) | 10,300 | (342) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Private | 28,640 | (1,215) | 19,240 | (1,725) | 14,260 | (1,432) | 12,710 | (1,137) | 14,150 | (1,316) | ‡ | (†) | 16,840 | (2,176) | 14,180 | (962) | 2,010 | ! | (640) | ||||||||
First-professional |
22,320 | (682) | 7,260 | (665) | 7,860 | (1,094) | 3,530 | (527) | 4,770 | (979) | ‡ | (†) | 19,400 | (345) | 15,960 | (252) | 3,060 | (253) | |||||||||
| Public | 18,420 | (475) | 5,040 | (467) | 3,940 | (672) | 3,050 | (615) | 4,660 | (1,060) | ‡ | (†) | 16,260 | (398) | 14,450 | (281) | 2,870 | (392) | |||||||||
| Private | 25,530 | (1,205) | 9,020 | (1,078) | 9,730 | (1,470) | ‡ | (†) | 4,860 | ! | (1,601) | ‡ | (†) | 22,060 | (676) | 17,270 | (475) | 3,240 | (271) | ||||||||
Other graduate |
13,010 | (667) | 7,430 | (816) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 10,430 | (625) | 9,740 | (654) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
2007-08, all institutions |
26,360 | (333) | 11,400 | (382) | 10,540 | (416) | 9,180 | (301) | 13,040 | (273) | 8,270 | (788) | 24,320 | (359) | 18,650 | (246) | 3,810 | (130) | |||||||||
| Master's degree | 22,090 | (471) | 10,140 | (494) | 9,200 | (555) | 9,040 | (473) | 10,090 | (435) | 8,400 | (1,069) | 20,430 | (481) | 15,970 | (313) | 3,890 | (244) | |||||||||
| Public | 20,930 | (552) | 10,080 | (564) | 7,470 | (797) | 8,490 | (512) | 10,800 | (500) | 9,120 | (951) | 17,230 | (459) | 15,160 | (329) | 2,660 | (304) | |||||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 21,690 | (601) | 10,390 | (581) | 7,610 | (818) | 8,580 | (526) | 11,080 | (538) | 9,350 | (981) | 17,620 | (494) | 15,370 | (353) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Other 4-year | 14,460 | (990) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 14,720 | (1,234) | 13,710 | (1,319) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Private | 22,920 | (754) | 10,200 | (801) | 10,670 | (804) | 11,340 | (1,320) | 7,980 | (1,000) | 8,040 | (1,483) | 22,280 | (740) | 16,450 | (475) | 4,840 | (218) | |||||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 26,160 | (804) | 11,130 | (655) | 11,050 | (887) | 13,080 | (955) | 8,190 | (1,106) | 7,100 | (673) | 25,700 | (874) | 17,780 | (513) | 5,000 | (199) | |||||||||
| Other6 | 18,940 | (1,482) | 8,510 | (2,012) | 7,660 | (1,806) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 8,790 | ! | (2,740) | 18,680 | (1,155) | 14,990 | (801) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||
Doctor's degree |
27,960 | (549) | 14,900 | (806) | 12,770 | (755) | 9,210 | (417) | 16,290 | (372) | 9,640 | (683) | 22,600 | (790) | 18,960 | (635) | 3,550 | (348) | |||||||||
| Public | 26,460 | (837) | 13,690 | (1,421) | 11,010 | (1,558) | 9,360 | (505) | 16,120 | (418) | 9,450 | (821) | 16,190 | (734) | 14,820 | (675) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Private | 29,510 | (809) | 16,480 | (759) | 14,200 | (653) | 8,630 | (887) | 16,610 | (647) | 9,820 | (1,310) | 26,870 | (1,140) | 21,750 | (954) | 3,960 | (485) | |||||||||
First-professional |
35,630 | (630) | 8,800 | (438) | 8,990 | (574) | ‡ | (†) | 6,860 | (698) | 5,100 | (727) | 33,030 | (554) | 23,490 | (446) | 3,880 | (164) | |||||||||
| Public | 30,730 | (919) | 6,950 | (605) | 6,490 | (821) | ‡ | (†) | 9,820 | (1,298) | ‡ | (†) | 28,190 | (788) | 23,730 | (614) | 3,320 | (233) | |||||||||
| Private | 39,520 | (733) | 10,390 | (678) | 10,490 | (727) | ‡ | (†) | 3,540 | (530) | 5,390 | (978) | 36,860 | (700) | 23,300 | (505) | 4,330 | (222) | |||||||||
Other graduate |
16,800 | (1,275) | 10,250 | (2,466) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 16,190 | (1,244) | 13,740 | (860) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
2011-12, all institutions |
31,510 | (330) | 15,170 | (438) | 11,950 | (477) | 11,690 | (676) | 15,630 | (487) | 13,330 | (567) | 27,410 | (266) | 19,970 | (159) | 2,910 | (205) | |||||||||
| Master's degree | 24,160 | (488) | 10,960 | (588) | 9,120 | (706) | 9,170 | (640) | 10,820 | (695) | 9,410 | (812) | 21,900 | (406) | 16,950 | (201) | 3,060 | (404) | |||||||||
