Table 6a.  Average Cost, Aid, and Net Cost by Gender, Race, Hispanic Origin, Age, Dependency Status, Labor Force Status, and Annual Family Income,
                1993-1994:  All Students

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  December 22, 1999
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                             |                             Postsecondary Cost, Aid, and Net Cost:  All Students
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                             |          |      Gender     |                Race and Hispanic Origin1              |              Age
Total cost, total aid, and   |          |-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------- 
net cost                     |    Total |        |        |       White, |       Black, |       Other, | Hispanic | 17 to 24 | 25 to 34 | 35 years
                             | enrolled |   Male | Female | not Hispanic | not Hispanic | not Hispanic |   origin |    years |    years | and over
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All students

  Total cost
     Mean                        $2,919   $3,152   $2,723         $2,922         $3,199         $3,029     $2,456     $4,013     $2,388     $1,551
     Standard error                  33       52       42             37            107            149        124         55         54         41
  Total aid
     Mean                        $1,884   $1,969   $1,812         $1,853         $2,032         $2,216     $1,780     $2,210     $2,051     $1,148
     Standard error                  34       53       45             39            104            174        133         57         67         46
  Net cost
     Mean                        $1,035   $1,183     $911         $1,069         $1,167           $813       $676     $1,803       $337       $403
     Standard error                  40       63       51             45            122            183        152         69         71         49
  Percent of total cost
    covered by aid
     Mean                            43       42       43             42             52             41         41         39         51         42
     Standard error                   1        1        1              1              2              2          2          1          1          1

Students not receiving aid
  Total cost
     Mean                        $2,490   $2,794   $2,232         $2,548         $2,628         $2,423     $1,860     $3,542     $1,983     $1,127
     Standard error                  47       76       57             52            188            186        150         78         81         46
  Total aid
     Mean                             -        -        -              -              -              -          -          -          -          -
     Standard error                   -        -        -              -              -              -          -          -          -          -
  Net cost
     Mean                        $2,490   $2,794   $2,232         $2,548         $2,628         $2,423     $1,860     $3,542     $1,983     $1,127
     Standard error                  47       76       57             52            188            186        150         78         81         46
  Percent of total cost
    covered by aid
     Mean                             -        -        -              -              -              -          -          -          -          -
     Standard error                   -        -        -              -              -              -          -          -          -          -

Students receiving aid
  Total cost
     Mean                        $3,268   $3,446   $3,120         $3,244         $3,432         $3,624     $2,999     $4,426     $2,642     $1,944
     Standard error                  46       70       60             52            129            227        187         75         72         64
  Total aid
     Mean                        $3,416   $3,584   $3,276         $3,449         $2,863         $4,391     $3,401     $4,143     $3,334     $2,213
     Standard error                  53       82       70             61            130            285        215         88         95         78
  Net cost
     Mean                         -$148    -$138    -$156          -$205           $569          -$767      -$402       $283      -$692      -$269
     Standard error                  56       86       74             64            145            279        239         99         94         80
  Percent of total cost
    covered by aid
     Mean                            77       77       77             78             73             81         79         72         82         80
     Standard error                   0        1        1              1              2              2          2          1          1          1
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1    Hispanics may be of any race.
2    For details of category construction see Appendix A, Defintions and Explanations.
-    Represents zero

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census, Survey of Income and Program Participation
Contact:  Education and Social Stratification Branch, 301-457-2464