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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: Selected academic years, 2011–12 through 2019-20
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
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)
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)
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)

2017-188






















Full-time, full-year students
     All institutions  6,265 69.1 (0.33) 67.9 (0.33) 44.0 (0.46) 10.5   (0.37) 10.6   (0.40) 3.1   (0.18) 51.4   (0.38) 9.9   (0.21)
Public 4,260 67.7 (0.32) 66.5 (0.33) 45.0 (0.34) 8.6   (0.31) 6.4   (0.28) 2.2   (0.14) 46.5   (0.42) 8.8   (0.19)
  4-year doctoral  2,641 68.6 (0.42) 67.7 (0.43) 41.5 (0.56) 8.0   (0.38) 7.0   (0.40) 3.0   (0.22) 54.5   (0.55) 11.8   (0.35)
  Other 4-year  686 72.6 (1.42) 71.2 (1.41) 51.4 (1.54) 10.5   (0.78) 8.0   (0.75) 1.8   (0.23) 47.9   (1.61) 8.0   (0.64)
  2-year 921 61.6 (0.70) 59.9 (0.74) 50.3 (0.70) 8.7   (0.72) 3.5   (0.35) 0.2   (0.05) 22.6   (0.58) (†)
  Less-than-2-year  12 67.7 (9.44) 67.0 (9.52) 61.8 (8.76) (†) (†) (†) 21.8 ! (8.34) (†)

Private nonprofit

1,642

68.3

(0.82)

67.5

(0.84)

35.4

(0.79)

13.8

 

(0.68)

23.5

 

(1.09)

6.3

 

(0.57)

58.9

 

(0.79)

13.7

 

(0.52)
  4-year doctoral 986 65.3 (1.20) 64.5 (1.25) 31.6 (1.03) 12.8   (0.96) 24.3   (1.45) 7.2   (0.76) 56.1   (1.09) 13.0   (0.64)
  Other 4-year 632 72.3 (1.10) 71.4 (1.08) 39.8 (1.24) 14.6   (1.37) 23.1   (1.84) 5.2   (0.98) 62.5   (1.16) 15.1   (0.84)
  Less-than-4-year 23 89.7 (3.68) 87.8 (4.16) 71.9 (7.35) 31.2 ! (13.65) (†) (†) 75.9   (9.27) (†)

Private for-profit

363

88.7

(1.97)

85.3

(2.04)

71.4

(2.65)

18.1

 

(3.56)



(†)



(†)

76.1

 

(2.35)

5.8

 

(1.42)
  2-year and above 309 87.6 (2.28) 83.6 (2.35) 69.2 (3.20) 16.8   (4.05) (†) (†) 74.3   (2.79) 4.8   (1.23)
  Less-than-2-year 55 94.9 (2.43) 94.6 (2.56) 83.5 (5.20) 25.7 ! (8.69) (†) (†) 86.5   (3.07) 11.6 ! (5.26)

Part-time or part-year students






















     All institutions  10,154 55.1 (0.36) 53.2 (0.36) 43.1 (0.37) 7.4   (0.22) 3.3   (0.21) 0.6   (0.05) 31.1   (0.32) 2.1   (0.11)
Public 7,879 50.4 (0.27) 48.8 (0.25) 39.9 (0.23) 6.3   (0.16) 2.9   (0.20) 0.5   (0.06) 23.8   (0.23) 1.4   (0.08)
  4-year doctoral  2,029 56.3 (0.60) 54.5 (0.62) 37.6 (0.63) 6.2   (0.35) 3.9   (0.27) 1.7   (0.22) 42.4   (0.67) 4.3   (0.25)
  Other 4-year  1,378 53.4 (0.65) 51.7 (0.64) 42.9 (0.66) 6.2   (0.48) 5.0   (0.80) 0.4   (0.09) 26.1   (0.99) 1.5   (0.20)
  2-year  4,422 47.0 (0.34) 45.5 (0.33) 40.2 (0.28) 6.4   (0.19) 1.7   (0.24) 0.1   (0.01) 14.7   (0.16) (†)
  Less-than-2-year  51 31.9 (2.81) 31.1 (2.96) 22.7 (2.07) (†) (†) (†) 13.1   (2.58) (†)

