Characteristics of Undergraduate Borrowers: 1999-2000
Published Jan 2003
This report describes the population of undergraduate students who borrowed to help finance their college attendance between 1999 and 2000. Two sets of borrower groups were considered and the report describes the demographic and enrollment characteristics of these borrowers, as well as their risk for not completing college and the various types of loans and other financial aid they received. The report also considers all borrowers as a group and explores the likelihood of borrowers with certain characteristics obtaining particular types of financial aid.