Table B.3.1
Percentage of graduates who borrowed from government student loan programs and their average debt at graduation, 2009-2010 graduatesNote 1, CanadaNote 2 and provinces

Warning View the most recent version.

Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please "contact us" to request a format other than those available.

Archived

This page has been archived on the Web.

Table B.3.1
Percentage of graduates who borrowed from government student loan programs and their average debt at graduation, 2009-2010 graduatesNote 1, CanadaNote 2 and provinces
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of graduates who borrowed from government student loan programs and their average debt at graduation. The information is grouped by Province of study and level of education (appearing as row headers), Percentage of graduates who borrowed from the government and Average debt at graduation of those who borrowed, calculated using percentage and current dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province of study and level of education Percentage of graduatesNote 3 who borrowed from the government Average debt at graduation of those who borrowed
percentage current dollars
Canada  
All levels of postsecondary education 46 14,800
College 39 11,500
Bachelor's 49 16,700
Master's 49 14,100
Doctorate 44 18,100
All university 49 16,200
Newfoundland and Labrador  
All levels of postsecondary education 53 18,100
College 44 13,300
Bachelor's 59 21,000
Master's 59 17,700
Doctorate 40Note E: Use with caution 47,800Note E: Use with caution
All university 59 20,700
Prince Edward Island  
All levels of postsecondary education 55 17,000
College 51 12,600
Bachelor's 61 22,900
Master's 61 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Doctorate Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
All university 60 22,100
Nova Scotia  
All levels of postsecondary education 52 20,100
College 48 13,200
Bachelor's 56 23,600
Master's 52 20,000
Doctorate 42 23,100Note E: Use with caution
All university 55 22,900
New Brunswick  
All levels of postsecondary education 65 25,200
College 62 13,900
Bachelor's 69 28,700
Master's 44 16,300
Doctorate 41 43,300Note E: Use with caution
All university 65 27,700
Quebec  
All levels of postsecondary education 51 8,400
College 40 6,500
Bachelor's 54 8,400
Master's 61 9,500
Doctorate 60 14,800
All university 56 9,000
Ontario  
All levels of postsecondary education 46 16,600
College 42 13,300
Bachelor's 50 18,100
Master's 44 18,700
Doctorate 34 21,500
All university 48 18,300
Manitoba  
All levels of postsecondary education 29 12,500
College 22 8,900
Bachelor's 34 14,200
Master's 35 11,000
Doctorate 24Note E: Use with caution 11,600Note E: Use with caution
All university 34 13,700
Saskatchewan  
All levels of postsecondary education 39 18,300
College 36 10,800
Bachelor's 43 22,600
Master's 31 16,000
Doctorate 37 27,000Note E: Use with caution
All university 41 21,900
Alberta  
All levels of postsecondary education 39 16,500
College 34 11,600
Bachelor's 42 19,200
Master's 41 14,400
Doctorate 31 27,900Note E: Use with caution
All university 41 18,700
British Columbia  
All levels of postsecondary education 39 18,200
College 29 12,800
Bachelor's 44 21,600
Master's 43 13,400
Doctorate 37 12,200
All university 44 20,200
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note 1.

For graduates who incurred government student loans and who reported data three years after graduation.

Return to note 1 referrer

Note 2.

The Canada totals include data for the territories. Separate estimates for the territories were suppressed because of high sampling errors.

Return to note 2 referrer

Note 3.

The calculation includes graduates who had paid off government student loans completely at graduation.

Return to note 3 referrer

Notes: The amounts are rounded to the nearest hundred.
Not comparable with Table B.3.2, as table B.3.2 excludes graduates who pursued any further postsecondary education program. To convert this current dollar data to constant dollar amounts for comparison over time, it is recommended that the Consumer Price Index be used. For the index and further details on converting see Table F.1.3.
Source: Statistics Canada, National Graduates Survey (Class of 2009-2010).
Date modified: