Medical student financial assistance, 1996-1997.
Loans account for the major portion of financial aid available to medical students. In the academic year 1996-1997, 80.1% of all available financial aid came from loans, and medical students borrowed more than $1.11 billion. Of the 1997 medical school graduating class, 83.2% had educational debt, 46% of whom had mean educational debt levels higher than $75000.
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Division of Student Affairs and Education Services, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC 20037, USA. rberan@aamc.org
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