Finding a way to finance a higher education may be as much of a challenge as the course material! Fortunately, many students – though not all – are able to obtain financial assistance.

Using data collected by the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), this Brief examines how likely it was for a postsecondary student to have received financial aid during the 1990-91 school year. These statistics are shown by income level, sex, race, enrollment level, and dependency status. It also examines the sources and amounts of aid they got.

Postsecondary students are high school graduates aged 17 and over who were enrolled in postsecondary school at some point during the 1990-91 school year. Those who took only one course or dropped out before completing the term are included. In 1990-91, just over one-third of these students were enrolled in the first two years of college, one-quarter in the third or fourth years, and about one-fifth each in the fifth year or higher and in some type of noncollegiate postsecondary school.

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Publication

Dollars for Scholars: Postsecondary Costs and Financing, 1990-1991

September 1994

This report examines patterns of school enrollment, education costs, financial aid, & associated social, demographic, and economic characteristics of students.

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Household Wealth and Asset Ownership: 1991

February 1994

This brief takes a look at median household net worth (wealth), i.e., the value of assets covered in the survey minus any debts.

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Housing in Metropolitan Areas — Movers and Stayers

September 1994

This brief examines which metropolitan areas had the highest areas of householders who moved into their homes during the 15 months prior to the 1990 census.

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Export Manufacturers Compete Successfully

January 1995

This brief uses newly available data on the U.S. manufacturing sector, specifically export manufacturers.

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School Enrollment Publications

Survey of Income and Program Participation Publications

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