| Public | 22,240 | (624) | 10,180 | (656) | 7,680 | (932) | 9,290 | (805) | 11,420 | (772) | 9,490 | (1,017) | 18,910 | (564) | 16,100 | (351) | 1,890 | (348) | |||||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 22,930 | (687) | 10,490 | (692) | 7,860 | (970) | 9,510 | (860) | 11,750 | (855) | 9,700 | (1,076) | 19,470 | (638) | 16,360 | (395) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Other 4-year | 15,920 | (683) | 5,220 | (635) | 3,660 | (814) | ‡ | (†) | 7,760 | (786) | ‡ | (†) | 14,790 | (812) | 14,210 | (725) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Private | 25,600 | (686) | 11,800 | (996) | 10,410 | (999) | 8,920 | (1,189) | 9,700 | (1,478) | 9,330 | (1,311) | 23,800 | (556) | 17,490 | (222) | 4,260 | (596) | |||||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 30,280 | (1,016) | 13,390 | (1,311) | 11,260 | (1,242) | 9,610 | (1,596) | 10,940 | (1,556) | 11,660 | (2,101) | 28,360 | (884) | 18,550 | (318) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Other 4-year | 18,890 | (773) | 7,370 | (683) | 7,480 | (947) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 5,740 | (607) | 18,200 | (593) | 16,240 | (303) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
Doctor's degree--research/ scholarship |
38,420 | (852) | 24,970 | (780) | 17,830 | (617) | 14,840 | (961) | 20,520 | (512) | 18,100 | (972) | 19,480 | (637) | 16,160 | (467) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Public | 33,620 | (739) | 18,410 | (644) | 10,900 | (729) | 12,080 | (761) | 19,150 | (479) | 14,800 | (1,100) | 16,340 | (701) | 14,460 | (503) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Private | 44,770 | (1,282) | 34,380 | (986) | 25,580 | (1,006) | 20,430 | (1,767) | 23,200 | (1,036) | 23,880 | (1,296) | 22,550 | (1,079) | 17,820 | (739) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
Doctor's degree--professional practice and other7 |
42,880 | (575) | 12,390 | (725) | 10,860 | (831) | 7,910 | (1,316) | 9,920 | (1,554) | 12,860 | (1,753) | 39,110 | (530) | 26,050 | (279) | 2,820 | (238) | |||||||||
| Public | 36,420 | (719) | 8,880 | (608) | 6,780 | (585) | 8,370 | (1,956) | 9,420 | (1,227) | 13,130 | (2,586) | 32,890 | (674) | 26,040 | (464) | 2,190 | (185) | |||||||||
| Private | 47,110 | (814) | 15,780 | (1,260) | 14,170 | (1,272) | 7,110 | (1,266) | 10,520 | (3,091) | 12,600 | (2,651) | 43,130 | (727) | 26,050 | (364) | 3,220 | (397) | |||||||||
Other graduate |
19,450 | (1,487) | 11,800 | (3,142) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 18,130 | (1,386) | 16,510 | (1,226) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
2015-16, all institutions |
33,460 | (531) | 14,310 | (531) | 12,610 | (553) | 13,060 | (861) | 14,840 | (714) | 9,410 | (1,168) | 32,870 | (467) | 22,790 | (234) | 4,970 | (479) | |||||||||
| Master's degree | 25,870 | (757) | 10,890 | (601) | 9,110 | (706) | 10,240 | (1,007) | 11,570 | (808) | 9,320 | (1,554) | 25,480 | (680) | 18,050 | (304) | 4,580 | (542) | |||||||||
| Public | 22,020 | (669) | 9,040 | (634) | 6,100 | (676) | 10,100 | (1,217) | 11,920 | (980) | 6,570 | (736) | 21,040 | (634) | 17,170 | (423) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 22,500 | (714) | 9,230 | (673) | 6,220 | (703) | 10,320 | (1,286) | 12,050 | (1,020) | 6,750 | (799) | 21,400 | (679) | 17,310 | (464) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Other 4-year | 15,920 | (889) | 5,820 | (799) | 3,360 | ! | (1,442) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 16,950 | (641) | 15,870 | (465) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||
| Private | 29,110 | (1,231) | 12,430 | (961) | 11,170 | (1,056) | 10,510 | (1,894) | 10,230 | (1,252) | 10,750 | (2,249) | 28,810 | (995) | 18,680 | (403) | 4,980 | (708) | |||||||||
| 4-year doctoral | 32,070 | (1,675) | 14,780 | (1,242) | 13,880 | (1,229) | 11,040 | (2,334) | 10,510 | (1,433) | 13,270 | (3,881) | 32,390 | (1,333) | 19,180 | (493) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Other 4-year | 22,410 | (744) | 7,220 | (1,077) | 4,660 | (925) | 8,450 | (1,817) | ‡ | (†) | 7,170 | (665) | 21,490 | (768) | 17,740 | (600) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
