The Debt Burden of Bachelor's Degree Recipients

Title:	The Debt Burden of Bachelor's Degree Recipients
Description:	This Statistics in Brief examines the student loan repayment status and outstanding debt of 2007–08 bachelor’s degree recipients 4 years after they completed their degree. The data used in this study are drawn from a nationally representative, longitudinal survey of students who completed the requirements for a bachelor’s degree during the 2007–08 academic year—the Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:08/12).
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (2.4MB) Download and view the tables, standard error tables, and programming files used to produce this report.
Cover Date:	April 2017
Web Release:	April 20, 2017
Publication #:	NCES 2017436
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Erin Dunlop Velez and Jennie H. Woo, RTI International
Type of Product:	Statistics in Brief
Survey/Program Areas:	Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B)
Keywords:	Cost of Higher Education Higher Education • financing of Postsecondary Education • finance • outcomes Student Financial Aid Students • financial aid
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Statistics in Brief, please contact: Aurora M. D'Amico.