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Graduate students received an average of $22,740 in aid per FTE, including $7,558 in grant aid and $14,598 in federal loans. |
Download Excel for this figure. Download Excel for all figures and tables. This figure was prepared in October 2009. - Over the decade from 1998-99 through 2008-09, grant aid per graduate FTE increased an average of 1.3% per year after adjusting for inflation, while federal loans per FTE grew 4.5% per year.
- The number of graduate FTE students increased 3.2% per year, on average, over the decade.
- For graduate students, both grants and loans per FTE grew more rapidly from 2003-04 to 2008-09 than in the previous five years.
- Nonfederal loans are not included in Figures 11a and 11b because they carry no subsidy at all and are a financing mechanism, not
financial aid.
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