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Table 331.45. Average amount of financial aid awarded to part-time or part-year undergraduates, by type and source of aid and selected student characteristics: 2015-16
[In current dollars. Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Selected student
characteristic
Any aid Grants Loans Work study
Total1 Federal2 Nonfederal Total Federal Nonfederal Total3 Federal3 Nonfederal Total4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
All part-time or part-                                          
year undergraduates $7,550  (81)  $7,000  (62)  $3,830  (79)  $4,210  (54)  $3,860    (57)  $3,420  (77)  $7,030  (67)  $6,700  (56)  $6,030  (234)  $2,370  (85) 
Sex                                          
Male 7,610 (124) 7,300 (131) 3,820 (92) 4,170 (65) 4,600   (132) 3,430 (86) 6,990 (113) 6,660 (94) 6,050 (342) 2,320 (106)
Female 7,500 (98) 6,810 (63) 3,840 (99) 4,250 (69) 3,410   (32) 3,410 (99) 7,050 (83) 6,720 (68) 6,030 (279) 2,410 (102)
                                           
Race/ethnicity                                          
White 7,570 (122) 7,040 (97) 4,080 (124) 4,140 (84) 4,040   (97) 3,580 (118) 6,980 (91) 6,560 (76) 6,250 (310) 2,290 (102)
Black 8,480 (155) 7,680 (137) 3,740 (143) 4,310 (97) 3,670   (76) 3,450 (145) 7,100 (125) 6,910 (128) 5,280 (309) 2,210 (182)
Hispanic 6,430 (133) 6,110 (118) 3,060 (103) 3,960 (81) 3,630   (70) 2,760 (97) 6,820 (142) 6,620 (138) 5,320 (384) 2,560 (172)
Asian 7,860 (348) 6,880 (278) 4,850 (284) 5,320 (242) 4,020   (152) 4,370 (271) 8,390 (439) 7,730 (430) 7,790 (1,157) 2,850 (182)
Pacific Islander 8,610 (1,095) 8,800 (1,285) 2,910 (586) 4,050 (477) 6,220   (1,551) 2,800 (602) 7,290 (698) 7,260 (704) (†) (†)
American Indian/                                          
Alaska Native 6,400 (408) 6,170 (408) 2,920 (436) 3,680 (284) 3,540   (252) 2,750 (451) 6,000 (568) 6,040 (600) (†) (†)
Two or more races 8,430 (314) 7,530 (249) 4,220 (364) 4,620 (256) 4,060   (219) 3,860 (363) 6,920 (255) 6,670 (221) 6,430 (1,047) 2,190 (512)
                                           
Age                                          
15 to 23 7,800 (127) 6,220 (87) 4,960 (126) 5,180 (94) 3,450   (48) 4,500 (121) 6,950 (140) 6,400 (118) 6,440 (335) 2,200 (77)
24 to 29 7,670 (126) 7,670 (129) 2,840 (85) 3,560 (63) 4,250   (125) 2,420 (83) 7,170 (84) 6,980 (80) 5,660 (317) 2,520 (171)
30 or older 7,070 (98) 7,570 (98) 2,590 (67) 3,260 (49) 4,080   (80) 2,280 (64) 7,020 (83) 6,870 (81) 5,320 (358) 3,060 (264)
                                           
Marital status                                          
Not married5 7,670 (97) 6,840 (70) 4,130 (94) 4,450 (64) 3,670   (58) 3,690 (90) 7,010 (85) 6,630 (69) 6,210 (262) 2,320 (77)
Married 6,980 (109) 7,520 (115) 2,630 (76) 3,220 (63) 4,580   (122) 2,350 (76) 7,110 (104) 7,000 (95) 5,110 (345) 2,890 (384)
Separated 8,130 (366) 8,320 (339) 2,710 (332) 3,740 (205) 4,630   (308) 2,450 (355) 6,860 (234) 6,670 (232) 4,210 (804) (†)
                                           
