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How much are students borrowing for each credit that they earn?

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NOTE: "Completers" includes all who completed any degree or certificate by 2009; "Noncompleters" includes those who were not enrolled in 2009 and had not completed any degree or certificate by 2009. Excludes those who had not completed a degree or certificate and were still enrolled and those who first enrolled at public less-than-2-year or private nonprofit less-than-4-year institutions. Estimates include students enrolled in Title IV eligible postsecondary institutions in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
¹ Includes less-than-2-year, 2-year, and 4-year institutions.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003/04 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study, Second Follow-up (BPS:04/09).

Average amount borrowed in Stafford or Perkins loans per credit earned among 2003-04 Beginning Postsecondary Students.

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How does dependency status influence the types of financial aid students receive?

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NOTE: Students may receive more than one type of aid. Estimates include students enrolled in Title IV eligible postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
¹ Includes all types of financial aid from any source except parents, friends, or relatives. Includes Direct PLUS Loans to parents.
² Include grants, scholarships, or tuition waivers from federal, state, institutional, or private sources, including employers.
³ Include federal, state, institutional, and private (alternative) loans. Does not include Direct PLUS Loans to parents.
⁴ Include benefits to dependents.
⁵ Dependent students are undergraduates under age 24 who are not married, have no dependents, are not veterans or on active military duty, are not orphans or wards of the court, were not homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, and were not determined to be independent by a financial aid officer using professional judgment. Other undergraduates are considered to be independent.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2011-12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study(NPSAS:12).

Percentage of undergraduates receiving selected types of financial aid, by dependency status: 2011-12.

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How does race/ethnicity impact first-time bachelor's degree recipients' decisions to teach or consider teaching?

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NOTE: Taught includes bachelor's degree recipients who held K-12 teaching jobs, worked as short-term substitutes, or worked as teacher's aides before or after completing their degree. Prepared to teach includes bachelor's degree recipients who took courses to prepare for teaching at the Kâ€“12 level, completed student teaching, or were certified to teach at the K-12 level but had not taught. Considered teaching, but did not prepare or teach includes bachelor's degree recipients who reported that they were currently considering teaching in 2007-08 or 2009 but had not prepared to teach or taught by 2009. Did not consider, prepare, or teach includes bachelor's degree recipients who had not prepared to teach, taught, or reported considering teaching in 2007-08 or 2009. Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. Other includes American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates include students enrolled in Title IV eligible postsecondary institutions in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2008/09 Baccalaureate and Beyond Study (B&B:08/09).

Percentage distribution of 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients' race/ethnicity, by teaching status: 2009.

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What percentage of degree recipients left STEM fields?

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NOTE: ! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
¹Total STEM attrition rate which is the sum of the percentage of STEM entrants who switched majors to non-STEM fields and the percentage who left PSE without earning a degree or certificate. Total attrition rates in other fields were calculated in the same way.
² "Students who left PSE without a degree or certificate" are also referred to as students who dropped out of college or college dropouts in the text.
NOTE: STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) includes mathematics, physical sciences, biological/life sciences, engineering/engineering technologies, science technologies, and computer/information sciences. Due to small sample sizes, science technology majors were combined with engineering/engineering technology majors. The resulting category is labeled as "engineering/technologies." Social/behavioral sciences include economics, geography, international relations and affairs, political science and government, sociology, psychology, history, and other social sciences. Humanities include English language/literature/letters, foreign languages/literatures/linguistics, liberal arts and sciences/general studies/humanities, area/ethnic/cultural/gender studies, and philosophy/theology/religious studies. Business includes business, management, marketing, and related support services. Health sciences include health professions and related sciences, and residency programs. "PSE" refers to postsecondary education. Students who switched majors within a broad major category (e.g., from math to physics within STEM or from finance to marketing within business) are not considered as leavers from that broad major category. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates include students enrolled in Title IV eligible postsecondary institutions in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003/04 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study, Second Follow-up (BPS:04/09) and Postsecondary Education Transcript Study of 2009 (PETS:09).

Percentage of 2003-04 beginning bachelor's and associate's degree students who left STEM