Title page
Contents
Acknowledgments 4
Introduction 9
Selected Findings 12
References 27
Appendix A - Glossary 29
Appendix B - Technical Notes and Methodology 37
Appendix C - Standard Error Tables 68
Table 1. Percentage of undergraduates receiving selected types of financial aid, by control and level of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status... 13
Table 2. Average amounts of selected types of financial aid received by undergraduates who received any aid, by control and level of institution, attendance... 15
Table 3. Percentage of undergraduates receiving selected types of financial aid from federal, state, or institutional sources, by control and level of institution... 17
Table 4. Average amounts of selected types of financial aid from federal, state, or institutional sources received among undergraduates receiving that type of aid... 19
Table 5. Percentage of undergraduates receiving federal Title IV aid from selected programs, by control and level of institution, attendance pattern, dependency status... 21
Table 6. Average amounts of federal Title IV aid received by undergraduates from selected programs, by control and level of institution, attendance pattern, dependency... 23
Table 7. Percentage of graduate students receiving selected types of financial aid, by control and level of institution, graduate program, attendance pattern, and income... 25
Table 8. Average amounts of selected types of financial aid received among graduate students receiving that type of aid, by control and level of institution, graduate program... 26
Table B-1. Numbers of sampled, eligible, and participating institutions and participation rates, by control and level of institution: 2015-16 43
Table B-2. Numbers of sampled and eligible students and rates of study membership, by control and level of institution: 2015-16 44
Table B-3. Summary of components of the student analysis weight: 2015-16 47
Table B-4. Summary of institution-level nonresponse bias analysis, by control and level of institution: 2015-16 51
Table B-5. Summary of institution-level differences between means, by control and level of institution: 2015-16 52
Table B-6. Summary of student-level nonresponse bias analysis, by control and level of institution: 2015-16 55
Table B-7. Summary of student-level differences between means, by control and level of institution: 2015-16 57
Table B-8. Weighted student-level item response rates, by control and level of institution: 2015-16 60
Table B-9. Summary of item nonresponse bias analysis for all students: 2015-16 62
Table C-1. Standard errors for table 1: Percentage of undergraduates receiving selected types of financial aid, by control and level of institution, attendance pattern, dependency... 69
Table C-2. Standard errors for table 2: Average amounts of selected types of financial aid received by undergraduates who received any aid, by control and level of institution... 70
Table C-3. Standard errors for table 3: Percentage of undergraduates receiving selected types of financial aid from federal, state, or institutional sources, by control and level of... 71
Table C-4. Standard errors for table 4: Average amounts of selected types of financial aid from federal, state, or institutional sources received among undergraduates receiving... 72
Table C-5. Standard errors for table 5: Percentage of undergraduates receiving federal Title IV aid from selected programs, by control and level of institution, attendance pattern... 73
Table C-6. Standard errors for table 6: Average amounts of federal Title IV aid received by undergraduates from selected programs, by control and level of institution, attendance... 74
Table C-7. Standard errors for table 7: Percentage of graduate students receiving selected types of financial aid, by control and level of institution, graduate program, attendance... 75
Table C-8. Standard errors for table 8: Average amounts of selected types of financial aid received among graduate students receiving that type of aid, by control and level of institution... 76