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2011?12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12)

Student Financial Aid Estimates for 2011?12 First Look August 2013

David Radwin Jennifer Wine Peter Siegel Michael Bryan RTI International Tracy Hunt-White Project Officer National Center for Education Statistics

NCES 2013-165

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

U.S. Department of Education Arne Duncan Secretary

Institute of Education Sciences John Q. Easton Director

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Suggested Citation Radwin, D., Wine, J., Siegel, P., and Bryan, M. (2013). 2011?12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12): Student Financial Aid Estimates for 2011?12 (NCES 2013-165). Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved [date] from .

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank those who contributed to the 2011?12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12), in particular, students who participated in the survey and the institutional representatives who provided student records. This study would not have been possible without their invaluable contributions.

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Contents

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Acknowledgments ................................................................................................. iii List of Tables......................................................................................................... vi Introduction.......................................................................................................... 1 Selected Findings .................................................................................................. 5 Tables ................................................................................................................... 7 References ............................................................................................................. 17 Appendix A--Glossary..........................................................................................A-1 Appendix B--NPSAS:12 Technical Notes and Methodology ...............................B-1 Appendix C--Revised Student Financial Aid Estimates for the 2007?08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08) .......................................C-1

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List of Tables

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1 Percentage of undergraduates receiving selected types of financial aid, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2011?12........................................................................................... 7

2 Average amounts of selected types of financial aid received by undergraduates, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2011?12............................................................. 8

3 Percentage of undergraduates receiving selected types of financial aid from federal, state, or institutional sources, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2011?12........... 9

4 Average amounts of selected types of financial aid from federal, state, or institutional sources received by undergraduates, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2011?12........... 10

5 Percentage of undergraduates receiving federal Title IV aid from selected programs, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2011?12 ....................................................................... 11

6 Average amounts of federal Title IV aid received by undergraduates from selected programs, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2011?12............................................................. 12

7 Percentage distribution of dependent undergraduates at specified parental income levels, by type of institution, attendance pattern, and receipt of specified types of financial aid: 2011?12 ................................................... 13

8 Percentage distribution of independent undergraduates at specified student income levels, by type of institution, attendance pattern, and receipt of specified types of financial aid: 2011?12.................................... 14

9 Percentage of graduate students receiving selected types of financial aid, by type of institution, graduate program, attendance pattern, and income level: 2011?12........................................................................................... 15

LIST OF TABLES

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10 Average amounts of selected types of financial aid received by graduate students, by type of institution, graduate program, attendance pattern, and income level: 2011?12 ....................................................................... 16

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B-1 Numbers of sampled, eligible, and participating institutions and enrollment list participation rates, by institution characteristic: 2012 ........B-5

B-2 Numbers of sampled and eligible students and rates of study membership, by institutional characteristic: 2012......................................B-7

B-3 Summary of components of the student analysis weight: 2012 ..................B-10

B-4 Summary of institution-level nonresponse bias analysis, by type of institution: 2011?12 .................................................................................B-14

B-5 Summary of institution-level differences between means, by type of institution: 2011?12 .................................................................................B-15

B-6 Summary of student-level nonresponse bias analysis, by type of institution: 2011?12 .................................................................................B-18

B-7 Summary of student-level differences between means, by type of institution: 2011?12 .................................................................................B-20

B-8 Weighted item response rates for all students and by type of institution: 2011?12....................................................................................................B-22

B-9 Standard errors for table 1: Percentage of undergraduates receiving selected types of financial aid, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2011?12 .........................................B-27

C-1 Percentage of undergraduates receiving selected types of financial aid, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2007?08...........................................................................................C-3

C-2 Average amounts of selected types of financial aid received by undergraduates, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2007?08.............................................................C-4

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C-3 Percentage of undergraduates receiving selected types of financial aid from federal, state, or institutional sources, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2007?08...........C-5

C-4 Average amounts of selected types of financial aid from federal, state, or institutional sources received by undergraduates, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2007?08...........C-6

C-5 Percentage of undergraduates receiving federal Title IV aid from selected programs, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2007?08 .......................................................................C-7

C-6 Average amounts of federal Title IV aid received by undergraduates from selected programs, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2007?08.............................................................C-8

C-7 Percentage distribution of dependent undergraduates at specified parental income levels, by type of institution, attendance pattern, and receipt of specified types of financial aid: 2007?08 ...................................................C-9

C-8 Percentage distribution of independent undergraduates at specified student income levels, by type of institution, attendance pattern, and receipt of specified types of financial aid: 2007?08....................................C-10

C-9 Percentage of graduate and first-professional students receiving selected types of financial aid, by type of institution, graduate program, attendance pattern, and income level: 2007?08.........................................C-11

C-10 Average amounts of selected types of financial aid received by graduate and first-professional students, by type of institution, graduate program, attendance pattern, and income level: 2007?08.........................................C-12

C-11 Standard errors for table C-1: Percentage of undergraduates receiving selected types of financial aid, by type of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status, and income level: 2007?08 .........................................C-13

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