Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Percentage of those enrolled in public four-year institutions who received financial aid in 2009: 79%.
Percentage of those enrolled in private not-for-profit four-year institutions who received financial aid in 2009: 87%.
Percentage of those enrolled in private for-profit four-year institutions who received financial aid in 2009: 86%.
Percent of total costs covered by the average federal Pell grant in 1975: 84%.
Percent of total costs covered by the average federal Pell grant in 1995: 34%.
Grants as a percentage of student financial aid in 2004: 30%.
Loans as a percentage of student financial aid in 2004: 70%.
Average annual student aid of all kinds per student receiving aid in 2009: $9,100.
Average annual aid in grants per student receiving grants in 2009: $4,900.
Percentage of those enrolled in 2009 who received Pell grants: 27%.
Average amount of the federal Pell grants received in 2009: $2,400.
Average annual aid in loans per student receiving loans in 2009: $7,100.
Average annual aid in work-study wages per student participating in work-study in 2009: $2,400.
Average annual aid in veterans’ benefits per student receiving such benefits in 2009: $5,400.
Average annual loans of other kinds taken by parents of post-secondary students per student benefitting from such loans in 2009: $10,400.
Increase by percentage in parents taking loans of other kinds to cover the cost of the post-secondary education of their children from 2005 to 2010: 70%.
Average total loans of other kinds taken by parents of post-secondary students per student benefitting from such loans and graduating in 2010: $34,000.
Percentage of low-income family income required to pay for one year of post-secondary education in 1980: 13%.
Percentage of low-income family income required to pay for one year of post-secondary education in 2000: 25%.
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