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STUDY QUESTIONS 2
1. How have 2007-08 college graduates participated in the labor market and in postsecondary education during the first 4 years after completing their bachelor's degrees? 3
2. How many graduates were repaying education loans, and what was their debt burden in 2012? 7
3. In what types of degree programs did graduates enroll after receiving their 2007-08 bachelor's degrees? What additional degrees or certificates did they earn within 4 years of completing their bachelor's degrees? 10
TECHNICAL NOTES 13
REFERENCES 18
APPENDIX A. DATA TABLES 19
APPENDIX B. STANDARD ERROR TABLES 23
TABLE 1. OCCUPATION BY SEX AND RACE/ETHNICITY Among 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who had a current or most recent primary job, percentage distribution of occupational category of primary job, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2012 4
FIGURE 1. EMPLOYMENT AND ENROLLMENT STATUS Percentage distribution of 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients, by employment and enrollment status: 2012 3
FIGURE 2. MEDIAN ANNUALIZED SALARY BY OCCUPATION Among 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who were employed full time in their current or most recent primary job, median annualized salary, by occupational category: 2012 5
FIGURE 3. UNEMPLOYMENT AFTER A BACHELOR'S DEGREE Among 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients, percentage who had been unemployed for 1 month or more at least once since earning the bachelor's degree, by bachelor's degree major: 2012 6
FIGURE 4. REPAYMENT STATUS Among 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients who had borrowed for their education, percentage distribution of loan repayment status, by enrollment and employment status: 2012 7
FIGURE 5. DEBT BURDEN BY EMPLOYMENT Among 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients who had borrowed for their education, were employed, and were in repayment, average monthly loan payment as a percentage of monthly salary,... 8
FIGURE 6. DEBT BURDEN BY DEGREE ATTAINMENT Among 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients who had borrowed for their education, were employed, and were in repayment, average monthly loan payment as a percentage of monthly salary,... 9
FIGURE 7. ENROLLMENT AFTER EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE Percentage distribution of 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who enrolled in a degree program within 4 years of earning the bachelor's degree, by type of highest degree program... 10
FIGURE 8. POSTBACCALAUREATE DEGREE COMPLETION Percentage distribution of 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who had enrolled in postbaccalaureate education, by highest degree completed: 2012 11
Exhibits
Exhibit 1. Selected statistics on the 2008/12 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:08/12) data collections: 2012 13
Exhibit 2. Summary of interview-level nonresponse bias analysis results and differences between pre- and poststratification estimates using panel weight, by type of institution: 2012 15
Exhibit 3. Bias analysis results 16
Table A-1. Estimates for figure 1: EMPLOYMENT AND ENROLLMENT STATUS Percentage distribution of 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients, by employment and enrollment status: 2012 19
Table A-2. Estimates for figure 2: MEDIAN ANNUALIZED SALARY BY OCCUPATION Among 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who were employed full time in their current or most recent primary job, median annualized salary, by occupational... 19
Table A-3. Estimates for figure 3: UNEMPLOYMENT AFTER A BACHELOR'S DEGREE Among 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients, percentage who had been unemployed for 1 month or more at least once since earning the bachelor's degree,... 20
Table A-4. Estimates for figure 4: REPAYMENT STATUS Among 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients who had borrowed for their education, percentage distribution of loan repayment status, by enrollment and employment status: 2012 20
Table A-5. Estimates for figure 5: DEBT BURDEN BY EMPLOYMENT Among 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients who had borrowed for their education, were employed, and were in repayment, average monthly loan payment as a percentage... 21
Table A-6. Estimates for figure 6: DEBT BURDEN BY DEGREE ATTAINMENT Among 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients who had borrowed for their education, were employed, and were in repayment, average monthly loan payment... 21
Table A-7. Estimates for figure 7: ENROLLMENT AFTER EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE Percentage distribution of 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who enrolled in a degree program within 4 years of earning the bachelor's degree,... 22
Table A-8. Estimates for figure 8: POSTBACCALAUREATE DEGREE COMPLETION Percentage distribution of 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who had enrolled in postbaccalaureate education, by highest degree completed: 2012 22
Table B-1. Standard errors for table A-1 and figure 1: EMPLOYMENT AND ENROLLMENT STATUS Percentage distribution of 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients, by employment and enrollment status: 2012 23
Table B-2. Standard errors for table A-2 and figure 2: MEDIAN ANNUALIZED SALARY BY OCCUPATION Among 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who were employed full time in their current or most recent primary job, median annualized salary,... 23
Table B-3. Standard errors for table A-3 and figure 3: UNEMPLOYMENT AFTER A BACHELOR'S DEGREE Among 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients, percentage who had been unemployed for 1 month or more at least once since earning the bachelor's degree,... 23
Table B-4. Standard errors for table A-4 and figure 4: REPAYMENT STATUS Among 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients who had borrowed for their education, percentage distribution of loan repayment status, by enrollment and employment status: 2012 24
Table B-5. Standard errors for table A-5 and figure 5: DEBT BURDEN BY EMPLOYMENT Among 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients who had borrowed for their education, were employed, and were in repayment, average monthly loan payment... 24
Table B-6. Standard errors for table A-6 and figure 6: DEBT BURDEN BY DEGREE ATTAINMENT Among 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients who had borrowed for their education, were employed, and were in repayment, average monthly loan payment... 24
Table B-7. Standard errors for table A-7 and figure 7: ENROLLMENT AFTER EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE Percentage distribution of 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who enrolled in a degree program within 4 years of earning the bachelor's degree,... 25
Table B-8. Standard errors for table A-8 and figure 8: POSTBACCALAUREATE DEGREE COMPLETION Percentage distribution of 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who had enrolled in postbaccalaureate education, by highest degree completed: 2012 25
Table B-9. Standard errors for table 1. OCCUPATION BY SEX AND RACE/ETHNICITY Among 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who had a current or most recent primary job, percentage distribution of occupational category of primary job,... 26