Table 5.7.6
Incidence and repayment of government student loans among Class of 2000 graduates4 two and five years after graduation, by level of study and type of program, Quebec

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Graduates who owed money for their education to government student loan programs at graduation
% standard error average loan in dollars standard error
College graduates
All programs 53.5 (2.0) 8,000 (254)
Health programs1 59.8 (5.0) 8,500 (788)
Dental support services and allied professions 64.2 (9.5) 6,400 (854)
Health and medical administrative services x x
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions F x
Nursing F x
Nursing / registered nurse .. ..
Licensed practical / vocational nurse training .. ..
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 62.3 E (13.5) 6,400 (916)
Health aides / attendants / orderlies .. ..
Selected health-related programs2 62.0 E (14.6) 13,100 E (2,181)
Social work 62.0 E (14.6) 13,100 E (2,181)
All other programs3 52.7 (2.1) 7,800 (265)
University graduates
All programs 43.0 (1.2) 14,000 (297)
Health programs1 44.7 (2.4) 15,300 (545)
Medicine F 20,800 (1,665)
Nursing 33.5 (3.0) 12,600 (662)
Nursing / registered nurse 29.1 E (6.6) 13,400 (1,575)
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 77.2 (7.4) 16,400 (2,132)
Selected health-related programs2 55.3 (5.5) 14,200 (892)
Psychology 66.0 (7.6) 15,800 (1,311)
Social work 43.8 E (9.6) 12,300 (1,189)
Health and physical education / fitness 48.0 E (11.8) 10,700 E (2,083)
All other programs3 41.9 (1.4) 13,900 (350)
Bachelor graduates
All programs 41.0 (1.5) 13,400 (385)
Health programs1 39.1 (2.8) 14,000 (638)
Medicine F 24,400 E (4,361)
Nursing 33.8 (3.2) 12,600 (688)
Nursing / registered nurse 29.2 E (6.8) 12,600 (1,470)
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 76.1 (8.4) 15,400 (2,180)
Selected health-related programs2 46.3 (7.6) 12,300 (918)
Psychology 52.5 E (13.8) 11,300 (1,412)
Social work 42.7 E (11.0) 13,200 (1,290)
Health and physical education / fitness 44.1 E (14.0) 12,100 E (2,495)
All other programs3 40.9 (1.7) 13,400 (451)
Master's graduates
All programs 45.9 (2.4) 15,000 (547)
Health programs1 45.7 (6.4) 16,300 (1,883)
Nursing 32.2 E (10.3) 13,300 E (2,369)
Nursing / registered nurse F x
Selected health-related programs2 68.7 (8.4) 15,800 (1,682)
Psychology 77.3 (8.9) 18,100 (1,854)
Social work F x
All other programs3 43.7 (2.7) 14,800 (604)
Doctoral graduates
All programs 55.8 (2.5) 16,700 (609)
Health programs1 80.1 (4.0) 18,500 (898)
Selected health-related programs2 68.7 (6.3) 17,600 (1,624)
All other programs3 46.7 (2.9) 15,500 (861)
Graduates who owed money for their education to government student loan programs two years after graduation
% standard error average loan in dollars standard error
College graduates
All programs 39.6 (1.9) 6,900 (304)
Health programs1 46.7 (5.3) 6,700 (853)
Dental support services and allied professions 48.2 E (10.2) 4,600 E (1,197)
Health and medical administrative services x x
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions .. ..
Nursing .. ..
Nursing / registered nurse .. ..
Licensed practical / vocational nurse training .. ..
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions x x
Health aides / attendants / orderlies .. ..
Selected health-related programs2 x x
Social work x x
All other programs3 38.6 (2.1) 6,700 (323)
University graduates
All programs 32.3 (1.1) 11,800 (337)
Health programs1 30.4 (2.2) 12,100 (624)
Medicine 80.9 (6.0) 16,300 (1,300)
Nursing 25.2 (2.8) 9,800 (783)
Nursing / registered nurse 24.2 E (6.1) 9,400 E (1,659)
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 42.8 E (9.8) 14,600 E (3,111)
Selected health-related programs2 42.4 (5.4) 12,000 (972)
Psychology 49.6 (7.7) 13,100 (1,464)
Social work 38.6 E (9.4) 10,600 (1,388)
Health and physical education / fitness F x
All other programs3 31.9 (1.3) 11,800 (394)
Bachelor graduates
All programs 31.5 (1.4) 11,100 (428)
