The cost of an undergraduate education can be reduced with financial assistance from the state or federal government or from an academic institution. This indicator is calculated by dividing the amount of financial support from state grants by the number of full-time undergraduate students who attend both public and private institutions in the state. A high value is one indicator of state efforts to provide access to higher education at a time of escalating undergraduate costs. The actual distribution of state grants to individual students may be affected by the percentage of undergraduates who are state residents.
This indicator should be viewed relative to the tuition charged to undergraduates in a state, as some states have chosen to subsidize tuition for all students at public institutions rather than provide grants. Other differences between states, such as the amount of scholarship aid available from other sources, the percentage of students attending out-of-state institutions, and their eligibility for state funding, mean that readers should exercise caution when making comparisons between states and examining changes over time.
Total state grant expenditures for financial aid include need-based and non–need-based grants. State assistance through subsidized or unsubsidized loans and awards to students at the graduate and first professional degree levels is not included. The year is the end date of the academic year. For example, data for 2011 represent costs for the 2010–11 academic year.
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State expenditures on student aid per full-time undergraduate student, by state: 2001, 2006, and 2011 | |||||||||||
State expenditures on student aid ($thousands) |
Undergraduate enrollment at 4-year institutions |
State expenditures on student aid/undergraduate enrollment at 4-year institutions ($) |
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State | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | ||
United States | 4,565,162 | 6,789,273 | 9,052,204 | 7,450,520 | 8,653,820 | 10,547,386 | 613 | 785 | 858 | ||
Alabama | 7,413 | 7,626 | 19,193 | 127,475 | 143,386 | 176,759 | 58 | 53 | 109 | ||
Alaska | NA | 502 | 1,514 | 24,939 | 26,382 | 30,749 | NA | 19 | 49 | ||
Arizona | 2,990 | 2,798 | 19,932 | 124,389 | 262,642 | 433,785 | 24 | 11 | 46 | ||
Arkansas | 39,151 | 28,364 | 146,496 | 73,369 | 82,437 | 97,013 | 534 | 344 | 1,510 | ||
California | 461,914 | 757,809 | 1,269,917 | 636,105 | 714,347 | 809,090 | 726 | 1,061 | 1,570 | ||
Colorado | 54,151 | 60,737 | 70,970 | 138,846 | 168,860 | 196,643 | 390 | 360 | 361 | ||
Connecticut | 44,763 | 39,366 | 63,611 | 87,335 | 93,832 | 106,932 | 513 | 420 | 595 | ||
Delaware | 1,432 | 10,240 | 19,435 | 28,125 | 28,268 | 31,640 | 51 | 362 | 614 | ||
District of Columbia | 781 | 33,856 | 34,713 | 52,262 | 65,318 | 48,459 | 15 | 518 | 716 | ||
Florida | 302,633 | 410,758 | 577,736 | 310,145 | 504,557 | 884,228 | 976 | 814 | 653 | ||
Georgia | 310,995 | 461,615 | 768,449 | 198,254 | 236,664 | 322,458 | 1,569 | 1,951 | 2,383 | ||
Hawaii | 535 | 410 | 3,339 | 27,637 | 33,963 | 38,071 | 19 | 12 | 88 | ||
Idaho | 1,138 | 5,424 | 5,064 | 50,969 | 57,505 | 65,074 | 22 | 94 | 78 | ||
Illinois | 382,566 | 380,349 | 407,825 | 281,619 | 330,331 | 351,725 | 1,358 | 1,151 | 1,159 | ||
Indiana | 111,618 | 182,281 | 251,254 | 222,510 | 243,669 | 288,387 | 502 | 748 | 871 | ||
Iowa | 53,100 | 53,815 | 57,848 | 99,468 | 127,886 | 221,384 | 534 | 421 | 261 | ||
