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2009 Leading Indicators in Academic Medicine: Educational Costs and Student Indebtedness in the United States
Figure 1. Distribution of Financial Aid
Totals by Category All Schools, 2009
Figure 2. Percentage of Graduates
with Medical School Debt, 2009
$45,378
$4,019,379
$559,729
89.00%
88.00%
$17,284,207
87.00%
All Schools
86.00%
Public
85.00%
Private
84.00%
Grants/Scholarships without a Service Commitment
83.00%
Grants/Scholarships with a Service Commitment
82.00%
Loans
81.00%
Work-Study Payments
80.00%
Figure 3. Trended By Average Medical School Debt of Indebted Graduates
$200,000
$150,000
All Schools
$100,000
Public
$50,000
Private
$0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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2009 Leading Indicators in Academic Medicine: Educational Costs and Student Indebtedness in the United States
Educational Costs and Student Indebtedness in the United States
Contributors: Jane Doe, PhD, Senior Research Analyst, Association of American Medical Colleges
Description: Trends in the past few years have raised concerns in the medical education community about the
sustainability of education costs and debt.
Rationale: Economic diversity in the workforce is an important objective. Increasing diversity in the health
care workforce has been cited as a solution to narrowing the gap in health care disparities disproportionately
experienced by racial and ethnic minorities and individuals of low socioeconomic status.1 The educational costs
and student indebtedness are important measures revealing the affordability of medical school. Over half of the
matriculating medical students are from families with household incomes in the highest quintile. The fraction
of students from the lowest quintile has never been greater than 5.5 percent.3
Methodologic Notes: The LCME Part I-B does not distinguish indebted graduates by resident or nonresident
status. Medical School Indebtedness only includes the debt incurred while in medical school. Premedical debt
and personal debt are excluded. Because of its unique mission and structure, the University of Alaska College
of Medicine is excluded from this report. Princeton University School of Medicine was unable to submit data in
2005.
Limitations: The Financial Aid distribution (Figure 1) only details service commitments secured during
medical school.
Sources: Figures 1, 2 and 3: LCME Part I-B Student Financial Aid Questionnaire, distributed annually to
medical school Financial Aid Administrators; Figures 4 and 5: AAMC Tuition and Student Fees Questionnaire,
distributed annually to medical school Principal Business Officers and Financial Aid Administrators. Data from
both questionnaires were retrieved the AAMC’s Medical School Profile System (MSPS) Database. The
AAMC's MSPS database captures national trends on educational costs and debt.
Acknowledgements: Figure 1 (Distribution of Financial Aid Totals by Category All Schools, 2009) was
featured in a poster session at the 6th Annual AAMC Physician Workforce Research Conference, Alexandria, Virginia,
May 5-7, 2010.
References:
1. Jolly P. Diversity of U.S. Medical Students by Parental Income. Analysis in Brief. 2008. Volume 8.
Number 1. Available from: http://www.aamc.org/data/aib/aibissues/aibvol8_no1.pdf.
2. Castillo-Page L. Diversity in the Physician Workforce: Facts & Figures 2006. Association of American
Medical Colleges, Washington, DC.
3. Jolly P.Medical School Tuition and Young Physician Indebtedness. AAMC 2004. Available from
https://services.aamc.org/Publications/showfile.cfm?file=version21.pdf&prd_id=102&prv_id=113&pdf_id=
21.