Table R3. State college student aid awards for high school class of 2013: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders who enrolled in postsecondary education after high school, percentage who received various types of state aid at first primary institution in first academic year, and among those students who received each type of state aid, average amount received, by selected characteristics

High School Longitudinal
Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

	State aid, total		State grants		State need-based only grants			State merit-based only grants
Characteristic	Percent who received	Average amount received	Percent who received	Average amount received	Percent who received		Average amount received	Percent who received		Average amount received
Total	33.6	$2,940	33.2	$2,862	17.5		$2,425	8.6		$2,701
Demographic characteristics
Sex
Male	33.7	2,846	33.4	2,773	17.1		2,349	8.0		2,777
Female	33.5	3,026	33.0	2,944	17.9		2,490	9.1		2,641
Race/ethnicity¹
White	30.3	2,977	30.0	2,867	16.1		2,287	10.1		2,768
Black	35.6	2,968	35.1	2,902	20.8		2,728	9.9		2,699
Hispanic	41.3	2,540	40.9	2,493	19.4		2,229	6.2		2,344
Asian	40.0	3,827	39.9	3,795	18.8		2,815	5.0		3,164
Other or Two or more races	28.6	3,413	28.5	3,376	16.5		3,019	4.8		2,716
Highest education attained by either parent
High school credential or lower	39.4	2,821	39.0	2,770	22.2		2,326	7.9		2,529
Certificate or associate's degree	37.4	2,860	37.2	2,755	22.5		2,627	8.2		2,238
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0	3,160	27.6	3,063	12.4		2,389	9.6		2,995
Family socioeconomic status quintile
Lowest quintile	43.0	2,549	42.7	2,532	23.6		2,359	6.5		2,180
Middle three quintiles	35.4	2,993	35.0	2,904	20.2		2,486	8.6		2,572
Highest quintile	24.9	3,260	24.5	3,140	8.9		2,227	10.4		3,140
Language student first learned to speak
English only	32.3	2,995	31.9	2,900	17.2		2,413	9.3		2,748
Non-English only	39.8	2,946	39.8	2,931	19.9		2,553	5.8		2,458
English and non-English equally	40.0	2,315	40.0	2,308	17.7		2,288	5.0	!	2,021
Ever had disability or special need²
Yes	35.6	2,936	35.4	2,836	19.1		2,463	7.9		2,807
No	33.8	2,991	33.4	2,913	16.8		2,446	8.9		2,757
High school characteristics
Mathematics achievement quintile
Lowest fifth	29.0	2,306	28.7	2,214	16.4		2,236	3.7	!	2,067
Middle three-fifths	35.5	2,846	35.1	2,760	19.4		2,336	8.5		2,678
Highest fifth	32.4	3,512	32.1	3,454	15.1		2,775	11.7		2,858
Cumulative high school grade point average
Lower than 2.50	27.8	1,993	27.5	1,909	16.4		1,941	2.1		2,346
2.50–2.99	35.3	2,628	35.2	2,627	19.8		2,481	8.0		2,374
3.00–3.49	36.2	3,299	35.9	3,221	18.9		2,655	11.6		2,584
3.50 or higher	35.2	3,870	34.5	3,719	15.4		2,740	14.8		3,046
Sector of last high school
Public	34.7	2,925	34.3	2,832	18.3		2,401	8.2		2,716
Private	25.0	3,486	24.5	3,456	9.2		2,765	11.6		3,031
High school credential type
Regular high school diploma	34.6	2,969	34.3	2,879	17.9		2,422	8.7		2,753
GED and other high school equivalency	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡
Postsecondary enrollment characteristics
Control and level of first primary postsecondary institution
Public 2-year	32.1	1,710	31.9	1,669	16.5		1,334	5.6		1,964
Public 4-year	38.9	3,547	38.4	3,468	18.9		2,724	13.7		2,888
Private nonprofit 4-year	31.2	3,671	31.0	3,542	20.6		3,332	5.3		3,077
Private for-profit	15.7	2,652	15.4	2,547	7.0	!	‡	‡		‡
Other³	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡		‡
First academic year in postsecondary education
Prior to 2013–14	26.4	1,574	26.4	1,574	10.0	!	‡	4.5	!	‡
2013–14	36.0	3,096	35.6	3,009	19.2		2,482	9.9		2,731
2014–15	28.3	2,114	28.3	2,114	12.7		2,343	3.5		2,654
2015–16 or later	18.2	2,019	17.9	1,969	9.0		1,710	2.8	!	‡
State where student attended high school⁴
National (public schools only)	34.3	2,893	33.9	2,815	18.1		2,411	8.4		2,638
California	44.7	2,327	44.7	2,319	13.3		1,231	‡		‡
Florida	41.0	2,434	41.0	2,434	12.8		2,014	33.0		2,069
Georgia	44.0	2,574	44.0	2,518	‡		‡	30.1		2,904
Michigan	24.5	2,455	24.5	2,455	11.0		3,314	‡		‡
North Carolina	28.9	3,000	28.4	2,882	26.6		2,845	1.2	!	‡
Ohio	18.5	1,319	18.5	1,319	14.0		1,101	‡		‡
Pennsylvania	42.4	3,197	42.4	3,197	37.4		3,255	1.1	!	‡
Tennessee	61.0	3,647	60.8	3,640	26.0		1,949	42.4		3,042
Texas	30.0	3,584	28.7	3,417	16.0		2,842	3.0	!	‡
Washington	25.9	4,762	25.1	4,509	23.5		4,266	‡		‡
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error is between 30 and 50 percent of the estimate.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the standard error is greater than 50 percent of the estimate.
¹Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Other includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and individuals who indicated Two or more races or Other. All race categories exclude Hispanic or Latino origin.
²This variable indicates if a student had a serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions; had been told by a health or education professional that he/she had ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) or ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder); had a learning disability; was deaf or had a serious difficulty hearing; was blind or had a serious difficulty seeing; or had any other disability or special need.
³Includes public less-than-2-year, private nonprofit 2-year, and private nonprofit less-than-2-year institutions.
⁴Base-year (2009) public school and student samples are state representative for a subset of 10 states listed in the table. Students attending public schools in all other states are included in the "National (public schools only)" category.
NOTE: The first primary institution is generally the institution in which a student first enrolled at the postsecondary level, according to enrollment data in both transcripts and student records. For students who enrolled at one institution during the summer immediately after high school and enrolled at another institution during the fall, their first primary institution is the institution with the fall enrollment. Academic years are defined as running from July 1 through June 30. The first academic year is generally the earliest academic year in which a student was enrolled at his or her first primary institution. For students who first enrolled in a postsecondary institution in the last 2 months of an academic year and then enrolled the following fall, their first academic year is the academic year of the fall enrollment. The academic year in which fall 2009 ninth-graders first enrolled in postsecondary education after high school varies, ranging from 2011–12 to 2016–17.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), Base Year, First Follow-Up, 2013 Update, High School Transcript Study, and Postsecondary Education Transcript Study and Student Financial Aid Records Data Collection.

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