University of California 2009 Accountability Report

Indicator 6.18
Professional Degree Students Graduating with Debt, 2001-02 to 2007-08

Data visualization. please download the source data for accessible information.

The percent of professional degree students who graduate with debt varies by discipline.

The recent increase in the percent of students in the "Other Non-Health" category who graduate with debt may reflect the recent introduction of professional degree fees in Public Policy and Pacific International Affairs.

Source: UCOP Corporate Student System. This system contains data on all degree-seeking students Universitywide. More information on student financial support at UC can be found at http://www.ucop.edu/sas/sfs/.

“Other Health” includes all health science fields other than medicine, such as dentistry, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, public health and veterinary medicine. “Other Professional” includes interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary fields, as well as fields such as architecture, communications, divinity, library and information science, public policy and social welfare.

You may view or download a table of the raw data used to generate these charts in CSV files, which can be opened in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.