What is the difference between H2g and H2An in the CDS?

Paying for College
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<p>In the Common Data Set, </p>

<p>H2g says: “Number of students in line d who were awarded any non-need-based scholarship or grant aid.”</p>

<p>H2An says : “Number of students in line a who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional **non-need-based scholarship or grant aid<a href=“exclude%20those%20who%20were%20awarded%20athletic%20awards%20and%20tuition%20benefits”>/b</a>.”</p>

<p>Doesn’t that sound exactly the same?</p>

<p>And yet, many schools will have a zero for H2g and a somewhat substanial number for H2An.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>It’s not the same, though it sounds that way! Because line H2d is the number of students who were determined to have financial need AND were awarded financial aid, line H2g would be the number in that group who received non-need based aid. Line H2An is a completely different set of students (they did not have financial need).</p>