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Total financial aid per full-time equivalent (FTE) graduate student increased 39%, from $16,222 (in 2008 dollars) in 1998-99 to $22,475 in 2008-09. Nonfederal loans grew rapidly until 2005-06, but by 2008-09 had declined to approximately their 1998-99 level. |
Download Excel for this figure. Download Excel for all figures and tables. This figure was prepared in October 2009. - Introduced in 2006-07, Grad PLUS Loans constitute almost a quarter of federal loans to graduate students by 2009-10.
- Total grant aid plus federal loans per FTE student increased by 12% in inflation- adjusted dollars between 1998-99 and 2003-04 and by 24% over the next five years.
