Financial Aid Recipients as a Percentage of Total Student Pool
1997-98 Compared to 1996-97

          Academic Year 1997-98               Academic Year 1996-97

          Students    Student                 Students    Student
          Served*      Pool**      Percent     Served*     Pool**       Percent

EOU          1,687       2,647      63.7         1,676       2,501            67.0
OIT          1,637       2,433      67.3         1,553       2,334            66.5
OSU          8,508      15,502      54.9         8,324      15,257            54.6
PSU          7,802      17,700      44.1         7,417      17,518            42.3
SOU          3,611       5,931      60.9         3,386       5,728            59.1
UO           8,807      19,138      46.0         8,800      19,264            45.7
WOU          3,181       4,977      63.9         3,010       4,883            61.6

Total       35,233      68,328      51.6        34,166      67,485            50.6

*Students may be served by more than one financial aid program. The OUS total reported
is an unduplicated count of all students served.

**The total student pool for purposes of financial aid is the unduplicated headcount of
admitted students -- full-time, part-time, undergraduates, and graduates -- enrolled for
credit during the regular academic year (summer, fall, winter, and spring terms). 

Source: Institutional reports, OUS Offices of Academic Affairs and Institutional Research
Services.