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Table 1. Total amount borrowed in postsecondary loans as of 2012 by all 2002 high school sophomores with subsequent postsecondary enrollment, by parents' 2002 socioeconomic status

  Parents' SE
Total amount borrowed in postsecondary student loans Low Middle High
Total 42.1 37.7 41.5
$0.01-$9,99921.716.910.0
$10,000-$24,99919.521.318.6
$25,000-$49,9999.814.314.3
$50,000+7.09.815.7
SOURCE: Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) Third Follow-up Restricted-use File.