Table 48-1. Average annual tuition and fees, total price, amount of aid, and net access price for full-time graduate and first-professional students and percentage of all students attending full time, by type of aid and program and institutional characteristics: 2003–04
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Average for full-time students (including unaided students)
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Characteristic |
Tuition and fees |
Total price1 |
Total aid |
Grants |
Loans |
Assistant- ships and other aid |
Net access price (total price minus total aid) |
Percent attending full time |
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Master’s degree students |
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Total |
$11,500 |
$27,400 |
$14,500 |
$2,800 |
$9,500 |
$2,200 |
$13,000 |
20.6 |
Degree program |
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Business administration (M.B.A.) |
16,000 |
33,500 |
15,400 |
2,700 |
11,600 |
1,100! |
18,100 |
18.7 |
Education (any master’s) |
7,900 |
22,300 |
11,500 |
1,600! |
9,000 |
900! |
10,700 |
11.2 |
Any other master’s degree |
11,400 |
27,200 |
15,000 |
3,200 |
9,100 |
2,700 |
12,300 |
27.2 |
Selected fields of study |
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Humanities |
10,500 |
26,400 |
15,200 |
4,100 |
8,600 |
2,500 |
11,200 |
27.3 |
Social/behavioral sciences |
10,900 |
27,100 |
18,800 |
4,700! |
9,700 |
4,400 |
8,300 |
34.2 |
Life and physical sciences |
10,200 |
25,800 |
14,900 |
2,500! |
7,000! |
5,400! |
10,900 |
22.5 |
Engineering/computer science/mathematics |
12,800 |
28,100 |
14,800 |
5,600 |
3,700! |
5,500 |
13,300 |
19.1 |
Institution type |
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Public |
7,400 |
21,900 |
12,200 |
2,700 |
6,300 |
3,200 |
9,700 |
20.7 |
Private not-for-profit |
17,400 |
34,100 |
17,700 |
3,300 |
13,200 |
1,200 |
16,400 |
19.3 |
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Doctoral degree students |
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Total |
14,400 |
33,300 |
23,400 |
8,300 |
7,600 |
7,500 |
10,000 |
48.8 |
Degree program |
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Ph.D. (except in education) |
14,900 |
33,600 |
24,200 |
10,800 |
2,900 |
10,500 |
9,400 |
52.8 |
Education (any doctorate)2 |
10,700 |
27,900 |
14,100 |
5,100 |
4,600 |
4,500 |
13,700 |
19.2 |
Any other doctoral degree3 |
14,000 |
33,900 |
23,500 |
3,900 |
17,600 |
2,100 |
10,400 |
57.5 |
Selected fields of study |
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Humanities |
13,400 |
30,400 |
16,700 |
7,800 |
2,600 |
6,300 |
13,700 |
39.0 |
Social/behavioral sciences |
15,300 |
33,600 |
22,700 |
8,700 |
8,000 |
6,000 |
10,900 |
52.3 |
Life and physical sciences |
14,700 |
34,800 |
26,100 |
12,100 |
2,000! |
12,100 |
8,600 |
60.2 |
Engineering/computer science/mathematics |
15,400 |
33,400 |
25,400 |
11,600 |
1,400! |
12,400 |
8,000 |
51.8 |
Institution type |
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Public |
10,000 |
28,600 |
21,800 |
8,100 |
5,700 |
8,000 |
6,800 |
46.2 |
Private not-for-profit |
20,500 |
40,200 |
26,400 |
8,800 |
10,300 |
7,300 |
13,900 |
52.3 |
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First-professional degree students |
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Total |
16,700 |
36,500 |
26,900 |
2,800 |
23,300 |
800 |
9,600 |
78.1 |
Degree program |
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Medicine (M.D.) |
17,100 |
40,400 |
31,600 |
2,900 |
27,400 |
1,200 |
8,800 |
91.6 |
Other health science degree |
16,400 |
36,400 |
27,700 |
1,800! |
25,100 |
800 |
8,700 |
89.7 |
Law (L.L.B. or J.D.) |
17,000 |
34,700 |
24,000 |
3,300 |
20,200 |
600 |
10,700 |
76.1 |
Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.) |
9,500! |
23,900 |
11,500 |
5,000! |
6,000! |
500! |
12,400 |
22.8 |
Institution type |
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Public |
9,800 |
30,300 |
23,600 |
2,200 |
20,500 |
800 |
6,700 |
88.7 |
Private not-for-profit |
22,600 |
41,900 |
29,800 |
3,300 |
25,700 |
800 |
12,200 |
70.8 |
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! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
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1Total price (also known as the student budget) includes tuition and fees, books and materials, and living expenses.
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2Ph.D. in education, Ed.D., or any other doctoral degree in which education is the field of study.
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3Examples include D.B.A. (Doctor of Business Administration), D.F.A. (Doctor of Fine Arts), and D.P.A. (Doctor of Public Administration).
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NOTE: Table is limited to students who attended for the full year at only one institution in 2003–04 to keep aid and price data consistent. Full-time means enrolled full time (according to the institution’s definition) for at least 9 months during the 2003–04 academic year; full-time enrollment does not preclude working as well. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003–04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04).
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