Recent increases in borrowing among professional degree program students reflect a combination of factors, including increases to professional degree fees that have occurred since 2002-03 and increased access to, and awareness of, federal student loan programs.

In general, higher levels of student borrowing are found in disciplines with high levels of potential earnings (e.g., law, medicine, dentistry and optometry) and/or access to federal, regional or institutional loan repayment assistance programs.

Student indebtedness is one of several affordability indicators that is considered by the Regents as they review multiyear fee plans submitted by the University's professional degree programs.

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/.

Figures are in constant inflation-adjusted 2007 dollars.

“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.

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