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Table 331.40.Average amount of financial aid awarded to full-time, full-year undergraduates, by type and source of aid and selected student characteristics: Academic year 2019-20
[In current dollars. Standard errors appear in parentheses]
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

$20,090


(228)

$11,770


(62)

$13,460


(246)

$13,740


(228)

$6,690


(66)

$12,350


(239)

$11,940


(122)

$10,030


(55)

$11,860


(327)

$2,460


(43)
Gender
  Male  20,230 (274) 12,000 (143) 13,700 (308) 13,870 (272) 7,470 (138) 12,530 (293) 12,090 (193) 10,010 (152) 11,860 (400) 2,450 (78)
  Female  19,930 (280) 11,610 (85) 13,210 (273) 13,570 (259) 6,200 (66) 12,140 (270) 11,860 (168) 10,040 (98) 11,860 (417) 2,480 (52)
  Nonbinary5 22,400 (1,120) 11,570 (683) 16,110 (1,107) 16,910 (1,088) 6,340 (719) 15,700 (1,137) 11,470 (910) 10,260 (851) 11,480 (2,180) 2,270 (129)

Race/ethnicity






























  American Indian/
     Alaska Native

17,350


(1,550)

8,610


(601)

13,670


(1,847)

14,320


(1,526)

5,970


(303)

13,010


(1,841)

9,660


(1,457)

8,040


(743)



(†)



(†)
  Asian 22,060 (668) 11,020 (418) 16,360 (605) 17,030 (557) 6,420 (202) 15,390 (590) 12,960 (931) 10,520 (615) 15,640 (1,827) 2,730 (185)
  Black 21,720 (370) 13,900 (187) 12,600 (460) 13,740 (375) 6,490 (117) 11,970 (472) 11,570 (224) 10,700 (217) 9,670 (696) 2,460 (112)
  Hispanic 18,430 (331) 10,380 (152) 12,010 (366) 13,440 (326) 6,350 (107) 11,280 (345) 10,720 (261) 9,220 (209) 11,530 (798) 2,580 (70)
  Pacific Islander 16,540 (1,706) 12,470 (1,287) 9,530 (1,639) 9,370 (1,400) 8,290 (1,571) 8,310 (1,611) 10,330 (1,272) 8,950 (989) (†) (†)
  White 19,620 (290) 11,500 (117) 13,460 (280) 13,120 (257) 6,820 (131) 12,070 (262) 12,030 (154) 9,760 (120) 11,840 (288) 2,400 (54)
  Two or more races 22,630 (674) 14,200 (453) 14,370 (647) 14,610 (657) 7,750 (430) 13,520 (692) 13,620 (517) 11,850 (469) 11,130 (1,005) 2,280 (141)

Age






























  15 to 23 20,870 (238) 11,250 (66) 14,380 (263) 14,890 (241) 5,930 (56) 13,280 (257) 12,110 (107) 10,130 (67) 11,810 (265) 2,450 (44)
  24 to 29 17,100 (423) 13,790 (283) 7,970 (415) 8,470 (237) 8,840 (265) 6,170 (306) 11,520 (394) 9,580 (158) 13,550 (1,233) 2,570 (153)
  30 or older 15,860 (491) 13,710 (395) 6,420 (366) 7,580 (241) 8,870 (358) 5,170 (250) 10,970 (353) 9,610 (176) 10,480 (1,185) 2,700 (333)

Marital status






























  Not married6 20,400 (223) 11,600 (60) 13,820 (248) 14,140 (227) 6,360 (60) 12,700 (243) 12,030 (119) 10,090 (57) 11,910 (313) 2,450 (42)
  Married 15,930 (511) 13,660 (392) 6,980 (393) 7,970 (312) 9,920 (412) 5,850 (336) 10,850 (352) 9,290 (241) 11,010 (1,137) 3,050 (316)
  Separated 15,850 (1,165) 14,480 (1,046) 5,050 (751) 7,720 (539) 8,770 (952) 3,940 (748) 9,930 (821) 8,920 (713) (†) (†)

