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Table 332. State awards for need-based undergraduate scholarship and grant programs, by state: 1988-89 to 2001-02 [In thousands]

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                          |          |             |             |             |          |          |          |           |             |          |             |             |             |          | Percent
                          |          |             |             |             |          |          |          |           |             |          |             |             |             |          | change,
          State           |  1988-89 |    1989-90  |     1990-91 |    1991-92  |1992-93\1\|1993-94\1\|1994-95\1\|1995-96\1\ |   1996-97\1\|1997-98\1\|   1998-99\1\| 1999-2000\1\|  2000-01\1\ |2001-02\1\|1988-89 to
                          |          |             |             |             |          |          |          |           |             |          |             |             |             |          |2001-02\2\
__________________________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________
            1             |    2     |   3         |   4         |   5         |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9      |   10        |   11     |      12     |      13     |      14     |   15     |    16
__________________________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________
  Need-based undergraduate|          |             |             |             |          |          |          |           |             |          |             |             |             |          |
    aid as a percent of   |          |             |             |             |          |          |          |           |             |          |             |             |             |          |
    all need-based and    |          |             |             |             |          |          |          |           |             |          |             |             |             |          |
    non-need-based aid\3\ |      78.2|         76.8|         77.4|         74.7|      75.7|      75.7|      77.5|       84.4|         83.5|      81.5|         79.9|         76.7|         75.1|      74.4|         
                          |==========|=============|=============|=============|==========|==========|==========|===========|=============|==========|=============|=============|=============|==========|==========
  Need-based aid .........|$1,423,743|   $1,529,421|   $1,658,221|   $1,781,820|$1,923,720|$2,195,993|$2,421,952| $2,435,687|   $2,555,667|$2,735,670|   $2,927,207|   $3,102,348|   $3,475,500|$3,790,435|     166.2
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Alabama ..................|     2,196|        2,984|        2,878|        2,183|     2,271|     2,283|     2,281|      2,142|        1,950|     2,270|        2,046|        1,831|        1,820|     1,841|     -16.2
Alaska ...................|       234|          228|          464|          475|       470|       454|       444|        430|          213|       240|            0|            0|            0|         0|         †
Arizona ..................|     3,508|        3,420|        3,318|        2,278|     2,437|     3,476|     3,482|      2,291|        2,748|     3,160|        2,731|        2,727|        2,990|     2,812|     -19.8
Arkansas .................|     3,903|        3,946|        3,885|        4,742|     6,319|     7,701|     8,907|     10,765|       12,569|    13,160|       15,922|       25,010|       30,887|    29,006|     643.2
California ...............|   129,264|      153,045|      161,642|      172,852|   151,379|   207,969|   232,067|    235,582|      257,544|   284,410|      331,636|      369,785|      461,914|   514,348|     297.9
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Colorado .................|     9,395|       10,349|       11,276|       12,380|    14,812|    16,480|    18,252|     21,076|       28,236|    31,670|       41,884|\4\    41,884|\4\    41,884|    46,700|     397.1
Connecticut ..............|    21,149|       19,915|       20,580|       20,595|    20,805|    20,641|    20,690|     20,372|       20,297|    26,360|       33,113|       37,001|       44,364|    44,820|     111.9
Delaware .................|       829|          956|        1,066|          906|     1,121|     1,270|     1,033|      1,188|          959|     1,290|        1,409|          967|        1,057|     1,211|      46.1
District of Columbia .....|     1,075|        1,069|          947|          978|     1,015|     1,022|     1,022|        939|\5\       939|       940|          728|          743|          781|     1,321|      22.9
Florida ..................|    16,522|       20,134|       24,729|       29,279|    29,628|    31,277|    36,824|     34,822|       33,854|    35,680|       36,659|       44,892|       66,193|    75,656|     357.9
