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Table S48-2.  Standard errors for the percentage of full-time graduate and first-professional students with aid and the average annual amount of aid for students with aid, by type of aid and program and institutional characteristics: 2003–04

  Percent
  Average (for full-time students
with each type of aid)
Characteristic Any aid Grants Loans Assistant-
ships and
other aid
  Total aid Grants Loans Assistant-
ships and
other aid

Master’s degree students                  
    Total 1.85 2.55 2.22 1.86   $490 $430 $540 $390
Degree program                  
  Business administration (M.B.A.) 5.51 4.06 6.15 4.76   1,920 1,060 2,070
  Education (any master’s) 5.77 5.19 5.94 3.04   1,040 1,320 1,020
  Any other master’s degree 2.07 3.71 2.62 2.59   580 480 660 430
Selected fields of study                  
  Humanities 2.41 7.27 6.21 6.16   1,190 930 1,140 1,020
  Social/behavioral sciences 5.66 8.31 7.39 7.99   1,470 1,560 1,470 910
  Life and physical sciences 8.76 9.20 13.66 11.69   3,230
  Engineering/computer science/mathematics 4.53 5.67 5.13 5.58   1,350 980 800
Institution type                  
  Public 2.42 2.57 2.88 2.39   540 510 580 470
  Private not-for-profit 3.53 4.61 3.35 2.48   860 760 980 1,010
                   
Doctoral degree students                  
    Total 0.76 2.30 2.58 2.46   500 460 860 440
Degree program                  
  Ph.D. (except in education) 0.62 1.34 1.46 1.75   480 430 1,160 300
  Education (any doctorate) 4.26 5.12 5.42 6.36   1,240 1,070 910 880
  Any other doctoral degree 2.02 5.02 4.50 4.74   1,410 650 1,400 1,340
Selected fields of study                  
  Humanities 2.76 4.85 3.78 3.58   1,330 1,100 990 800
  Social/behavioral sciences 1.48 4.42 4.24 5.35   1,730 1,340 2,430 650
  Life and physical sciences 1.07 3.00 3.04 3.15   770 580 1,780 570
  Engineering/computer science/mathematics 0.84 2.31 2.53 2.66   670 680 2,060 540
Institution type                  
  Public 0.75 1.65 2.10 1.93   470 340 860 400
  Private not-for-profit 1.58 3.59 3.00 3.65   780 1,130 1,410 1,000
                   
First-professional degree students                  
    Total 0.81 2.38 1.09 1.89   670 420 700 800
Degree program                  
  Medicine (M.D.) 1.50 3.25 1.75 2.16   980 690 960 1,030
  Other health science degree 1.75 6.33 1.86 5.42   1,120 810 1,220 1,760
  Law (L.L.B. or J.D.) 1.12 2.86 1.67 1.69   780 800 760 920
  Theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D.) 13.65 16.72 11.34 8.46  
Institution type                  
  Public 1.08 2.25 1.59 1.61   570 450 570 890
  Private not-for-profit 1.12 3.60 1.61 3.37   1,350 870 1,320 1,220

† Not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003–04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04).

 
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