Kansas | 12,819 | 15,168 | 17,590 | 86,126 | 92,962 | 100,750 | 149 | 163 | 175 | ||
Kentucky | 66,931 | 172,866 | 193,206 | 112,935 | 127,630 | 146,072 | 593 | 1,354 | 1,323 | ||
Louisiana | 91,166 | 116,432 | 178,753 | 146,230 | 141,348 | 144,475 | 623 | 824 | 1,237 | ||
Maine | 11,961 | 13,387 | 15,230 | 43,082 | 44,270 | 43,972 | 278 | 302 | 346 | ||
Maryland | 50,416 | 76,362 | 90,535 | 122,430 | 135,317 | 155,690 | 412 | 564 | 582 | ||
Massachusetts | 116,892 | 80,093 | 87,823 | 235,697 | 246,799 | 268,140 | 496 | 325 | 328 | ||
Michigan | 102,164 | 197,674 | 85,612 | 295,912 | 320,345 | 341,985 | 345 | 617 | 250 | ||
Minnesota | 120,465 | 131,010 | 130,073 | 152,381 | 170,616 | 203,079 | 791 | 768 | 641 | ||
Mississippi | 20,163 | 22,285 | 22,198 | 62,595 | 65,791 | 75,152 | 322 | 339 | 295 | ||
Missouri | 43,882 | 42,068 | 90,774 | 182,463 | 212,159 | 254,357 | 240 | 198 | 357 | ||
Montana | 3,195 | 3,760 | 5,877 | 33,462 | 33,677 | 39,110 | 95 | 112 | 150 | ||
Nebraska | 5,975 | 9,918 | 15,671 | 59,388 | 63,983 | 70,231 | 101 | 155 | 223 | ||
Nevada | 13,449 | 39,671 | 47,838 | 34,274 | 81,180 | 93,013 | 392 | 489 | 514 | ||
New Hampshire | 1,497 | 3,753 | 2,967 | 42,534 | 44,860 | 48,794 | 35 | 84 | 61 | ||
New Jersey | 197,619 | 256,047 | 333,404 | 161,329 | 171,282 | 201,059 | 1,225 | 1,495 | 1,658 | ||
New Mexico | 38,736 | 61,780 | 89,254 | 43,285 | 50,546 | 59,125 | 895 | 1,222 | 1,510 | ||
New York | 659,394 | 895,129 | 896,266 | 581,671 | 624,730 | 712,725 | 1,134 | 1,433 | 1,258 | ||
North Carolina | 121,153 | 192,018 | 378,366 | 196,748 | 230,576 | 259,914 | 616 | 833 | 1,456 | ||
North Dakota | 1,152 | 1,864 | 12,198 | 29,951 | 34,017 | 41,423 | 38 | 55 | 294 | ||
Ohio | 173,868 | 221,411 | 109,731 | 309,285 | 337,332 | 412,936 | 562 | 656 | 266 | ||
Oklahoma | 29,035 | 58,216 | 92,122 | 102,808 | 114,011 | 128,649 | 282 | 511 | 716 | ||
Oregon | 19,711 | 29,429 | 19,287 | 80,385 | 91,031 | 112,271 | 245 | 323 | 172 | ||
Pennsylvania | 325,234 | 403,957 | 368,459 | 386,220 | 423,915 | 457,606 | 842 | 953 | 805 | ||
Rhode Island | 6,164 | 12,883 | 13,170 | 50,452 | 54,189 | 56,056 | 122 | 238 | 235 | ||
South Carolina | 98,095 | 255,744 | 325,348 | 95,652 | 105,408 | 127,415 | 1,026 | 2,426 | 2,553 | ||
South Dakota | NA | 3,367 | 4,418 | 33,125 | 37,090 | 42,527 | NA | 91 | 104 | ||
Tennessee | 30,156 | 173,907 | 353,309 | 142,697 | 162,843 | 192,406 | 211 | 1,068 | 1,836 | ||
Texas | 108,628 | 366,873 | 684,905 | 449,177 | 538,069 | 623,983 | 242 | 682 | 1,098 | ||
Utah | 2,511 | 7,409 | 9,674 | 128,285 | 140,967 | 190,067 | 20 | 53 | 51 | ||
Vermont | 14,414 | 17,560 | 17,328 | 26,395 | 28,648 | 31,116 | 546 | 613 | 557 | ||
Virginia | 115,242 | 132,720 | 188,585 | 180,228 | 218,857 | 285,448 | 639 | 606 | 661 | ||
Washington | 98,533 | 173,835 | 234,238 | 110,310 | 128,585 | 183,650 | 893 | 1,352 | 1,275 | ||
West Virginia | 18,217 | 70,981 | 100,916 | 69,795 | 66,302 | 111,857 | 261 | 1,071 | 902 | ||
Wisconsin | 71,145 | 93,583 | 119,616 | 170,859 | 184,922 | 219,649 | 416 | 506 | 545 | ||
Wyoming | NA | 163 | 167 | 8,907 | 9,516 | 10,287 | NA | 17 | 16 | ||
Puerto Rico | 40,231 | 33,840 | 53,318 | 156,795 | 165,366 | 181,489 | 257 | 205 | 294 | ||
NA = not available. SOURCES: National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs, Annual Survey Report (various years); National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (various years). Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 |
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