Table 5c.  Average Cost, Aid, and Net Cost by Enrollment Level, 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
                              |-------------------------------------------------------------- 
                              |           |                 Enrollment Level
                              |           |--------------------------------------------------
                              |           |          |         |           |     Vocational,
Total cost, total aid, and    |     Total |  College | College |   College |      technical,
net cost                      |  enrolled |   1 to 2 |  3 to 4 |   5 years | business school
                              | part-time |    years |   years | or higher |        or other
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All Part-Time Students

  Total cost
      Mean                         $2,119    $2,654     $2,634      $2,154            $1,074
      Standard error                   37        74         86          72                49
  Total aid
      Mean                         $1,208    $1,420     $1,123      $1,568              $745
      Standard error                   33        64         62          87                44
  Net cost
      Mean                           $911    $1,234     $1,511        $587              $330
      Standard error                   40        79         93          90                49
  Percent of total cost
    covered by aid
      Mean                             40        40         36          41                41
      Standard error                    1         1          1           1                 1

Students not receiving aid

  Total cost
      Mean                         $1,811    $2,354     $2,499      $1,623              $845
      Standard error                   49       106        124          82                55
  Total aid
      Mean                              -         -          -           -                 -
      Standard error                    -         -          -           -                 -
  Net cost
      Mean                         $1,811    $2,354     $2,499      $1,623              $845
      Standard error                   49       106        124          82                55
  Percent of total cost
    covered by aid
      Mean                              -         -          -           -                 -
      Standard error                    -         -          -           -                 -

Students receiving aid

  Total cost
      Mean                         $2,418    $2,922     $2,773      $2,648            $1,316
      Standard error                   54       103        119         112                80
  Total aid
      Mean                         $2,379    $2,685     $2,290      $3,025            $1,528
      Standard error                   56       105        104         144                79
  Net cost 1
      Mean                            $39      $237       $483       -$377             -$212
      Standard error                   57       106        124         146                78
  Percent of total cost
    covered by aid
      Mean                             78        76         73          78                85
      Standard error                    1         1          2           1                 1
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1  Negative net cost values are attributed to underreporting of room and board costs
    which are covered by some aid sources.
-   Represents zero

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census, Survey of Income and Program Participation
Contact:  Education and Social Stratification Branch, 301-457-2464