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Georgia ..................|     5,197|        4,607|        5,070|        5,084|     4,951|    26,853|     5,147|      4,757|        2,165|     1,060|          472|            0|            0|     1,540|     -70.4
Hawaii ...................|       598|          726|          612|          632|       724|       748|       732|        499|          379|       590|          493|          490|          535|       531|     -11.2
Idaho ....................|       348|          346|          350|          483|       580|       634|       779|        763|          714|       710|          756|          830|          700|       814|     133.9
Illinois .................|   143,373|      171,361|      183,508|      184,753|   203,532|   214,809|   244,352|    256,872|      272,898|   288,870|      315,657|      337,003|      359,932|   384,477|     168.2
Indiana ..................|    35,692|       41,874|       46,756|\5\    50,441|    55,814|    55,814|    67,742|     68,340|       77,834|    85,040|       99,490|      104,737|      110,147|   114,708|     221.4
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Iowa .....................|    30,050|       32,467|       35,586|       34,654|    34,067|    34,718|    35,642|     38,953|       41,938|    44,900|       48,242|       51,351|       52,632|    51,191|      70.4
Kansas ...................|     5,540|        6,478|        6,462|        6,587|     6,894|     9,060|     9,802|      9,526|       10,171|    10,310|       11,669|       12,265|       12,692|    12,974|     134.2
Kentucky .................|    12,522|       12,605|       19,866|       16,996|    20,520|    20,619|    25,517|     26,215|       28,902|    27,200|       38,441|       40,118|       45,327|    48,322|     285.9
Louisiana ................|     1,947|        2,786|        3,827|        4,446|     5,125|     6,374|     6,429|      6,580|        7,172|     8,190|        1,393|        1,388|        1,463|     1,452|     -25.4
Maine ....................|     1,408|        1,877|        4,802|        5,002|     5,200|     5,170|     5,787|      6,988|        6,636|     7,700|\4\     7,701|       10,360|       11,961|    12,021|     753.8
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Maryland .................|    12,841|       14,800|       15,607|       16,253|    20,828|    23,713|    24,571|     30,350|       36,264|    37,190|       38,515|       39,592|       43,665|    45,535|     254.6
Massachusetts ............|    62,443|       50,844|       46,000|       23,690|    45,989|    45,059|    61,850|     54,565|       57,413|    74,340|       92,127|      102,056|      114,058|   110,711|      77.3
Michigan .................|    75,467|       70,721|       68,918|       78,116|    75,469|    79,735|    81,340|     84,154|       85,872|    90,480|       92,299|       91,109|      102,164|   106,244|      40.8
Minnesota ................|    68,293|       58,136|       74,656|       81,322|    83,170|   102,920|    97,920|     92,069|       92,707|    96,400|      113,381|      113,714|      120,426|   130,370|      90.9
Mississippi ..............|     1,251|        1,243|        1,136|        1,131|     1,244|     1,255|     1,248|      1,175|          540|     1,070|          859|        1,563|\4\     1,563|     1,489|      19.0
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Missouri .................|    10,234|       10,796|       11,078|       10,142|    11,097|    11,124|    11,913|     12,233|       13,681|    14,690|       20,003|       24,100|       28,058|    27,847|     172.1
Montana ..................|       420|          415|          383|          414|       418|       401|       419|        393|          314|       460|          474|        1,990|        2,204|     2,810|     569.0
Nebraska .................|     1,052|        1,276|        2,192|        2,370|     2,613|     2,686|     2,726|      3,114|        3,211|     4,090|        4,692|        5,645|        5,975|     7,380|     601.5
Nevada ...................|       352|\5\       352|          321|          326|       341|       342|       342|      2,595|        3,180|     5,900|\4\     5,900|        6,083|        6,529|     6,545|   1,759.4
New Hampshire ............|       886|          918|          770|          825|     1,253|       840|     1,425|        765|          669|     1,330|        1,744|        1,497|        1,488|     3,066|     246.0
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New Jersey ...............|    76,204|       84,347|       87,054|      100,220|   118,868|   135,251|   159,683|    132,383|      152,458|   153,420|      160,859|      170,015|      174,554|   187,756|     146.4
New Mexico ...............|     5,024|        5,601|        6,479|\5\     7,293|     8,295|     9,266|    13,886|     14,629|       14,289|    14,510|       16,229|       15,745|       17,469|    15,950|     217.5