Dependency status and                                          
family income                                          
Dependent 8,040 (148) 6,140 (96) 5,240 (145) 5,450 (110) 3,360   (38) 4,770 (137) 7,040 (165) 6,450 (137) 6,430 (374) 2,210 (77)
Less than $20,000 7,540 (182) 5,740 (127) 4,120 (180) 5,420 (132) 3,630   (50) 3,860 (173) 5,870 (199) 5,620 (197) 5,720 (585) 2,260 (141)
$20,000-$39,999 8,130 (257) 6,090 (201) 4,660 (184) 5,710 (152) 3,550   (57) 4,440 (188) 6,390 (316) 6,200 (340) 4,640 (611) 2,570 (143)
$40,000-$59,999 7,400 (291) 5,560 (226) 4,410 (250) 4,690 (194) 2,300   (65) 4,240 (254) 6,360 (295) 6,260 (312) 3,950 (535) 2,090 (162)
$60,000-$79,999 6,740 (311) 5,890 (258) 4,440 (264) 3,960 (232) 2,020   (226) 3,980 (253) 6,680 (326) 6,180 (277) 5,460 (566) 1,940 (229)
$80,000-$99,999 8,130 (513) 6,490 (413) 6,010 (503) 5,280 (490) 2,910 ! (1,170) 5,200 (488) 7,560 (423) 6,600 (398) 7,490 (963) 2,170 (277)
$100,000 or more 9,850 (456) 7,910 (399) 7,830 (421) 6,920 (361) 10,480   (1,751) 6,930 (367) 8,950 (445) 7,600 (389) 8,330 (853) 1,810 (175)
Independent 7,250 (76) 7,500 (79) 2,820 (58) 3,480 (40) 4,110   (81) 2,450 (57) 7,020 (52) 6,840 (47) 5,640 (248) 2,640 (149)
Less than $10,000 7,800 (134) 7,740 (116) 3,150 (136) 4,100 (88) 4,140   (98) 2,760 (130) 6,880 (96) 6,650 (92) 5,950 (423) 2,300 (156)
$10,000-$19,999 7,300 (143) 7,010 (145) 2,650 (96) 3,530 (67) 3,500   (92) 2,200 (87) 6,750 (132) 6,560 (125) 5,630 (308) 2,860 (213)
$20,000-$29,999 7,110 (191) 7,400 (183) 2,470 (112) 3,090 (70) 4,080   (171) 2,100 (94) 6,930 (159) 6,690 (132) 5,770 (764) 3,100 (335)
$30,000-$49,999 7,290 (196) 7,610 (216) 2,670 (112) 3,290 (84) 4,670   (220) 2,370 (109) 7,190 (144) 7,050 (142) 5,300 (461) 3,010 (536)
$50,000 or more 6,440 (148) 7,770 (179) 2,890 (100) 2,760 (86) 4,880   (226) 2,590 (96) 7,550 (152) 7,490 (150) 5,350 (442) (†)
                                           
Housing status                                          
School-owned 13,740 (558) 9,340 (330) 8,670 (485) 8,870 (442) 4,110   (163) 8,010 (480) 8,660 (350) 7,780 (314) 7,590 (833) 1,880 (136)
Off-campus, not with                                          
parents 7,350 (99) 7,250 (94) 3,300 (67) 3,730 (43) 3,960   (83) 2,850 (58) 7,040 (73) 6,750 (63) 6,010 (297) 2,500 (117)
With parents 5,910 (97) 5,340 (89) 3,260 (99) 4,020 (76) 3,370   (51) 3,000 (101) 6,020 (129) 5,810 (133) 4,920 (295) 2,780 (175)
  Attended more than                                          
one institution 8,680 (178) 7,980 (157) 4,020 (157) 4,430 (103) 4,370   (152) 3,570 (158) 7,280 (177) 6,940 (177) 6,840 (419) 1,940 (156)
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
1 Includes students who reported they were awarded aid but did not specify the source or type of aid.
2 Includes Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense benefits.
3 Includes Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS).
4 Details on federal and nonfederal work-study participants are not available.
5 Includes students who were single, divorced, or widowed.
NOTE: Aid averages are for those students who received the specified type of aid. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some students receive multiple types of aid and aid from different sources. Part-time or part-year undergraduates include students enrolled part time for 9 or more months and students enrolled less than 9 months either part time or full time. Data include undergraduates in degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions. Data exclude students attending institutions in Puerto Rico. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16). (This table was prepared June 2018.)

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