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And for more on how the graduate and professional limits will affect student borrowing (and how parent borrowers will be affected by those new limits), here's another piece with more data from @peerresearch.bsky.social! www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl... 4/4

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Negotiators have also raised concern about the exclusion of other fields, like physical therapy, occupational therapy, audiology, and physician assistant programs. For more on current graduate borrowing, check out this report: www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl... 3/

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@peerresearch.bsky.social's @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social has looked at the current borrowing levels across fields of study. Check out the attached (green dots for fields that fall in the new definition) for more on the average annual borrowing of the largest professional fields today. 2/

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Clare McCann @claremccann.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

At this week's #highered negotiations, @usdeptofed.bsky.social proposed a new definition of professional programs that includes this list of 10, plus clinical psychology/psych Ph.Ds, and related programs (i.e., in the same 4-digit CIP code as any of those fields). 1/

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How to prorate loans for part-time students -- and how to implement the change for current borrowers -- is one topic on the agenda for a @usdeptofed.bsky.social live rulemaking next week.

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Clare McCann @claremccann.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

A really informative new report from my @peerresearch.bsky.social colleagues!

Clare McCann @claremccann.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Our best estimates of the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's accountability provision: ➡️For each credential level ➡️For each field of study ➡️For every state ➡️Across for-profits, non-profits, publics ➡️Across HBCUs, TCUs, HSIs, MSIs ➡️For every program at every college in the country

Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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As @usedgov.bsky.social implements a new #highered accountability law, @PEERResearch.bsky.social urged officials to: ➡️ Provide radically improved transparency ➡️ Maintain an earnings test for certificates, a debt-based test ➡️ Release already-collected data More: www.american.edu/spa/peer/rec...

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Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

As new grad. loan limits take effect, @PEERResearch.bsky.social dug into the data: ➡️ Health degrees account for nearly half of grad borrowing ➡️ High-debt fields typically have high median earnings ➡️ Typical borrowing varies, across schools and within programs www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl...

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Clare McCann @claremccann.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Excited to be at the @sheeoed.bsky.social conference on behalf of @peerresearch.bsky.social, catching up with old friends and learning more about all the #highered work happening in states across the country! Find me around the conference if you want to chat about PEER and our work!

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Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

@usedgov.bsky.social is planning a rulemaking on #highered accountability. Check out @peerresearch.bsky.social analysis of which programs fall short of the new reconciliation law's standards: www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl.... For researchers looking to get involved in the process, reach out to PEER!

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Clare McCann @claremccann.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Staff reductions @usedgov.bsky.social will likely facilitate an uptick in institutional misconduct, as colleges are able to get away with not following the rules, a senior FSA official acknowledged to @insidehighered.com @jessicablake.bsky.social www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

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Congress just passed a reconciliation package that codifies a new standard for #highered programs -- check out our latest from @claremccann.bsky.social @tiacaldwell.bsky.social @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social to see which programs fall short and what the policy leaves out. www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl...

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Clare McCann @claremccann.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

@jdmatsudaira.bsky.social and @clibassi.bsky.social explain what new graduate loan limits will mean, not only for borrowers in medical school but across the graduate education landscape. Check out this thread/follow @peerresearch.bsky.social for more!

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Clare McCann @claremccann.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

The Senate just passed a new #highered accountability framework -- @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social, @tiacaldwell.bsky.social, and I analyzed what it will mean for colleges, who's off the hook, and how Congress can improve it going forward. www.american.edu/spa/peer/acc...

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Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

RECONCILIATION WATCH: @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social, @tiacaldwell.bsky.social, @claremccann.bsky.social weigh in on the House’s risk-sharing framework. Read more about the impact of risk-sharing -- and another approach to IDing unaffordable programs without the pitfalls: www.american.edu/spa/peer/hou...

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A Closer Look at the House Risk-Sharing Proposal

A deep dive into the House bill uncovers drawbacks that would likely undermine these principles and the accountability sought by the proposal.

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Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Check out some of @peerresearch.bsky.social's latest work by @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social @srcellini.bsky.social @tiacaldwell.bsky.social @claremccann.bsky.social at peer-center.org -- and follow us on LinkedIn for more updates! www.linkedin.com/company/post...

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Clare McCann @claremccann.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

A great, informative new piece from my colleague @srcellini.bsky.social about an under-noticed piece slipped into the House #highered reconciliation package, and what the evidence base tells us about why it could be a dangerous idea.

Clare McCann @claremccann.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

(we read the House #highered reconciliation bill so you don't have to) 💅

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Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This morning, @claremccann.bsky.social of @peerresearch.bsky.social urged @usedgov.bsky.social to maintain the financial value transparency rules for #highered, ensuring students & policymakers have access to high-quality info about how much students pay for college and the payoff of their programs.

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Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Out today from @peerresearch.bsky.social: 22 states froze college tuition (or capped growth in tuition) at least once between 1990 to 2019. Here’s what happened. www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl... 1/

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Again, full report here! www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl... END/

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What does this mean? Clearly, there are programs where graduates are left with too much debt. But uniform loan limits (like those Congress is debating) would have very different impacts on different fields -- a point worthy of deeper consideration as we think about the right limits to set. 7/

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There are also big differences in debt within fields, too. Some schools leave graduates with way more debt than others -- but not necessarily with similarly higher earnings. Take law schools, for instance: Of 197 law programs in the data, 17 had median debt levels at least $50k above the median. 6/

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Every year, about 60,000 grad school completers leave with $100,000+ in graduate debt. That includes about 90% of those in medicine, dentistry, osteo; the typical law school grad; and even some with social work, MBA degrees. Not all those fields lead to high earnings. 5/

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...But those aren't necessarily the highest-debt programs. MBAs account for as much annual graduate loan volume as dentistry programs (because there are five times as many MBA borrowers), but one-fifth the annual debt load ($18k for MBAs, $80-100k for dentistry). 4/

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The 25 largest fields of study enroll about 47 percent of all graduate loan borrowers -- and those students account for 60 percent of all annual graduate borrowing. Biggies are health, law, business, education, social work, and psychology... 3/

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This figure blows my mind a little bit: Almost HALF of annual graduate borrowing is for health-related programs. In fact, *more than half* of the $3.8 billion increase in grad volume from 2016-2023 is in professional/doctoral medicine programs alone. 2/

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Clare McCann @claremccann.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

NEW REPORT: @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social knows the data on graduate student debt better than most -- and you should read his @peerresearch.bsky.social brief on the topic to learn more! www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl... 1/

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