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Dealing With Debt: 1992-93 Bachelor's Degree Recipients 10 Years LaterNCES 2006-156, June 2006
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Table S2. Standard errors for table 2: Percentage of 1992–93 bachelor’s degree recipients who borrowed for undergraduate education from any source and, among borrowers, average amount borrowed and percentage distribution of amount borrowed, by student and institutional characteristics
      Amount borrowed
Student and institutional
characteristics
Percent
who
borrowed
Average
amount
borrowed
Less than
$5,000
$5,000–
9,999
$10,000–
14,999
$15,000
or more

     Total 0.86 $210 0.94 0.83 0.75 1.02
             
Dependency status and family income            
  Dependent            
    Lowest 1.58 440 2.07 1.73 1.63 2.56
    Low middle 1.73 370 2.78 2.52 1.99 1.54
    High middle 1.46 770 2.72 2.50 1.80 2.91
    Highest 1.33 630 2.45 2.22 2.35 2.70
  Independent 1.39 240 1.38 1.73 1.20 1.36
             
Type of degree-granting institution            
  Public 4-year 1.08 220 1.42 1.08 1.04 1.10
    Non-doctorate-granting 2.10 470 2.68 1.75 1.58 2.07
    Doctorate-granting 1.29 210 1.54 1.22 1.48 1.35
  Private not-for-profit 4-year 1.43 320 1.28 1.66 1.27 1.89
    Non-doctorate-granting 2.04 440 1.65 2.59 1.46 2.37
    Doctorate-granting 2.10 550 2.02 1.69 2.35 2.92
 Other 6.36 1,190 6.60 6.15 6.34 5.56
             
Highest enrollment after bachelor’s degree
   by 2003
           
  No additional degree enrollment 1.26 320 1.38 1.22 1.11 1.47
  Nongraduate degree or certificate 2.69 640 3.03 2.88 3.48 3.14
  Graduate or first-professional degree 1.13 260 1.46 1.47 1.18 1.38

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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