New York .................|   355,192|      382,655|      428,358|      504,195|   554,803|   618,849|   636,704|    625,711|      629,940|   636,760|      619,065|      599,435|      645,090|   684,342|      92.7
North Carolina ...........|     4,489|        3,046|        2,519|        2,908|     3,163|    14,436|    13,774|     16,659|       17,435|    37,090|       41,579|       50,572|       58,769|    71,897|   1,501.6
North Dakota .............|       976|        1,242|        1,177|        1,475|     2,162|     2,036|     1,996|      1,898|        2,202|     2,070|        2,016|        2,076|          779|     1,402|      43.6
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Ohio .....................|    50,865|       53,848|       54,600|       57,275|    66,000|    77,940|    91,225|     86,053|       86,770|    92,950|       93,122|       95,482|       98,607|   112,264|     120.7
Oklahoma .................|     9,861|       11,591|       11,871|       12,612|    13,286|    13,405|    13,325|     13,642|       14,558|    16,920|       17,387|       17,579|       19,608|    22,091|     124.0
Oregon ...................|    10,108|       10,092|       11,809|       12,023|    12,606|    12,903|    13,761|     13,651|       16,241|    15,800|       16,027|       17,891|       19,711|    19,866|      96.5
Pennsylvania .............|   118,986|      132,344|      142,389|      158,092|   173,214|   188,751|   218,604|    232,020|      240,459|   251,550|      270,724|      280,402|      325,234|   337,014|     183.2
Rhode Island .............|     8,967|        9,917|        9,522|        9,141|     9,586|     6,500|     6,340|      5,741|        5,699|     6,010|        5,717|        6,098|        6,164|     6,077|     -32.2
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South Carolina ...........|    17,810|       18,150|       17,901|       16,800|    17,105|    16,795|    17,297|     18,622|       21,540|    21,920|       22,853|       33,198|       39,098|    34,971|      96.4
South Dakota .............|       506|          504|          468|          480|       587|       589|       589|        562|          346|         0|            0|            0|            0|         0|         †
Tennessee ................|    11,977|       12,977|       13,487|       12,793|    13,723|    16,755|    18,313|     18,811|       18,652|    20,440|       20,648|       21,383|       29,304|    37,320|     211.6
Texas ....................|    22,266|       24,784|       24,135|       27,385|    27,467|    29,102|    29,102|     40,768|       42,761|    60,670|       61,728|       93,814|      106,382|   197,252|     785.9
Utah .....................|     1,081|        1,091|        1,001|        1,034|     1,115|     1,132|     1,129|      1,197|        2,170|     1,960|        1,957|        2,656|        2,511|     4,069|     276.4
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Vermont ..................|     9,264|       11,137|       10,184|       11,019|    11,120|    11,167|    11,788|     11,865|       11,309|    12,330|       12,760|       13,739|       14,327|    15,545|      67.8
Virginia .................|     8,062|        7,966|        7,351|        4,892|     6,654|     6,408|    53,885|     59,568|       59,025|    59,260|       62,972|       66,641|       70,260|    70,289|     771.9
Washington ...............|    12,858|       13,925|       21,095|       23,527|    23,571|    46,617|    53,369|     56,573|       58,149|    69,430|       74,159|       76,581|       90,651|   101,247|     687.4
West Virginia ............|     5,204|        5,217|        5,559|        5,781|     5,868|     5,802|     6,761|      8,132|       10,527|    12,140|       13,103|       16,135|       18,217|    21,054|     304.6
Wisconsin ................|    35,842|       38,072|       42,365|       42,324|    44,216|    46,592|    49,511|     46,470|       49,008|    50,540|       53,711|       52,020|       65,356|    62,124|      73.3
Wyoming ..................|       212|\5\       241|\5\       212|          216|       225|       250|       225|        219|          160|       200|          155|          155|            0|       163|     -23.1
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† Not applicable.
\1\Estimated.
\2\Changes may reflect introduction of new programs or discontinuation of existing programs.
\3\Includes aid for graduate education and data for Puerto Rico. Participation requirements vary from state to state.
\4\Prior year data used for non-reporting states.
\5\Data are estimated based on prior year's report.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs, Annual Survey Report, (1988-89 to 1994-95); and National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs, Annual Survey Report (1995-96 to 2001-02). (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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