Standard errors for the average annual tuition and fees, percentage with grants and employer aid, average annual amount of grants and employer aid, net tuition after grants for part-time graduate students, and percentage attending part time, by program and institutional characteristics: 2003

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Table S48-3. Standard errors for the average annual tuition and fees, percentage with grants and employer aid, average annual amount of grants and employer aid, net tuition after grants for part-time graduate students, and percentage attending part time, by program and institutional characteristics: 2003–04

Characteristic	Average tuition and fees	Percent with grants	Percent with employer aid	Average grants (including unaided students)	Average employer aid (including unaided students)	Net tuition after grants (all part-time students)	Percent attending part time

Master’s degree students
Total	$390	1.90	2.10	$160	$110	$460	1.84
Degree program
Business administration (M.B.A.)	620	4.63	4.25	420	420	400	2.86
Education (any master’s)	1,040	3.57	4.86	190	90	1,120	5.41
Any other master’s degree	270	2.47	1.94	140	100	280	2.07
Selected fields of study
Humanities	350	5.72	4.33	300	210	310	4.09
Social/behavioral sciences	490	7.54	4.13	270	110	510	4.81
Life and physical sciences	950	7.75	4.91	670	230	580	5.43
Engineering/computer science/mathematics	880	7.35	5.44	390	160	1,090	3.76
Institution type
Public	120	1.80	1.78	110	90	100	1.40
Private not-for-profit	610	3.74	4.30	350	240	810	3.82

Doctoral degree students
Total	420	2.32	2.29	240	100	380	1.36
Degree program
Ph.D. (except in education)	300	2.50	1.74	360	140	170	1.35
Education (any doctorate)	230	3.28	3.36	210	120	220	3.58
Any other doctoral degree	1,480	7.34	8.53	480	340	1,470	2.84
Selected fields of study
Humanities	590	4.80	3.21	720	80	440	3.41
Social/behavioral sciences	1,700	6.06	8.57	400	90	1,810	2.48
Life and physical sciences	390	4.62	3.84	910	130	230	2.02
Engineering/computer science/mathematics	310	3.60	3.55	480	130	300	1.64
Institution type
Public	140	1.82	1.36	250	50	130	0.92
Private not-for-profit	1,060	4.97	4.82	430	250	750	3.39

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