How it Average Total Indebtedness calculated on US News Premium Ed?

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<p>hi weenie, </p>

<p>these things are usually taken from the school's common data set (section H which talks about financial aid. However I do not see Bucknell's recent (2005 data) CDS on their site.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.bucknell.edu/Offices_Resources/Offices/Institutional_Research/Bucknells_Common_Data_Set.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bucknell.edu/Offices_Resources/Offices/Institutional_Research/Bucknells_Common_Data_Set.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>the 62% part is based on (section H4 of the CDS)</p>

<p>Provide the percentage of the 2005 undergraduate class who graduated between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005 and borrowed at any time through any loan programs (federal, state, subsidized, unsubsidized, private, etc.; exclude parent loans). Include only students who borrowed while enrolled at your institution.</p>

<p>the $17,000 is based on section H5 of the CDS</p>

<p>Report the average per-borrower cumulative undergraduate indebtedness of those in line H4. Do not include money borrowed at other institutions:</p>

<p>The sad thing is you even have to take these numbers with a grain of salt because it does not address students who transferred into Bucknell and may have debt from their previous school (only the debt taken at Bucknell)</p>

<p>hope this helps.</p>