The median original amount of the loan principal accumulated at the institution upon entering repayment. [Variable name in College Scorecard data is "DEBT_MEDN"]. These figures represent federal loans. Non-federal loans and federal loans not made to the student (e.g. Parent PLUS loans) are not included.

A 3-year cohort default rate is the percentage of a school's borrowers (completers and non-completers) who enter repayment on certain Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program or William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loans during a particular federal fiscal year, October 1st to September 30th, and default or meet other specified conditions prior to the end of the second following fiscal year. [Variable name in College Scorecard data is "crd3".] The data associated with each year are behind such that rates reported for 2018-19 depicts the default rates of borrowers who entered repayment between Oct. 1st 2016, to Sept. 30th, 2017.

Percent of undergraduate students awarded Pell grant aid: From among 1) all undergraduate degree/certificate-seeking students and 2) just first-time full-time undergraduate students (sub-group of item 1).

Pell Grant program (Higher Education Act of 1965, Title IV, Part A, Subpart I, as amended.) Provides grant assistance to eligible undergraduate postsecondary students with demonstrated financial need to help meet education expenses.

Undergraduate - A student enrolled in a 4- or 5-year bachelor's degree program, an associate's degree program, an associate's degree program, or a vocational or technical program below the baccalaureate.

Full-time student (Undergraduate) - A student enrolled for 12 or more semester credits, or 12 or more quarter credits, or 24 or more clock hours a week each term.

First-time student (undergraduate) - A student attending any institution for the first time at the undergraduate level.

Percent of undergraduates awarded federal student loans.

Loans to students - Any monies that must be repaid to the lending institution for which the student is the designated borrower. Includes all Title IV subsidized and unsubsidized loans. Does not include PLUS and other loans made directly to parents.

Undergraduate - A student enrolled in a 4- or 5-year bachelor's degree program, an associate's degree program, or a vocational or technical program below the bachelor's.