Private nonprofit

1,173

64.1

(1.31)

62.0

(1.14)

44.2

(1.00)

12.2

 

(1.10)

8.1

 

(1.04)

1.8

 

(0.31)

52.0

 

(1.07)

5.3

 

(0.70)
  4-year doctoral  648 61.2 (1.74) 58.4 (1.44) 40.5 (1.35) 11.5   (1.50) 7.8   (1.22) 1.9   (0.36) 50.4   (1.32) 5.1   (0.81)
  Other 4-year  466 66.8 (1.86) 65.4 (1.89) 46.4 (1.61) 12.5   (1.37) 9.2   (2.03) 1.8   (0.48) 53.8   (1.57) 5.8   (1.32)
  Less-than-4-year  59 75.5 (3.43) 74.8 (3.28) 68.1 (3.72) 17.3 ! (7.52) (†) (†) 56.5   (5.37) 4.5 ! (2.21)

Private for-profit

1,102

79.1

(2.65)

75.1

(3.49)

64.6

(3.74)

10.6

 

(1.73)

1.7

!

(0.61)



(†)

60.3

 

(2.57)

3.4

 

(0.71)
  2-year and above 902 78.2 (2.91) 73.4 (3.91) 61.6 (4.01) 10.6   (1.91) 2.0 ! (0.76) (†) 59.7   (3.15) 3.1   (0.72)
  Less-than-2-year 200 83.1 (4.14) 82.8 (4.10) 77.9 (4.04) 10.9 ! (3.99) (†) (†) 63.4   (5.56) 4.9 ! (2.22)

2019-20






















Full-time, full-year students
     All institutions  7,068 62.4 (0.35) 61.0 (0.35) 38.3 (0.31) 10.3   (0.24) 8.0   (0.31) --- (†) 44.1   (0.40) 8.0   (0.15)
Public 4,983 59.3 (0.37) 57.7 (0.38) 38.0 (0.31) 8.5   (0.23) 4.5   (0.19) --- (†) 37.9   (0.36) 6.6   (0.14)
  4-year doctoral  2,964 64.0 (0.47) 62.8 (0.48) 37.6 (0.42) 9.1   (0.32) 5.8   (0.29) --- (†) 47.8   (0.51) 9.5   (0.22)
  Other 4-year  765 59.9 (0.83) 58.0 (0.83) 40.1 (0.73) 8.5   (0.47) 4.1   (0.38) --- (†) 36.4   (0.82) 5.3   (0.19)
  2-year 1,228 47.8 (0.77) 45.5 (0.78) 37.7 (0.71) 7.2   (0.36) 1.8   (0.20) --- (†) 15.2   (0.45) 0.4   (0.05)
  Less-than-2-year  26 48.9 (6.69) 47.0 (6.89) 34.0 (6.01) (†) (†) --- (†) 24.3 ! (8.54) (†)

Private nonprofit

1,739

66.5

(0.86)

65.4

(0.79)

33.3

(0.70)

12.8

 

(0.62)

19.6

 

(1.04)

---


(†)

55.5

 

(0.83)

12.6

 

(0.49)
  4-year doctoral 1,117 63.5 (0.93) 62.5 (0.94) 29.8 (0.67) 12.3   (0.80) 19.2   (1.03) --- (†) 52.8   (1.01) 13.1   (0.51)
  Other 4-year 600 70.8 (1.53) 69.8 (1.32) 37.8 (1.33) 13.7   (0.91) 21.1   (2.21) --- (†) 59.3   (1.35) 12.0   (0.89)
  Less-than-4-year 23 96.6 (1.78) 95.5 (2.11) 86.2 (7.34) (†) (†) --- (†) 87.4   (6.59) (†)

Private for-profit

345

87.6

(1.24)

85.3

(1.39)

68.2

(1.69)

22.4

 

(2.69)

0.5

!

