Table 14
Number And Amount Of Scholarships, Awards And Student Loans Guaranteed By Program
New York State
2003-04 Through 2007-08

Type 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08a/
Number Expenditure (in thousands) Number Expenditure (in thousands) Number Expenditure(in thousands) Number Expenditure (in thousands) Number Expenditure (in thousands)
Scholarships                    
Memorial Scholarships for Families of Deceased Police/Firefighters/Peace Officers/Emergency Medical Service 85 $925
81
$955
80
$982
81
$963
72
$877
Regents Health Care Opportunity
94
925
66
650
42
415
39
380
33
330
Regents Professional Opportunity
574
2,039
496
1,805
391
1,498
459
1,612
451
1,551
Robert C. Byrd Honorsb/
1,679
2,469
1,667
2,479
1,592
2,361
1,533
2,257
1,559
2,294
World Trade Center Memorial
169
1,663
200
2,167
206
2,514
316
3,753
359
4,573
Volunteer Recruitment Service
608
1,610
607
1,667
590
1,781
598
1,737
593
1,771
Scholarships for Academic Excellence
17,677
12,596
17,204
12,568
16,992
12,415
16,459
12,093
16,811
11,924
Military Service Recognition
-
-
4
38
9
77
11
126
13
171
Sen. Patricia K. McGee Nursing Faculty
-
-
-
-
31
372
28
366
49
657
Flight 587 Memorial
-
-
-
-
15
147
15
137
17
214
NYS Math & Science Teaching Incentive
-
-
-
-
-
-
163
702
245
1,058
Awards
Aid for Part-Time Studyd/
21,775
$12,630
22,071
$12,803
21,048
$12,248
22,748
$12,332
20,893
$13,032
Regents Awards for Children of Deceased and Disabled Veterans
538
211
525
209
411
180
427
170
398
154
Regents Physician Loan Forgiveness
113
1,130
80
800
80
800
80
800
80
800
State Loan Repaymentc/
50
800
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vietnam/Persian Gulf Veterans Tuition
448
598
618
863
836
1,484
1,121
1,748
1,244
1,895
Loan Forgiveness for Nursing Faculty
-
-
-
-
19
158
30
187
40
275
Licensed Social Worker Loan Forgiveness
-
-
-
-
141
803
157
992
138
858
District Attorney Loan Forgiveness
-
-
-
-
-
-
456
1,541
422
1,425

TOTAL

43,810

$ 37,596

43,619

$ 37,004

42,483

$ 38,235

44,721

$ 41,896

43,417

$ 42,859
Student Loans
Federal Consolidation Loans f/
90,328
$2,531,563
136,869
$3,545,106
189,671
$4,734,088
74,514
$1,626,774
15,196
$467,727
Federal PLUS Loans e/
36,809
408,478
40,580
465,490
47,035
569,451
51,901
685,798
51,179
708,323
Federal Stafford Loans e/
290,928
1,101,414
290,085
1,128,593
290,553
1,134,971
309,977
1,226,648
324,333
1,373,761
Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans e/
203,772
917,907
205,931
959,398
214,245
1,003,352
218,724
1,055,922
219,067
1,128,986
TOTAL
621,837
$4,959,362
673,465
$6,098,587
741,504
$7,441,862
655,116
$4,595,116
609,775
$3,678,797
a/Estimated. e/Stafford and Plus loan guaranteed amounts exclude adjustments and cancellations
b/Federally-funded program. f/Consolidation guaranteed amount includes loan adjustments and is net of cancellations.
c/50% Federally-funded program and 50% State-funded program. d/Total award amounts include school tuition liability.
NOTE:  Programs were not in existence during years for which there are no data.