NPSAS:08 Restricted-Use Data File - Now Available

The 2007-08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08) Restricted-Use Data File is now available for individuals who hold Restricted-Use Data Licenses issued by the National Center for Education Statistics.

The 2007-08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08) restricted-use data file contains data on a sample of 114,000 undergraduate students and 14,000 graduate and first-professional students. These students were enrolled between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008 in about 1,730 postsecondary institutions. The data are representative of all undergraduate, graduate, and first professional students enrolled in postsecondary institutions in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico that were eligible to participate in the federal financial aid programs in Title IV of the Higher Education Act. NPSAS focuses on how students and their families pay for postsecondary education, and contains a wide range of demographic information about the nation's postsecondary students.

To obtain this data file, you must be a restricted-use data license holder. Information about applying for a restricted-use data license may be found at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/licenses.asp.

To learn more about NPSAS and to view reports and products using NPSAS data, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/npsas/.