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Institutional Aid at 4-Year Colleges and Universities
Table 37-2.  Percentage of full-time undergraduates at 4-year institutions who received institutional aid, and among recipients, the average amounts received (in constant 1999 dollars), by control of institution and selected characteristics: 1992–93, 1995–96, and 1999–2000

  1992–93
  1995–96
  1999–2000
Characteristic Percent Average
amount
  Percent Average
amount
  Percent Average
amount

  Public
    Total 17.5 $2,200   20.0 $2,500   23.5 $2,700
Dependency status                
  Dependent 17.7 2,400   20.6 2,700   24.3 2,800
  Independent 16.8 1,700   18.1 1,800   20.8 2,100
                 
College grade-point average                
  Less than 2.00 13.0 2,500   12.4 2,500   14.3 2,400
  2.00–3.49 16.2 2,200   18.7 2,500   21.1 2,600
  3.50 or higher 31.6 2,300   35.1 2,600   38.1 2,900
                 
Family income                
  Lowest quarter 23.8 1,900   27.4 2,500   28.9 2,300
  Middle two quarters 17.3 2,400   19.8 2,400   23.4 2,700
  Highest quarter 12.3 2,400   12.6 2,700   17.6 3,200
                 
  Private not-for-profit
    Total 47.1 $5,900   54.9 $6,000   57.8 $7,000
Dependency status                
  Dependent 49.9 6,300   58.6 6,400   64.3 7,500
  Independent 37.3 4,100   39.2 3,300   34.5 3,900
                 
College grade-point average                
  Less than 2.00 45.7 5,300   49.0 4,700   50.4 4,600
  2.00–3.49 47.0 5,600   56.2 5,700   58.7 6,800
  3.50 or higher 56.3 6,300   64.7 6,500   61.8 7,800
                 
Family income                
  Lowest quarter 52.8 5,500   53.2 5,900   55.7 6,200
  Middle two quarters 57.5 6,400   64.5 6,300   63.0 7,500
  Highest quarter 35.0 5,500   40.9 5,500   51.2 6,800

NOTE: Income quarters are described in supplemental note 1. Both dependent and independent students are included, but students’ income quarters are determined with reference only to students with the same dependency status.

SOURCE: Horn, L., and Peter, K. (2003). What Colleges Contribute: Institutional Aid to Full-Time Undergraduates Attending 4-Year Colleges and Universities (NCES 2003–157), tables 1a and 1b, and U.S. Department of Education, NCES, 1992–93, 1995–96, and 1999–2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies (NPSAS:93, 96, and 2000).

 

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