Investigating the impact of student loan debt on new practitioners

摘要

Background: United States student loan debt has surpassed $1.7 trillion and continues to rise. Generally described as a "crisis," the state of student loan debt in the United States is a subject of increasing consideration, research, and analysis by federal government agencies, nonprofit organizations, economists, and students who carry the balance. Excessive student loan debt has been hypothesized to affect students' career choice, diminish quality of life, negatively affect their ability to give back to society at large, and delay progress on achieving other financial goals such as saving for retirement. Current available research evaluating the impact of this debt on student pharmacists and new practitioners is limited.