MEDICAL-STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, 1996-1997

Authors
BERAN RL LAWSON GE
Citation
Rl. Beran et Ge. Lawson, MEDICAL-STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, 1996-1997, JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association, 280(9), 1998, pp. 819-820
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00987484
Volume
280
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
819 - 820
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-7484(1998)280:9<819:MFA1>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Loans account for the major portion of financial aid available to medi cal students. In the academic year 1996-1997, 80.1% of all available f inancial 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 $75 000.