ERIC Number: ED617839
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 28
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51st Annual Survey Report on State-Sponsored Student Financial Aid: 2019-2020 Academic Year
National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs
Each year, National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs (NASSGAP) completes a survey regarding state-funded expenditures for postsecondary student financial aid. This report provides data regarding state-funded expenditures for student financial aid and illustrates the extent of efforts made by the states to assist postsecondary students. Information in this report is based on academic year 2019-20 data from the 51st Annual NASSGAP survey. Data highlights include: (1) In the 2019-20 academic year, the states awarded about $14.8 billion in total state funded student financial aid, an increase of about 4.5 percent in nominal terms and about 2.6 percent in constant dollar terms from the $14.1 billion in aid awarded in 2018-19; (2) The majority of state aid (87.5 percent) remains in the form of grants. In 2019-20, about 4.2 million grant awards were made representing about $12.9 billion in need and nonneed-based grant aid. This represents an increase of about 4.9 percent from the $12.4 billion in grants awarded in 2018-19. Of the grant money awarded in 2019-20, about three-quarters were need-based and about one-quarter was nonneed-based, essentially the same percentage breakout as last year; (3) Funding for undergraduate need-based grant aid increased nationwide from $8.9 billion (corrected) in 2018-19 to about $9.3 billion in 2019-20, an increase of about 4.4 percent in nominal terms; (4) Eight states (California, Texas, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Washington) collectively awarded about $6.3 billion in undergraduate need-based grant aid, accounting for about 69 percent of all aid of this type; and (5) States provided about $1.8 billion in nongrant student aid, including loans, loan assumptions, conditional grants, work-study, and tuition waivers. Tuition waivers represented about 47 percent of nongrant aid. [For the previous report, "50th Annual Survey Report on State-Sponsored Student Financial Aid: 2018-2019 Academic Year," see ED611303.]
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Grants, State Aid, Student Loan Programs, Work Study Programs, Tuition, Merit Scholarships, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs. 500 West Monroe, Springfield, IL 62704. e-mail: nassgapsurvey@nassgap.org; Web site: http://www.nassgap.org/
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs (NASSGAP)
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