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Test Your Knowledge: College Costs

1. What's the most popular bachelor's degree?
Education
Business
Social Sciences
Art

2. What percentage of students at four-year colleges work full-time?
51
37
26
14

3. What's the largest source of revenue at public, degree-granting institutions?
Tuition
State government money
Federal government money
Endowments
4. What percentage of undergraduates did not receive financial aid in 1999-2000?
15
25
35
45

5. Do more men or women attend college?
Men
Women
About the same amount

6. What percentage of Hispanics makes up the undergraduate population at four-year schools?
7
11
15
21

7. What's the largest source of financial aid for college students?
Grants
Loans
Scholarships
Work-study

  
         

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