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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  December 22, 1999
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                              |                             Postsecondary Cost, Aid, and Net Cost: Part-Time Students
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                              |           |      Gender     |              Race and Hispanic Origin /1              |               Age
Total cost, total aid, and    |     Total |-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------- 
net cost                      |  enrolled |        |        |       White, |       Black, |       Other, | Hispanic | 17 to 24 | 25 to 34 | 35 years
                              | part-time |   Male | Female | not Hispanic | not Hispanic | not Hispanic |   origin |    years |    years | and over
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All part-time students

  Total cost
     Mean                          $2,119   $2,258   $2,002         $2,094         $2,565         $2,139     $1,824     $3,450     $1,796     $1,340
     Standard error                    37       58       47             41            133            194        136         85         56         41
  Total aid
     Mean                          $1,208   $1,260   $1,164         $1,185         $1,333         $1,448     $1,175     $1,681     $1,225       $833
     Standard error                    33       50       43             36             97            216        133         77         57         37
  Net cost
     Mean                            $911     $997     $838           $909         $1,232            $91       $650     $1,769       $571       $507
     Standard error                    40       61       51             44            138            238        137         97         63         44
  Percent of total cost
    covered by aid
     Mean                              40       41       39             39             48             39         38         35         45         39
     Standard error                     1        1        1              1              2              4          3          1          1          1

Students not receiving aid
  Total cost
     Mean                          $1,811   $2,018   $1,645         $1,830         $2,326         $1,579     $1,288     $3,082     $1,510     $1,019
     Standard error                    49       83       58             55            217            217        121        115         75         47
  Total aid
     Mean                               -        -        -              -              -              -          -          -          -          -
     Standard error                     -        -        -              -              -              -          -          -          -          -
  Net cost
     Mean                          $1,811   $2,018   $1,645         $1,830         $2,326         $1,579     $1,287     $3,082     $1,510     $1,019
     Standard error                    49       83       58             55            217            217        121        115         75         47
  Percent of total cost
    covered by aid
     Mean                               -        -        -              -              -              -          -          -          -          -
     Standard error                     -        -        -              -              -              -          -          -          -          -

Students receiving aid
  Total cost
     Mean                          $2,418   $2,478   $2,365         $2,361         $2,697         $2,745     $2,430     $3,843     $2,024     $1,673
     Standard error                    54       81       72             59            168            322        245        123         79         66
  Total aid
     Mean                          $2,379   $2,418   $2,345         $2,383         $2,070         $3,014     $2,501     $3,473     $2,206     $1,698
     Standard error                    56       83       75             63            127            402        235        131         90         66
  Net cost
     Mean                             $39      $60      $20           -$22           $628          -$269       -$71       $369      -$181       -$25
     Standard error                    57       80       80             62            166            424        243        141         87         71
  Percent of total cost
    covered by aid
     Mean                              78       78       78             78             74             80         80         73         81         80
     Standard error                     1        1        1              1              2              4          3          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