Health programs1 26.7 (2.5) 10,500 (698)
Medicine 71.2 E (13.6) 17,700 E (3,173)
Nursing 26.4 (3.0) 9,600 (785)
Nursing / registered nurse 23.9 E (6.3) 8,200 E (1,379)
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 34.2 E (9.8) 11,800 E (2,663)
Selected health-related programs2 38.3 E (7.4) 10,000 (1,077)
Psychology F 7,900 (1,298)
Social work 42.7 E (11.0) 11,000 (1,459)
Health and physical education / fitness F x
All other programs3 31.8 (1.6) 11,300 (496)
Master's graduates
All programs 32.6 (2.3) 13,300 (637)
Health programs1 24.6 E (5.8) 15,200 (2,143)
Nursing F x
Nursing / registered nurse F x
Selected health-related programs2 48.9 E (8.7) 14,000 (1,750)
Psychology 59.5 E (10.4) 15,400 (1,872)
Social work F F
All other programs3 31.7 (2.6) 13,000 (713)
Doctoral graduates
All programs 41.3 (2.5) 13,400 (697)
Health programs1 63.4 (5.4) 14,800 (1,088)
Selected health-related programs2 46.8 (6.7) 16,600 (1,917)
All other programs3 33.6 (2.7) 12,100 (958)
Graduates who owed money for their education to government student loan programs five years after graduation
% standard error average loan in dollars standard error
College graduates
All programs 29.3 (1.8) 5,900 (429)
Health programs1 35.8 (5.5) 3,700 (466)
Dental support services and allied professions 38.6 E (9.6) 3,600 E (852)
Health and medical administrative services x x
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions .. ..
Nursing .. ..
Nursing / registered nurse .. ..
Licensed practical / vocational nurse training .. ..
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions F x
Health aides / attendants / orderlies .. ..
Selected health-related programs2 F x
Social work F x
All other programs3 28.4 (1.9) 6,100 (483)
University graduates
All programs 24.6 (1.0) 9,600 (299)
Health programs1 20.1 (1.8) 10,300 (779)
Medicine 40.4 E (9.6) 17,000 (2,787)
Nursing 17.5 (2.3) 8,700 (921)
Nursing / registered nurse 17.6 E (5.1) 6,900 E (1,516)
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 32.4 E (9.2) F
Selected health-related programs2 36.8 (5.2) 10,000 (1,020)
Psychology 44.4 E (7.6) 10,200 (1,562)
Social work 32.2 E (8.9) 9,600 (1,312)
Health and physical education / fitness F x
All other programs3 24.4 (1.2) 9,500 (337)
Bachelor graduates
All programs 23.8 (1.3) 8,900 (332)
Health programs1 18.0 (2.0) 8,600 (746)
Medicine F x
Nursing 18.9 (2.5) 8,600 (934)
Nursing / registered nurse 16.8 E (5.2) 5,900 E (1,403)
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions F 4,800 E (803)
Selected health-related programs2 35.8 E (7.2) 8,200 (1,217)
Psychology F 5,600 E (1,809)
Social work 37.6 E (10.7) 9,800 (1,388)
Health and physical education / fitness F x
All other programs3 23.9 (1.4) 8,900 (373)
Master's graduates
All programs 26.7 (2.2) 11,000 (679)
Health programs1 17.0 E (5.5) 10,700 E (3,044)
Nursing F x
Nursing / registered nurse F x
Selected health-related programs2 38.9 E (8.4) 12,400 (1,730)
Psychology 51.3 E (10.5) 13,000 (1,863)
Social work F x
All other programs3 26.3 (2.5) 10,800 (757)
Doctoral graduates
All programs 26.4 (2.2) 12,700 (944)
Health programs1 37.8 (5.6) 15,400 (1,992)
Selected health-related programs2 35.3 E (6.5) 12,400 (1,424)
All other programs3 21.9 (2.3) 11,200 (1,113)

.. not available for a specific reference period

… not applicable

x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

E use with caution

F too unreliable to be published

1. Excludes veterinary programs.

2. Includes Psychology, Social work, Epidemiology and Health and physical education / fitness programs.

3. Includes veterinary programs but excludes all health programs, Psychology, Social work, Epidemiology and Health and physical education / fitness.

4. Graduates who pursued further education after 2000 are excluded from this table.

Note: Type of program is defined using the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). See Appendix 3 for more details.

Source: Follow-up Survey of Graduates (Class of 2000), Statistics Canada.