This is a sample to illustrate the proper template. Content may not be accurate. 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 Figure 4. Figure 5. This is a sample to illustrate the proper template. Content may not be accurate. 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.