March 18, 2005

Financial-Aid Numbers

Sixty-three percent of all undergraduates received some form of financial aid during the 2003-4 academic year, up from 55 percent in 1999-2000, according to a report released this month by the National Center for Education Statistics.

The data, part of the center's National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, indicate that in 2003-4 students received $7,400 each, on average, up from $6,200 in 1999-2000, the last previous year for which the study was conducted.

Three out of four

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