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Undergraduate loans
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| Student and institutional characteristics |
Total |
Yes |
No |
|
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| |
|
|
|
| Gender |
|
|
|
| Male |
45.0 |
45.9 |
44.3 |
| Female |
55.0 |
54.1 |
55.7 |
| |
|
|
|
| Race/ethnicity1 |
|
|
|
| White |
83.6 |
81.3 |
86.2 |
| Black |
6.0 |
7.7 |
4.3 |
| Hispanic |
5.1 |
6.3 |
3.7 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
4.8 |
4.0 |
5.5 |
| Other |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
| |
|
|
|
| Parents’ highest education |
|
|
|
| High school graduate or less |
31.1 |
36.3 |
25.5 |
| Some college |
18.6 |
21.2 |
15.7 |
| Bachelor’s degree |
24.3 |
21.7 |
26.9 |
| Advanced degree |
26.0 |
20.8 |
31.9 |
| |
|
|
|
| Dependency status and family income |
|
|
|
| Dependent |
|
|
|
| Lowest |
14.4 |
19.1 |
9.8 |
| Low middle |
15.7 |
14.2 |
17.2 |
| High middle |
14.9 |
11.0 |
18.7 |
| Highest |
14.6 |
7.2 |
22.4 |
| Independent |
40.5 |
48.6 |
31.9 |
| |
|
|
|
| Age received bachelor’s degree |
|
|
|
| 24 or younger |
71.8 |
66.3 |
78.0 |
| 25–29 |
12.2 |
15.5 |
8.8 |
| 30 or older |
16.0 |
18.2 |
13.2 |
| |
|
|
|
| Type of degree-granting institution |
|
|
|
| Public 4-year |
65.2 |
61.9 |
68.8 |
| Non-doctorate-granting |
23.3 |
23.3 |
23.1 |
| Doctorate-granting |
42.0 |
38.7 |
45.7 |
| Private not-for-profit 4-year |
31.3 |
34.1 |
28.2 |
| Non-doctorate-granting |
17.7 |
20.3 |
14.9 |
| Doctorate-granting |
13.6 |
13.8 |
13.2 |
| Other |
3.5 |
3.9 |
3.0 |
| |
|
|
|
| Undergraduate major |
|
|
|
| Business and management |
22.0 |
20.5 |
23.4 |
| Education |
13.0 |
14.2 |
11.7 |
| Engineering, mathematics, or science |
16.5 |
17.6 |
15.5 |
| Humanities or social sciences |
23.7 |
22.4 |
25.0 |
| Other |
24.8 |
25.4 |
24.4 |
| |
|
|
|
| Highest enrollment after bachelor’s degree by 2003 |
|
|
|
| No additional degree enrollment2 |
52.1 |
51.7 |
52.9 |
| Nongraduate degree or certificate3 |
7.2 |
7.6 |
6.6 |
| Master’s degree |
31.2 |
32.0 |
30.3 |
| Doctoral degree |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.8 |
| First-professional degree |
5.0 |
4.4 |
5.4 |
| |
|
|
|
| Highest degree earned by 2003 |
|
|
|
| Bachelor’s degree |
73.9 |
74.8 |
73.3 |
| Master’s degree |
20.2 |
20.1 |
20.1 |
| Doctoral degree |
2.0 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
| First-professional degree |
3.9 |
3.4 |
4.5 |
| |
|
|
|
| Enrollment/employment status in 2003 |
|
|
|
| Enrolled and employed |
7.1 |
8.3 |
5.8 |
| Enrolled only |
1.1 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
| Employed only |
79.9 |
79.9 |
79.9 |
| Not enrolled or employed |
11.9 |
11.0 |
12.9 |
| |
|
|
|
| Marital status in 2003 |
|
|
|
| Married or cohabiting |
72.6 |
71.6 |
73.4 |
| Not married |
27.4 |
28.4 |
26.6 |
| |
|
|
|
| Number of dependent children under age 18 in household in 2003 |
|
|
|
| None |
49.7 |
47.9 |
51.4 |
| One or more |
50.3 |
52.1 |
48.6 |
| |
|
|
|
| Median annual salary |
|
|
|
| 1994 |
$20,000 |
$20,000 |
$20,400 |
| 1997 |
30,000 |
29,500 |
30,000 |
| 2003 |
49,000 |
48,000 |
49,900 |
| |
|
|
|
| Average annual salary |
|
|
|
| 1994 |
22,500 |
22,500 |
22,500 |
| 1997 |
32,600 |
32,400 |
32,800 |
| 2003 |
56,000 |
55,300 |
56,800 |
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1 Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Other refers to American Indian or Alaska Native. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.
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2 No enrollment after the bachelor’s degree earned in 1992–93 or enrollment only in courses not leading to a degree or certificate.
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3 Enrolled in a program leading to a technical diploma, associate’s degree, bachelor’s degree, or postbaccalaureate certificate.
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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates include students from the 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1993/03 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:93/03).
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