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ERIC Number: ED555735
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Jan
Pages: 109
Abstractor: ERIC
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Trends in Graduate Student Financing: Selected Years, 1995-96 to 2011-12. Web Tables. NCES 2015-026
National Center for Education Statistics
In 2011-12, graduate students received a total of $51.7 billion in federal loans and grants, institutional grants, employer support, and financial aid from other sources. In 2007-08, this figure was $36.7 billion (College Board 2008, 2012). The data presented in these Web Tables were collected through five administrations of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:96, NPSAS:2000, NPSAS:04, NPSAS:08, and NPSAS:12). During that time, there have been several significant changes in federal financial aid that have affected graduate students; Graduate and Professional Student PLUS Loans were introduced in 2006 and the Unsubsidized Direct (Stafford) Loan limits were increased for graduate students in 2007. As of July 2012, after the latest survey period ended, graduate students were no longer able to receive Subsidized Direct Loans. These Web Tables provide detailed estimates on the sources of funds that graduate students used to finance their education over a 16-year period, beginning with NPSAS:96.1 All the data are presented separately for students in the largest graduate degree programs and by demographic and other academic characteristics for the 5 survey years from 1995-96 to 2011-12. Section 1 introduces trends in the composition of graduate students, the cost of their education, how much aid they received, and in what combinations. Section 2 focuses on trends in graduate students' receipt of graduate financial aid, showing the percentages who received each major type of financial aid and the average amounts they received in current dollars, by selected enrollment and student characteristics. Section 3 focuses on trends in borrowing by graduate students and how their borrowing is related to the receipt of other aid, to the maximum amounts borrowed, and to total borrowing.
National Center for Education Statistics. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827; Web site: http://nces.ed.gov/
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Center for Education Statistics (ED); RTI International
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: ED07CO0104
IES Cited: ED573698
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