Percentage of full-time, full-year undergraduates receiving financial aid and average amount of financial aid awarded, by type and source of aid and control and level of institution: Academic year 2007

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Table 20.	Percentage of full-time, full-year undergraduates receiving financial aid and average amount of financial aid awarded, by type and source of aid and control and level of institution: Academic year 2007–08

Control and level of institution	[In constant 2009–10 dollars]
	Any aid¹		Grants²		Loans³		Work-study⁴
	Percent	Average amount	Percent	Average amount	Percent	Average amount	Percent		Average amount
Total, all institutions	79.5	$13,000	64.4	$7,300	53.3	$9,700	13.5		$2,300
Public	74.0	9,700	58.0	5,500	44.3	8,200	9.2		2,500
4-year doctoral	76.7	11,700	58.9	6,500	52.7	9,100	9.9		2,500
Other 4-year	80.9	10,000	62.1	5,500	54.6	7,900	11.1		2,400
2-year	65.4	5,800	53.9	3,700	24.8	5,600	7.0		2,600
Less-than-2-year	68.1	6,300	55.1	3,700	26.2	7,000	#		‡
Private not-for-profit	89.1	21,200	80.6	12,400	64.9	12,400	30.7		2,100
4-year doctoral	84.8	22,700	75.9	13,200	61.6	13,600	29.1		2,300
Other 4-year	93.3	20,200	85.7	11,800	68.8	11,400	33.0		2,000
Less-than-4-year	93.4	10,200	72.3	5,900	44.9	10,900	4.8		2,200
Private for-profit	96.9	13,400	72.3	4,100	92.0	10,500	2.1		3,600
2-year and above	97.4	14,100	71.7	4,200	94.7	10,900	2.4		3,700
Less-than-2-year	94.5	9,900	75.3	3,700	78.7	8,100	0.8	!	1,500	!

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

¹Includes students who reported that they were awarded aid, but did not specify the source or type of aid.

²Indicates all grants, scholarships, or tuition waivers received from federal, state, institutional, or private sources, including employers.

³Includes Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS).

⁴ A part-time work program awarding on- or off-campus jobs to students who demonstrate financial need. Details on nonfederal work-study participants are not available.

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 from July 1 through June 30. Data include Puerto Rico. Data were adjusted to constant 2009–10 dollars using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2007–08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08).