Just over half of all UC undergraduates who graduated in 2006-07 took out student loans while enrolled at UC.

UC undergraduates were more likely to graduate with student debt than students at seven of the eight UC comparison institutions (all but SUNY at Buffalo), consistent with UC's enrollment of a high percentage of low-income students and the fact that low-income students are more likely to borrow than higher-income students.

Sources: UCOP Corporate Student System and 2007-08 (2006-07 for Harvard) Common Data Set. The Corporate Student System contains data on all degree-seeking students Universitywide. The Common Data Set (CDS) is a statistical survey designed collaboratively by college guidebook publishers and higher education institutions for collecting standardized information from higher education institutions. Institutions typically provide information to CDS to reduce the burden of reporting to a number of guidebook publishers; data on all institutions are available to all participants.

Figures for the 2007-08 graduating class are available for UC but are not yet available for comparison institutions.

*Campus data are in Indicator 2.13.

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