(0.21)

---


(†)

75.6

 

(1.82)

5.7

 

(0.78)
  2-year and above 290 87.1 (1.43) 84.4 (1.61) 65.6 (1.87) 21.7   (2.90) 0.6 ! (0.25) --- (†) 75.7   (2.00) 4.8   (0.80)
  Less-than-2-year 55 90.2 (1.58) 89.8 (1.59) 82.2 (2.10) 26.2   (6.33) (†) --- (†) 74.7   (3.56) 10.2   (2.00)

Part-time or part-year students






















     All institutions  9,868 51.5 (0.29) 50.0 (0.29) 41.0 (0.22) 7.9   (0.26) 1.7   (0.12) --- (†) 27.5   (0.29) 1.8   (0.10)
Public 7,821 46.6 (0.26) 45.2 (0.25) 37.5 (0.20) 6.6   (0.21) 1.6   (0.13) --- (†) 20.2   (0.23) 1.2   (0.08)
  4-year doctoral  1,865 59.5 (0.81) 58.1 (0.79) 42.1 (0.66) 8.0   (0.49) 2.8   (0.29) --- (†) 42.8   (0.76) 4.1   (0.33)
  Other 4-year  1,524 45.8 (0.55) 44.3 (0.46) 36.9 (0.36) 6.3   (0.56) 1.5   (0.20) --- (†) 18.4   (0.38) 0.8   (0.11)
  2-year  4,396 41.5 (0.26) 40.3 (0.24) 35.9 (0.20) 6.1   (0.22) 1.1   (0.16) --- (†) 11.3   (0.14) 0.1   (0.02)
  Less-than-2-year  37 43.7 (11.08) 28.5 (3.73) 25.8 (2.98) 4.5 ! (1.91) (†) --- (†) 10.5 ! (4.02) (†)

Private nonprofit

1,083

61.4

(1.15)

59.5

(1.23)

41.7

(1.08)

10.0

 

(1.04)

4.2

 

(0.53)

---


(†)

48.8

 

(1.17)

5.0

 

(0.49)
  4-year doctoral  626 59.8 (1.65) 57.8 (1.70) 39.1 (1.28) 9.0   (1.13) 3.4   (0.53) --- (†) 48.3   (1.59) 4.8   (0.71)
  Other 4-year  420 61.2 (1.47) 59.5 (1.68) 42.0 (1.81) 11.4   (1.92) 5.6   (1.12) --- (†) 48.0   (1.55) 5.4   (0.61)
  Less-than-4-year  37 90.2 (3.59) 88.9 (3.90) 81.2 (5.98) (†) (†) --- (†) 64.9   (7.98) (†)

Private for-profit

963

79.7

(1.02)

78.0

(1.02)

68.6

(0.57)

15.7

 

(1.65)

0.3

!

(0.11)

---


(†)

62.5

 

(1.24)

3.6

 

(0.27)
  2-year and above 750 78.6 (1.24) 76.5 (1.22) 66.0 (0.68) 14.1   (1.67) 0.3 ! (0.14) --- (†) 63.0   (1.47) 3.1   (0.31)
  Less-than-2-year 213 83.7 (0.78) 83.1 (0.77) 77.9 (0.62) 21.5   (5.36) (†) --- (†) 60.9   (1.18) 5.4   (0.56)
---Not available.
†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.
1Numbers 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.
2Refers to Title IV of the Higher Education Act.
3Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants.
4College Work Study. Includes persons who participated in the program but had no earnings.
5Formerly National Direct Student Loans (NDSL).
6Formerly Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL). Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans are also known as Stafford Loans.
7Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students.
82017-18 data are from the NPSAS Administrative Collection.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Full-time, full-year students are those who were enrolled full time for 9 or more months. Part-time or part-year students are 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2011-12, 2015-16, and 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12, NPSAS:16, and NPSAS:20) and 2017-18 NPSAS, Administrative Collection (NPSAS:18-AC). (This table was prepared June 2023.)

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