139,000 Students Get Financial Aid In United States

One out of every 20 students in American colleges, universities, and graduate and professional schools can get financial aid, Earl J. McGrath announced in a report published by the Office of Education at Washington last night.

Undergraduates compete annually for 125,000 scholarships with a total worth of $27,000,000, while graduate institutions offer, 14,000 fellowships valued at $9,500,000 each year. These figures are drawn from a survey of 1,200 United States schools, 900 of which replied to the questionnaire. Approximately 265 of those answering reported that they offered no financial assistance.

Certain awards were restricted-one, for example, must go to a descendent of a Confederate soldier, while others designated a specific field of study. Opportunities for scholarships were greatest in music, engineering, and agriculture.

With increasing costs, institutions have been trying to raise scholarship totals.