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STUDY QUESTIONS 4
1. What are the average prices for full-time undergraduates, by institution control and level? 6
2. How do the components of average total and net price of attendance experienced by students vary by institution control and level? 9
3. How do the net prices for full-time dependent and independent undergraduates vary by income and institution control and level? 13
FIND OUT MORE 20
REFERENCES 25
APPENDIX A. TABLES 27
TABLE 1. UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT, TUITION, AND TOTAL PRICE 3
TABLE 2. FINANCIAL AID 7
FIGURE 1. UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION PRICES 6
FIGURE 2. TUITION AND NONTUITION EXPENSES 9
FIGURE 3. TYPE OF AID PACKAGE 10
FIGURE 4. SOURCES OF GRANT AID 11
FIGURE 5. DEPENDENT UNDERGRADUATE NET PRICE AFTER GRANTS, BY INSTITUTION CONTROL AND LEVEL 14
FIGURE 6. DEPENDENT UNDERGRADUATE OUT-OF-POCKET NET PRICE MINUS ALL AID, BY INSTITUTION CONTROL AND LEVEL 15
FIGURE 7. DEPENDENT UNDERGRADUATE OUT-OF-POCKET NET PRICE MINUS ALL AID EXCEPT STUDENT LOANS, BY INSTITUTION CONTROL AND LEVEL 16
FIGURE 8. INDEPENDENT UNDERGRADUATE NET PRICE AFTER GRANTS, BY INSTITUTION CONTROL AND LEVEL 17
FIGURE 9. INDEPENDENT UNDERGRADUATE OUT-OF-POCKET NET PRICE MINUS ALL AID, BY INSTITUTION CONTROL AND LEVEL 18
FIGURE 10. INDEPENDENT UNDERGRADUATE OUT-OF-POCKET NET PRICE MINUS ALL AID EXCEPT STUDENT LOANS, BY INSTITUTION CONTROL AND LEVEL 19
TABLE A-1A. AVERAGE TOTAL PRICE, NET PRICE, OUT-OF-POCKET PRICE, AND AID TYPES AMONG FULL-TIME, FULL-YEAR UNDERGRADUATES, BY INSTITUTION CONTROL AND LEVEL AND SELECTED STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS: 2015-16 27
TABLE A-1B. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE A-1A. AVERAGE TOTAL PRICE, NET PRICE, OUT-OF-POCKET PRICE, AND AID TYPES AMONG FULL-TIME, FULL-YEAR UNDERGRADUATES, BY INSTITUTION CONTROL AND LEVEL AND SELECTED 29
TABLE A-2A. PERCENTAGE OF FULL-TIME, FULL-YEAR UNDERGRADUATES RECEIVING TYPES OF AID, AID PACKAGES, AND GRANT SOURCES, BY INSTITUTION CONTROL AND LEVEL: 2015-16 30
TABLE A-2B. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE A-2A. PERCENTAGE OF FULL-TIME, FULL-YEAR UNDERGRADUATES RECEIVING TYPES OF AID, AID PACKAGES, AND GRANT SOURCES, BY INSTITUTION CONTROL AND LEVEL: 2015-16 31