Table R4. Federal college loans and amounts for high school class of 2013: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders whose first postsecondary enrollment after high school was in 2013–14, percentage ever receiving various types of loans, and among those students receiving each type of loan, average cumulative amount received, by selected characteristics (June 2016)

High School Longitudinal
Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

Table R3. Federal college loans and amounts for high school class of 2013: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders whose first postsecondary enrollment after high school was in 2013–14, percentage ever receiving various types of loans, and among those students receiving each type of loan, average cumulative amount received, by selected characteristics (June 2016)

	Federal loans¹		Federal Direct Subsidized Loans		Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans		Direct PLUS loans to parents of students				Federal Perkins Loans
Characteristic	Percent who received	Average cumulative amount received	Percent who received	Average cumulative amount received	Percent who received	Average cumulative amount received	Percent who received		Average cumulative amount received		Percent who received		Average cumulative amount received
Total	56.1	$13,380	49.1	$7,656	48.1	$7,343	12.1		$25,777		6.9		$3,079
Demographic characteristics
Sex
Male	51.9	12,648	45.1	7,160	45.3	6,994	12.1		26,357		6.0		2,755
Female	59.9	13,948	52.7	8,035	50.7	7,622	12.2		25,263		7.8		3,302
Race/ethnicity²
White	57.4	13,634	47.3	7,777	51.1	7,683	12.5		27,502		7.3		3,072
Black	66.3	13,884	63.8	7,573	57.8	7,272	13.2		22,615		6.6	!	2,664
Hispanic	48.9	12,684	46.7	7,476	36.7	6,775	9.6		23,236		6.7		3,421
Asian	40.2	12,030	37.8	8,450	28.7	5,132	10.6		34,299		4.8		3,479
Other or Two or more races	57.1	12,622	51.1	7,096	50.8	6,700	15.4		20,683		6.5		2,749
Highest education attained by either parent
High school credential or lower	55.4	12,844	51.6	7,262	47.1	6,715	10.3		21,243		6.5		3,170
Certificate or associate's degree	57.9	13,207	52.4	7,597	50.6	6,896	12.0		21,798		6.1		2,845
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.6	14,100	45.6	8,114	48.5	8,015	13.8		29,865		8.1		3,140
Family socioeconomic status quintile
Lowest quintile	50.1	11,883	48.7	6,865	39.1	6,229	7.6		10,779		5.3	!	3,271	!
Middle three quintiles	59.0	13,509	52.9	7,772	51.7	7,005	12.9		26,526		7.8		2,961
Highest quintile	53.0	14,293	41.0	8,065	46.5	8,683	13.5		28,987		6.9		3,337
Language student first learned to speak
English only	57.9	13,483	49.9	7,642	50.8	7,420	12.9		25,704		7.4		3,133
Non-English only	44.4	12,448	43.5	8,145	31.3	6,101	7.8		26,209		3.3	!	2,324
English and non-English equally	49.7	13,015	47.8	7,064	38.5	7,578	8.9		26,708	!	6.6		2,770
Ever had disability or special need³
Yes	57.2	13,307	50.5	7,591	49.4	7,222	14.7		23,651		7.5		2,861
No	55.6	13,734	48.3	7,954	47.2	7,527	11.6		27,581		7.5		3,148
High school characteristics
Mathematics achievement quintile
Lowest fifth	50.5	11,448	47.6	5,610	44.8	6,783	8.8		26,836		‡		‡
Middle three-fifths	56.9	13,491	50.6	7,658	49.5	7,275	13.3		24,265		7.1		2,865
Highest fifth	56.0	14,273	45.7	8,639	47.5	7,831	11.3		28,758		8.8		3,572
Cumulative high school grade point average
Lower than 2.50	48.2	10,065	45.1	5,550	42.4	5,438	10.0		20,146		2.5		1,811
2.50–2.99	57.7	13,089	51.3	7,110	51.8	7,256	14.4		25,308		6.1		2,512
3.00–3.49	60.4	14,406	52.4	8,398	51.5	7,829	12.3		26,371		7.4		3,497
3.50 or higher	58.0	14,861	47.8	9,014	48.0	8,248	12.4		28,910		10.8		3,235
Sector of last high school
Public	56.6	13,486	49.6	7,741	48.1	7,430	12.2		25,726		7.1		3,079
Private	50.0	14,346	40.8	8,188	45.3	7,737	15.0		31,256		10.2		3,221
High school credential type
Regular high school diploma	56.0	13,607	48.8	7,818	47.8	7,484	12.4		26,507		7.4		3,096
GED and other high school equivalency	58.2	‡	57.8	‡	48.3	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
Postsecondary enrollment characteristics
Control and level of first primary postsecondary institution⁴
Public 2-year	30.5	8,621	26.2	5,162	23.6	5,432	2.8		14,972		‡		‡
Public 4-year	62.6	13,914	53.7	8,057	53.4	7,793	13.7		26,016		8.2		2,850
Private nonprofit 4-year	74.2	15,583	66.5	8,866	66.1	7,768	20.4		29,835		15.7		3,319
Private for-profit	85.1	12,242	82.3	6,122	81.7	6,462	20.6		21,111		‡		‡
Other⁵	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
State where student attended high school⁶
National (public schools only)	56.7	13,282	49.9	7,628	48.4	7,282	11.9		25,095		6.8		3,071
California	35.7	12,132	33.3	7,622	26.9	6,151	10.2		23,035		‡		‡
Florida	52.4	13,241	48.8	7,792	39.5	7,736	4.8	!	‡		‡		‡
Georgia	67.6	12,372	60.1	6,943	56.4	7,296	20.9	!	‡		‡		‡
Michigan	59.6	13,189	48.5	7,561	50.4	7,967	13.5		21,973		8.5		‡
North Carolina	46.3	14,389	39.2	8,402	40.0	8,133	9.0		21,336		2.7	!	‡
Ohio	74.9	13,710	69.9	7,362	63.5	7,354	17.4		23,150		13.3		3,360
Pennsylvania	78.1	15,708	71.3	8,696	73.4	8,031	22.5		22,709		5.3	!	‡
Tennessee	48.3	10,515	43.3	6,308	40.0	5,724	9.5		‡		1.8	!	‡
Texas	50.8	10,297	45.5	6,628	36.7	5,861	9.0	!	19,434		2.2	!	‡
Washington	49.9	11,536	45.5	7,099	40.0	5,899	14.7		‡		6.6	!	‡
! 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.
¹Excludes Direct PLUS Loans to parents.
²Black 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.
³This 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.
⁴The 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.
⁵Includes public less-than-2-year, private nonprofit 2-year, and private nonprofit less-than-2-year institutions.
⁶Base-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.
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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