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Financing the Future – Postsecondary Students, Costs, and Financial Aid: 1996-1997

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Financing the Future – Postsecondary Students, Costs, and Financial Aid: 1996-1997

October 2002

Written by:

Scott Boggess, Camille Ryan

Report Number P70-83

Introduction

Financing the Future – Postsecondary Students, Costs, and Financial Aid: 1996-1997

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Since 1980, as the U.S. economy has grown and continued to evolve from a manufacturing-based to a service-based economy, it has become increasingly important for workers to possess a post-secondary degree. In 1980, among full-time, year-round workers 25 to 34 years old, male college graduates earned 1.2 times as much as male high school graduates while female college graduates earned 1.3 times as much as female high school graduates.¹ By 1997, male college graduates were earning 1.6 times as much as male high school graduates and female college graduates were earning 1.7 times as much as female high school graduates.² Not surprisingly, there has also been a dramatic increase in college enrollment, from 11.4 million students in 1980 to 15.4 million students in 1997, an increase of 35 percent.³ Among the groups experiencing the largest percentage increases in enrollment over this period were women (44 percent), Blacks (64 percent), and those 35 years old and over (139 percent). As a result, the last 20 years have borne witness to notable changes in the characteristics of postsecondary students.

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¹ U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P60-132, Money Income of Households, Families, and Persons in the United States: 1980, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1982.

² U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P60-200, Money Income in the United States: 1997 (With Separate Data on Valuation of Noncash Benefits), U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1998.

³ U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P20-516; and earlier reports.

Tables

Table 1a. Enrollment Level by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Marital Status, Relationship to Reference Person, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, Veteran Status, Annual Family Income, Benefit Receipt, and Financial Aid Receipt for High School Graduates, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 1b. Enrollment Level by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Marital Status, Relationship to Reference Person, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, Veteran Status, Annual Family Income, Benefit Receipt, and Financial Aid Receipt for High School Graduates, 1996-1997: Full-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 1c. Enrollment Level by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Marital Status, Relationship to Reference Person, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, Veteran Status, Annual Family Income, Benefit Receipt, and Financial Aid Receipt for High School Graduates, 1996-1997: Part-Time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 2a. Average Postsecondary Schooling Costs by Enrollment Level, Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, and Annual Family Income, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 2b. Average Postsecondary Schooling Costs by Enrollment Level, Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, and Annual Family Income, 1996-1997: Full-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 2c. Average Postsecondary Schooling Costs by Enrollment Level, Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, and Annual Family Income, 1996-1997: Part-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 3a. Number of Recipients and Average Amount Received by Enrollment Level, and Aid Type, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 3b. Number of Recipients and Average Amount Received by Enrollment Level, and Aid Type, 1996-1997: Full-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 3c. Number of Recipients and Average Amount Received by Enrollment Level, and Aid Type, 1996-1997: Part-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 4a. Number of Recipients and Average Amount Received by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, and Aid Type, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 4aa. Number of Recipients and Average Amount Received by Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, Annual Family Income and Aid Type, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 4b. Number of Recipients and Average Amount Received by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, and Annual Family Income, 1996-1997: Full-Time and Part-Time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 5a. Average Cost, Aid, Net Cost, and Percent of Cost Covered by Enrollment Level, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 5b. Average Cost, Aid, Net Cost, and Percent of Cost Covered by Enrollment Level, 1996-1997: Full-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 5c. Average Cost, Aid, Net Cost, and Percent of Cost Covered by Enrollment Level, 1996-1997: Part-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 6a. Average Cost, Aid, Net Cost, and Percent of Cost Covered by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, and Annual Family Income, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 6b. Average Cost, Aid, Net Cost, and Percent of Cost Covered by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, and Annual Family Income, 1996-1997: Full-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 6c. Average Cost, Aid, Net Cost, and Percent of Cost Covered by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, and Annual Family Income, 1996-1997: Part-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 7a. Postsecondary Students Receiving Aid and the Percent of Total Costs Covered by Enrollment Level, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 7b. Postsecondary Students Receiving Aid and the Percent of Total Costs Covered by Enrollment Level, 1996-1997: Full-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 7c. Postsecondary Students Receiving Aid and the Percent of Total Costs Covered by Enrollment Level, 1996-1997: Part-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 8a. Postsecondary Students Receiving Aid and the Percent of Total Costs Covered by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, and Annual Family Income, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 8b. Postsecondary Students Receiving Aid and the Percent of Total Costs Covered by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, and Annual Family Income, 1996-1997: Full-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 8c. Postsecondary Students Receiving Aid and the Percent of Total Costs Covered by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, and Annual Family Income, 1996-1997: Part-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 9a. Institutional Control, Level, and Enrollment by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Marital Status, Relationship to Reference, Person, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, Veteran Status, Annual Family Income, Benefit Receipt, and Financial Aid Receipt for High School Graduates, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 9b. Institutional Control, Level, and Enrollment by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Marital Status, Relationship to Reference, Person, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, Veteran Status, Annual Family Income, Benefit Receipt, and Financial Aid Receipt for High School Graduates, 1996-1997: Full-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 9c. Institutional Control, Level, and Enrollment by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Marital Status, Relationship to Reference, Person, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, Veteran Status, Annual Family Income, Benefit Receipt, and Financial Aid Receipt for High School Graduates, 1996-1997: Part-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 10a. Institutional Percent Black, Non-Hispanic, and Percent Minority by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Marital Status, Relationship to Reference Person, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, Veteran Status, Annual Family Income, Benefit Receipt, and Financial Aid Receipt for High School Graduates, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 10b. Institutional Percent Black, Non-Hispanic, Percent Hispanic, and Percent Minority by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Marital Status, Relationship to Reference Person, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, Veteran Status, Annual Family Income, Benefit Receipt, and Financial Aid Receipt for High School Graduates, 1996-1997: Full-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 10c. Institutional Percent Black, Non-Hispanic, Percent Hispanic, and Percent Minority by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Marital Status, Relationship to Reference Person, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, Veteran Status, Annual Family Income, Benefit Receipt, and Financial Aid Receipt for High School Graduates, 1996-1997: Part-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 11a. Institutional Characteristics by Enrollment Level - Weighted and Unweighted, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 11b. Institutional Characteristics by Enrollment Level - Weighted and Unweighted, 1996-1997: Full-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 11c. Institutional Characteristics by Enrollment Level - Weighted and Unweighted, 1996-1997: Part-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 12. Number of Recipients and Average Amount Received by Institutional Control, Level, Accreditation Status, Admissions Requirements, Enrollment, and Percent Minority, 1996-1997: All Students, Full-time Students, and Part-time Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 13a. Average Cost, Aid, Net Cost, and Percent of Cost Covered by Institutional Control, Level, Accreditation Status, Admissions Requirements, Enrollment, and Percent Minority, 1996-1997: All Students [<1.0 MB]

Table 13b. Average Cost, Aid, Net Cost, and Percent of Cost Covered by Institutional Control, Level, Accreditation Status, Admissions Requirements, Enrollment, and Percent Minority, 1996-1997: Full-time Students [<1.0 MB]

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