Dependency status and
   family income 






























  Dependent 21,060 (237) 11,230 (67) 14,570 (261) 15,040 (242) 5,790 (58) 13,450 (255) 12,230 (110) 10,220 (69) 11,870 (269) 2,440 (45)
    Less than $20,000 21,920 (431) 11,380 (154) 13,890 (438) 17,200 (382) 6,750 (38) 13,470 (442) 9,140 (256) 8,280 (196) 8,900 (848) 2,350 (81)
    $20,000-$39,999 22,820 (421) 11,690 (177) 13,620 (408) 17,230 (398) 6,420 (56) 13,170 (422) 9,690 (250) 8,780 (234) 7,230 (549) 2,530 (81)
    $40,000-$59,999 21,950 (544) 9,810 (245) 14,750 (522) 15,800 (459) 4,110 (75) 13,940 (508) 10,370 (340) 8,990 (294) 9,600 (542) 2,500 (164)
    $60,000-$79,999 20,640 (456) 10,240 (270) 14,450 (431) 13,630 (414) 3,260 (167) 13,190 (425) 12,210 (349) 10,340 (300) 9,580 (499) 2,510 (102)
    $80,000-$99,999 20,320 (513) 10,710 (349) 14,780 (514) 13,250 (464) 5,870 (1,521) 13,170 (459) 12,630 (368) 10,280 (317) 12,890 (871) 2,400 (88)
    $100,000 or more 19,990 (288) 12,100 (169) 15,130 (301) 13,550 (293) 13,850 (1,267) 13,540 (295) 14,720 (211) 11,800 (169) 14,400 (434) 2,370 (51)
  Independent 16,570 (362) 13,430 (227) 7,800 (314) 8,810 (203) 8,630 (185) 6,490 (223) 10,960 (294) 9,390 (122) 11,790 (937) 2,700 (127)
    Less than $10,000 17,890 (422) 13,450 (277) 9,100 (444) 11,050 (298) 8,150 (233) 7,980 (374) 10,760 (361) 9,410 (184) 11,750 (1,493) 2,650 (172)
    $10,000-$19,999 16,240 (468) 13,340 (330) 6,490 (401) 8,380 (255) 7,910 (323) 5,510 (347) 10,500 (324) 9,270 (203) 10,450 (1,122) 2,860 (252)
    $20,000-$29,999 16,610 (618) 13,450 (471) 7,730 (790) 7,510 (470) 8,380 (583) 6,090 (658) 11,130 (530) 9,390 (276) 11,680 (1,903) (†)
    $30,000-$49,999 16,400 (721) 13,960 (515) 7,480 (615) 7,760 (363) 9,900 (602) 5,620 (439) 11,250 (591) 9,400 (292) 12,630 (1,946) 3,330 (398)
    $50,000 or more 14,430 (697) 12,910 (671) 6,900 (511) 6,170 (393) 10,890 (860) 5,440 (423) 11,450 (670) 9,500 (415) 12,490 (1,381) (†)

Housing status






























  On-campus 27,800 (406) 12,740 (150) 19,730 (427) 19,910 (419) 6,070 (95) 18,260 (424) 13,040 (171) 10,730 (163) 12,320 (356) 2,310 (39)
  Off-campus, not with
     parents or relatives

17,740


(335)

12,540


(185)

10,680


(328)

11,030


(298)

7,760


(159)

9,500


(319)

11,800


(229)

10,010


(171)

12,390


(557)

2,730


(120)
  Off-campus, with parents 
     or relatives

13,070


(219)

8,820


(134)

7,870


(219)

9,640


(191)

5,820


(85)

7,280


(202)

9,600


(275)

8,330


(200)

10,280


(952)

2,720


(122)
  Attended more than
     one institution7

17,770


(285)

12,150


(197)

10,700


(286)

10,570


(237)

6,820


(166)

9,520


(280)

11,860


(306)

10,000


(196)

10,730


(573)

2,380


(89)
†Not applicable.
‡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.  
1Includes students who reported they were awarded aid but did not specify the source or type of aid as well as students who specified work study, vocational rehabilitation and training, and military education assistance, which are not separately shown.
2Includes Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense benefits.
3Includes Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS).
4Details on federal and nonfederal work-study participants are not available.
5Nonbinary includes genderqueer, gender nonconforming, or a different identity.
6Includes students who were single, divorced, or widowed.
7Students who attended more than one institution during the year are categorized separately because they may have had more than one housing status.
NOTE: Aid averages are for those students who received the specified type of aid. 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 students are those who were enrolled full time for 9 or more months at one or more institutions. Data include students in degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions. Data exclude Puerto Rico. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20). (This table was prepared June 2023.)

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