Table A.10
Profile of debt to government student loan programs for 2005 graduates, by level of study and field of study (major fields and selected minor fields)

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  Total number of graduates Debt owing at graduation Debt profile of graduates who owed at graduation Average remaining debt for those who still owed two years after graduation
Average owed at graduation Without debt two years after graduation Reporting difficulties repaying debt Large debt at graduation - $25,000 and over
number percent dollars percent percent percent dollars
College
Total 71,800 34 12,800 21 29 12 10,900
Education 2,100 28 11,400 25 24 10E 9,800E
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 5,000 39 13,800 16E 41 12E 11,400
Humanities 700 36E 20,600 F F 47E 18,600E
Social and behavioural sciences, and law 7,700 35 13,500 14E 39 11E 11,600
Communications, journalism, and related programs 1,900 41 16,600 F 51 F 14,700
Legal professions and studies 1,000 37E 15,500 F 58E x 14,500
Business, management and public administration 17,600 31 11,900 23E 30 11E 10,600
Physical and life sciences, and technologies 700 48 11,300 31 19 10E 10,000
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 3,600 36 12,800 23 19 15E 11,300
Computer and information sciences and support services
and related interdisciplinary fields		 3,300 36 12,200 24 18 14E 10,600
Architecture, engineering and related technologies 12,100 34 11,300 28 25 9E 9,300
Engineering technologies / Technicians 6,800 37 12,200 32 26E 13E 11,200
Mechanic and repair technologies / Technicians 2,700 39 10,400 29E 24E x 7,000
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 1,700 37 12,000 23 24 12E 9,800
Agriculture, agricultural operations, and related sciences 900 34 10,000 22E 17E F 7,900
Natural resources and conservation 800 41 13,900 23E 30 18E 11,600
Health, parks, recreation and fitness 15,100 37 14,500 21 26 15E 12,300
Nursing 4,700 49 16,800 17E 26E 18E 13,200
Other health professions and related clinical sciences 9,600 30 12,500 24E 23E 13E 11,100E
Personal, protective and transportation services 5,100 29 11,600 13E 24E 8E 8,600
Personal and culinary services 1,300 34 12,200 8E 23E F 9,100
Security and protective services 3,500 28 10,700 15E 25E F 7,900
Bachelor
Total 94,800 43 19,500 30 26 32 16,900
Education 16,400 45 20,800 27 27 35 18,700
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 4,000 44 19,000 22 43 32 15,700
Humanities 7,100 44 19,800 22E 47 37 18,200
Social and behavioural sciences, and law 16,600 43 19,700 22E 29 33 17,800
Social sciences and related interdisciplinary fields 8,000 42 18,400 20E 35E 28E 16,800
Psychology and related interdisciplinary fields 3,000 47 21,500 F 20E 39E 18,100
Legal professions and studies 1,900 60 23,800 F F 48E 23,200E
Business, management and public administration 18,700 36 15,800 29 23 21 14,400
Physical and life sciences, and technologies 3,600 42 17,400 29 23E 25 14,800
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 4,900 41 19,600 42 24 34 17,300
Mathematics and statistics and related interdisciplinary fields 800 32E 21,900E 61E 38E 41E 26,000E
Computer and information sciences and support services
and related interdisciplinary fields		 4,200 42 19,300 39 22E 33 16,500
Architecture, engineering and related technologies 8,800 44 18,100 39 17E 28 15,100
Architecture and related services and related interdisciplinary studies 300E 54E 20,700E x x x F
Engineering 7,800 43 18,200 39 17E 27 14,800
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 1,400 46 16,300 33 17 28 13,000
Agriculture, agricultural operations, and related sciences 600 48 15,700 29 14E 26E 12,200
Natural resources and conservation 800 45 16,800 36 19E 29 13,600
Health, parks, recreation and fitness 11,900 52 23,600 38 16 39 17,900
Medicine 800E 77 26,800 62 F 38E 23,800
Nursing 5,200 45 21,100 33 18E 38 19,300
Other health professions and related clinical sciences 3,900 58 25,500 38 12E 43 15,500
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 1,900 45 17,800 31E F F 15,600
Personal, protective and transportation services 600 32 17,300 20E 29E 30E 14,600
Master
Total 24,800 34 18,800 33 23 27 15,800
Education 3,600 22 19,200 35 30E 31E 15,100
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 500 51 19,300 21E 46 30 17,800
Humanities 1,600 38 20,500 29E 32E 30E 19,600
Social and behavioural sciences, and law 2,900 45 19,200 22E 21E 28 15,500
Business, management and public administration 7,400 25 17,400 33 19E 25E 14,500
Physical and life sciences, and technologies 1,200 36 16,000 35 19E 24 13,000
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 1,400 43 20,100 32 27 30 16,300
Mathematics and statistics and related interdisciplinary fields 200 25E 18,400 x x x 12,600E
Computer and information sciences and support services
and related interdisciplinary fields		 900 46 20,200 37 25E 28 16,300
Library science 400 42 20,400 23E 34E 32E 17,400
Architecture, engineering and related technologies 3,000 41 19,600 44 25 26 18,000
Architecture and related services and related interdisciplinary studies 600 60 24,400 22E 23E 30E 20,900
Engineering 2,300 37 17,700 52 26 24E 16,300
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 600 46 18,600 33 25 26 15,800
Agriculture, agricultural operations, and related sciences 200 42 18,600 39E 17E 27E 13,900
Natural resources and conservation 400 48 18,700 31 28 25 16,500
Health, parks, recreation and fitness 2,200 45 19,200 35 15E 25 14,600
Other health professions and related clinical sciences 1,600 50 19,400 29 12E 24 14,700
Parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies 200 51 12,900 40E x x 12,600E
Personal, protective and transportation services 100 23 19,200 47E x x 14,700
Doctorate
Total 3,200 34 22,900 30 25 35 19,700
Education 300 21 23,000 36 32 34 16,900
Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies 100 41 24,500 30E x 45 23,500
Humanities 300 44 24,500 22 38 38 20,600
Social and behavioural sciences, and law 700 48 25,300 30 23 41 21,900
Business, management and public administration 100 29 17,900 28E 32E x 15,200
Physical and life sciences, and technologies 800 32 19,200 35 20 29 17,200
Mathematics, computer and information sciences 200 26 24,000 23E x 36 19,800E
Architecture, engineering and related technologies 400 23 19,800 38 18 28 16,500
Engineering 400 22 20,200 40 19 28 16,900
Agriculture, natural resources and conservation 100 32 21,900 x 41 32 17,300
Health, parks, recreation and fitness 300 29 23,400 32 21 41 19,000
Other health professions and related clinical sciences 200 27 19,500 33 x 33 15,400
Personal, protective and transportation services x x x x x x x
Note: Graduates who pursued further education after their 2005 graduation are excluded from this table.
The sum of graduates by major field of study may not add up to the total number of graduates due to the fact that the field of study could not be coded for some graduates.
Averages and numbers are rounded to the nearest 100, but analysis is carried out on unrounded values.
Source: Statistics Canada, National Graduates Survey (Class of 2005).
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