Doctor's degree--research/ scholarship |
31,620 | (1,104) | 22,460 | (1,252) | 18,370 | (1,292) | 17,240 | (1,723) | 19,950 | (1,035) | 9,110 | (875) | 21,770 | (906) | 18,300 | (489) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Public | 25,920 | (1,277) | 15,770 | (878) | 11,940 | (686) | 14,370 | (1,833) | 17,890 | (1,020) | 8,030 | (1,217) | 18,920 | (1,584) | 17,130 | (823) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
| Private | 37,050 | (1,545) | 28,830 | (1,810) | 23,340 | (1,967) | 20,780 | (2,754) | 23,760 | (2,350) | 9,820 | (1,157) | 23,430 | (1,234) | 18,950 | (585) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
Doctor's degree--professional practice and other7 |
50,280 | (1,406) | 14,920 | (894) | 13,950 | (875) | 13,520 | (2,375) | 8,100 | ! | (3,893) | 10,010 | (2,960) | 46,790 | (1,259) | 30,600 | (501) | 5,260 | (666) | ||||||||
| Public | 43,110 | (1,255) | 11,800 | (1,010) | 10,190 | (1,190) | 12,640 | (2,697) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 40,010 | (1,244) | 29,860 | (620) | 3,350 | (369) | |||||||||
| Private | 55,380 | (2,255) | 17,310 | (1,607) | 16,600 | (1,546) | 16,310 | (4,726) | ‡ | (†) | 8,520 | ! | (2,592) | 51,720 | (2,028) | 31,130 | (774) | 6,420 | (755) | ||||||||
Other graduate |
29,710 | (2,923) | 14,690 | (2,253) | 17,000 | (2,812) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 29,470 | (3,254) | 22,190 | (1,968) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||
Constant 2018-19 dollars8 |
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| All institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992-93 | $21,640 | (456) | $9,740 | (419) | $14,970 | (1,139) | $8,070 | (454) | $13,180 | (649) | $8,560 | (755) | $19,750 | (457) | $11,400 | (129) | $4,820 | (176) | |||||||||
| 1999-2000 | 28,730 | (543) | 13,690 | (580) | 13,790 | (793) | 8,600 | (310) | 14,840 | (616) | 9,100 | (737) | 23,830 | (458) | 20,330 | (219) | 4,270 | (285) | |||||||||
| 2007-08 | 31,530 | (398) | 13,630 | (456) | 12,610 | (498) | 10,980 | (361) | 15,600 | (326) | 9,890 | (943) | 29,090 | (430) | 22,310 | (294) | 4,560 | (155) | |||||||||
| 2011-12 | 35,070 | (368) | 16,880 | (487) | 13,300 | (531) | 13,010 | (752) | 17,400 | (542) | 14,840 | (631) | 30,510 | (296) | 22,230 | (177) | 3,240 | (228) | |||||||||
| 2015-16 | 35,560 | (565) | 15,210 | (564) | 13,410 | (588) | 13,880 | (915) | 15,780 | (759) | 10,000 | (1,241) | 34,940 | (496) | 24,230 | (248) | 5,280 | (509) | |||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Includes students who reported they were awarded aid but did not specify the source or type of aid. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Data on the average amounts of fellowship grants and assistantships for 1992-93 and 2015-16 were based primarily on information provided by institutions and are not comparable to data for 1999-2000 through 2011-12, which were based on information provided by both students and institutions. Therefore, caution should be used in comparing the 1992-93 and 2015-16 data to the data for other years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 Includes nonprofit 4-year nondoctoral institutions and for-profit 2-year-and-above institutions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 Professional practice doctor's degrees include most degrees that were classified as first-professional prior to 2010-11 (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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Aid averages are for those students who received the specified type of aid. Full-time, full-year students were enrolled full time for 9 or more months at one or more institutions. Total includes some students whose level of study or control of institution was unknown. Data exclude Puerto Rico. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1992-93, 1999-2000, 2007-08, 2011-12, and 2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:93, NPSAS:2000, NPSAS:08, NPSAS:12, and NPSAS:16). (This table was prepared April 2020.) |
