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 |
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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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