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percent of all full-time college undergraduates in 1984 received someform of institutionally administered student aid exclusive of Guaranteed Stu-dent Loans(GSL),according a new report by the American Council on Education's(ACE)Higher Education Panel.  \nThe total amount of student ald--including federal,state,private and institu-  \ntion funds--going to undergrads enrolled in the nation's two-and four-year  \ncolleges and universities reached $7.4 billion in the 1984-85 award year,ac-  \ncording to the study.The figure was $6.9 billion in 1983-84.  \nThe study showed that the federal government is far from the only source ofstudent aid.\"of this amount,nearly half [48 percent]came from the federalgovernment,\"the study said.\"Whereas the total amount [of financial aid]increased slightly between 1983-84 and 1984-85,the federal share dropped bytwo percentage points.\"  \nBased On Survey      The report by researcher Charles Andersen of the HigherEducation Panel is based on a \"fast response\"survey developed by the EducationDepartment.The survey was mailed in January 1985 to a sample of 520 institu-tions from which the panel received a 75 percent response rate。  \nFor purposes of the study,student aid included scholarships and grants,ath-letic scholarships,student employment administered by the institution andloans other than GSL.  \nThe study found that public institutions,on average,distributed only slightlymore student aid than their private counterparts,with the public sector re-celving 53 percent of the available aid and 47 percent going to independentinstitutions.  \nWhen institutions are categorized by average costs for freshman students,\"in-stitutions with budgets of less than $5,000 [per student]reported that 40 per-cent of their students received aid.At those institutions with budgets of  \n$5,000 or more,53 percent of the undergraduates receive aid.Institutions inthe $7,500 to $9,999 range reported that two-thirds of their full-time under-graduates received some form of institutionally-administered aid.\"  \nWhile federal student aid programs provided nearly half of the total availableaid to undergraduates,the aid is not distributed equally among the institu-tions,the survey said.\"In 1984-85,two-thirds of the funds at two-year in-stitutions came from federal sources,\"according to the report.\"At the otherend of the scale,only 30 percent of the funds distributed through independentuniversities were federal.\"(more)  \n# HALF OF ALL FULL-TIME UNDERGRADS RECEIVE FINANCIAL AID(Cont.)\n\nAlthough GSLs are not included in the aid totals,the study includes estimatesof student debt.For example,the national average for a typical student bor-rower's debt burden upon graduation is estimated at between $7,000 and $8,000for borrowers graduating from four-year colleges and from $3,500 to $4,000 forthose completing coursework at two-year institutions.  \nDebt load for dependent students from middle-income families--those between$15,000 and $30,000--was 12 percent greater upon graduation than the load fac-ing students from families making less than $15,000.The average middle-incomestudent had a debt loan of $5,985,while the low-income student's bill averaged  \n$5,328.  \nThe report provides a variety of other student aid information,including:  \n■ Undergraduate financial aid from institutional funds in 1984-85 was esti-mated at $2.3 billion.About two-thirds of those funds,or $1.5 billion,wasspent at private institutions.  \n■ Nearly 60 percent of the institutional student aid was distributed either ona need basis or a combination of need and merit.  \n■ Approximately a seventh of all intitutional aid was distributed on the bas-is of athletic ability only.  \n\n| Students Recelving   \u003Cbr>(in tho   | Student Ald,Fall 1984  \u003Cbr>usands)  \u003Cbr>Full-tlme undorgraduatos   |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  | Numbor    | Percent with ald   |\n| Type of institutlon  \u003Cbr>Research 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