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The Future of Student Aid. Sandy Baum Skidmore College and The College Board MASFAP March 2009.
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The Future of Student Aid Sandy Baum Skidmore College and The College Board MASFAP March 2009
Published Tuition and Fees and Room and Board (TFRB) Compared to TFRB Net of Average Grant and Education Tax Benefits per Full-Time Undergraduate Student, in Constant (2008) Dollars, 1993-94, 1998-99, 2003-04 and 2008-09 Notes: Net tuition and fees are calculated by subtracting estimated average grant aid plus tax benefits per full-time student in the sector from the published price. Aggregate aid amounts are from Trends in Student Aid 2008. Division of total aid across sectors and between full-time and part-time students is based on the NPSAS, 1993 through 2004. Source: The College Board, Trends in College Pricing 2008
Ten-Year Trend in Student Aid and Nonfederal Loans Used to Finance Postsecondary Education Expenses in Constant (2007) Dollars (in Billions), 1997-98 to 2007-08 Source: The College Board, Trends in Student Aid 2008
Average Aid per Graduate FTE in Constant (2007) Dollars, 1990-91 to 2007-08 Source: The College Board, Trends in Student Aid 2008
Undergraduate Student Aid by Source (in Billions), 2007-08 Nonfederal loans are not included since they involve no subsidy of any kind and are not actually a form of financial aid. Source: The College Board, Trends in Student Aid 2008
Obama Budget Proposals • Pell Grants • Increase maximum • Entitlement • Maximum grows CPI + 1% • To do: • Application process • Simplify formula • Work penalty
Total Pell Expenditures (in Millions), Maximum Pell Grant and Average Pell Grant in Constant (2007) Dollars, and Number of Recipients (in Thousands), 1973-74 to 2007-08 Sources: The Federal Pell Grant Program End of Year Report, 2006-07; The College Board, Trends in Student Aid 2008
Obama Budget Proposals • Student Loans • Restructure Perkins • Already higher Stafford unsub limits • To Do: • Repayment protection • Targeting subsidies
Proportion of Undergraduate Students Borrowing Federal Stafford Loans, 1997-98, 2002-03, and 2007-08 Sources:. Loan data are from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, and the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS). The College Board, Trends in Student Aid 2008
Distribution of Federal Aid Funds by Sector, 2006-07 Note: Components may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Source: The College Board, Trends in Student Aid 2008
Distribution of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Enrollment, Fall 2006 Note: FTE enrollment is based on a formula that counts a part-time student as approximately one-third of a full-time student. Total FTEs include both graduate and undergraduate students. Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
Obama Budget Proposals • Success Grants • Other to do: • Low-income savings program? • Simplification, early information, coordination
Sandy Baumsbaum@collegeboard.orgRethinking Student Aidwww.collegeboard.org/rethinkingstudentaid