Table 41. U.S. citizen and permanent resident doctorate recipients with graduate education-related debt, by ethnicity, race, and broad field of study: 2016
Ethnicity, race, and debt level |
All fields |
Life sciencesa |
Physical sciences and earth sciences |
Mathematics and computer sciences |
Psychology and social sciences |
Engineering |
Education |
Humanities and arts |
Otherb |
All U.S. citizen and permanent resident doctorate recipients |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total (number)c |
34,042 |
8,392 |
3,545 |
1,644 |
6,404 |
3,974 |
4,072 |
4,256 |
1,755 |
Debt > $30,000 (%) |
24.2 |
17.4 |
8.7 |
11.1 |
37.6 |
9.2 |
38.8 |
30.0 |
38.1 |
Hispanic or Latino |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total (number)c |
2,411 |
635 |
173 |
90 |
530 |
267 |
309 |
296 |
111 |
Debt > $30,000 (%) |
30.7 |
21.7 |
9.2 |
14.4 |
48.1 |
9.7 |
46.9 |
32.1 |
46.8 |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total (number)c |
119 |
24 |
8 |
D |
29 |
8 |
D |
19 |
D |
Debt > $30,000 (%) |
34.5 |
25.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
51.7 |
0.0 |
D |
63.2 |
D |
Asian |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total (number)c |
2,999 |
900 |
298 |
207 |
411 |
620 |
201 |
177 |
185 |
Debt > $30,000 (%) |
11.1 |
8.8 |
4.7 |
5.8 |
19.2 |
6.1 |
21.4 |
20.3 |
16.8 |
Black or African American |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total (number)c |
2,227 |
495 |
89 |
74 |
467 |
166 |
590 |
164 |
182 |
Debt > $30,000 (%) |
52.7 |
42.8 |
27.0 |
27.0 |
65.3 |
24.1 |
62.4 |
50.6 |
66.5 |
White |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total (number)c |
24,852 |
6,008 |
2,827 |
1,178 |
4,654 |
2,738 |
2,802 |
3,438 |
1,207 |
Debt > $30,000 (%) |
22.5 |
16.1 |
8.5 |
10.7 |
35.0 |
8.8 |
33.9 |
29.1 |
35.9 |
More than one race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total (number)c |
1,018 |
262 |
108 |
65 |
214 |
118 |
97 |
111 |
43 |
Debt > $30,000 (%) |
27.5 |
18.3 |
11.1 |
15.4 |
41.1 |
12.7 |
50.5 |
32.4 |
51.2 |
Other race or race not reported |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total (number)c |
222 |
43 |
14 |
D |
60 |
29 |
D |
23 |
D |
Debt > $30,000 (%) |
20.7 |
18.6 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
40.0 |
3.4 |
D |
13.0 |
D |
Ethnicity not reported |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total (number)c |
194 |
25 |
28 |
15 |
39 |
28 |
21 |
28 |
10 |
Debt > $30,000 (%) |
25.3 |
12.0 |
10.7 |
6.7 |
30.8 |
7.1 |
47.6 |
46.4 |
50.0 |