Table 8-28
State expenditures on student aid per full-time undergraduate student, by state: 2000, 2004, and 2008
 
  State expenditures on student aid ($thousands)   Undergraduate enrollment at 4-year institutions   State expenditures on student aid/undergraduate ($)
State 2000 2004 2008   2000 2004 2008   2000 2004 2008
 
United States 3,975,263 5,688,877 7,864,532   7,193,814 8,220,306 9,379,112   553 692 839
Alabama 7,487 5,084 19,841   130,189 139,033 183,162   58 37 108
Alaska NA NA 670   24,573 27,377 27,132   NA NA 25
Arizona 2,727 2,865 12,179   111,429 192,819 378,866   24 15 32
Arkansas 30,936 29,705 33,774   70,538 79,007 86,667   439 376 390
California 369,785 654,549 813,374   599,658 679,920 750,965   617 963 1,083
Colorado 54,151 60,266 75,259   133,500 154,427 181,904   406 390 414
Connecticut 37,401 36,771 64,475   85,143 90,774 96,753   439 405 666
Delaware 1,293 12,703 16,980   25,761 27,996 28,438   50 454 597
District of Columbia 743 27,571 33,496   40,703 59,930 76,586   18 460 437
Florida 225,553 326,468 533,073   288,143 457,808 587,097   783 713 908
Georgia 240,458 431,951 497,667   188,383 234,213 266,808   1,276 1,844 1,865
Hawaii 490 408 408   26,290 30,956 34,471   19 13 12
Idaho 1,127 4,982 6,221   39,343 55,877 59,010   29 89 105
Illinois 360,177 347,565 415,298   276,559 298,037 343,104   1,302 1,166 1,210
Indiana 106,169 161,263 223,676   217,294 230,454 259,489   489 700 862
Iowa 51,823 49,285 59,573   97,241 110,724 166,514   533 445 358
Kansas 12,397 14,073 19,090   84,620 91,803 95,529   147 153 200
Kentucky 48,444 143,338 186,988   109,981 121,518 130,274   440 1,180 1,435
Louisiana 68,391 111,602 137,347   146,259 157,201 140,163   468 710 980
Maine 10,360 12,561 17,916   42,093 44,104 43,462   246 285 412
Maryland 45,683 50,390 99,726   117,720 130,334 140,784   388 387 708
Massachusetts 103,301 79,735 86,342   235,263 238,366 256,937   439 335 336
Michigan 91,109 162,225 189,078   287,233 314,782 323,385   317 515 585
Minnesota 113,750 119,641 156,433   142,734 164,791 183,329   797 726 853
Mississippi 20,163 21,367 22,923   61,043 65,345 67,127   330 327 341
Missouri 39,504 41,233 109,998   180,799 203,040 218,700   218 203 503
Montana 2,953 2,542 4,367   32,393 33,615 33,391   91 76 131
Nebraska 5,645 8,742 12,537   58,789 62,427 65,693   96 140 191
Nevada 6,083 34,535 39,109   32,012 76,669 92,307   190 450 424
New Hampshire 1,506 3,651 3,732   40,367 43,821 45,831   37 83 81
New Jersey 189,294 225,282 292,500   156,867 167,863 183,112   1,207 1,342 1,597
New Mexico 33,872 29,821 67,781   43,089 50,348 52,659   786 592 1,287
New York 611,167 875,299 824,174   569,260 609,027 678,593   1,074 1,437 1,215
North Carolina 109,004 156,604 286,773   191,117 215,536 243,631   570 727 1,177
North Dakota 2,431 1,756 3,778   28,462 34,010 38,778   85 52 97
Ohio 163,994 200,787 254,785   302,681 326,174 353,284   542 616 721
Oklahoma 26,595 28,841 75,823   98,512 114,090 117,799   270 253 644
Oregon 17,891 21,782 35,036   76,071 89,212 96,641   235 244 363
Pennsylvania 280,402 360,816 460,451   377,646 409,046 438,118   742 882 1,051
Rhode Island 61,722 12,296 15,336   49,484 52,831 55,312   1,247 233 277
South Carolina 33,198 225,297 295,627   92,074 103,533 114,705   361 2,176 2,577
South Dakota 857 NA 2,416   32,310 37,315 38,420   27 NA 63
Tennessee 21,383 42,395 279,300   139,743 154,060 171,186   153 275 1,632
Texas 93,814 156,529 484,807   432,747 495,259 554,233   217 316 875
Utah 2,735 4,081 10,705   120,151 138,646 151,316   23 29 71
Vermont 48,840 17,149 18,804   25,972 27,166 30,393   1,880 631 619
Virginia 70,717 110,621 173,813   180,573 202,472 239,213   392 546 727
Washington 76,581 134,280 205,891   105,470 122,495 159,407   726 1,096 1,292
West Virginia 18,982 52,087 82,487   68,435 67,215 83,509   277 775 988
Wisconsin 52,020 75,920 102,533   168,547 177,251 205,226   309 428 500
Wyoming 155 163 162   8,550 9,589 9,699   18 17 17
                       
Puerto Rico 34,004 30,999 31,891   149,699 165,293 173,409   227 188 184
 

NA = not available

NOTE: State expenditures on student aid reported in current dollars.

SOURCES: National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs, Annual Survey Report (various years); National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (various years).

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