Student Market Measure

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Student Measuremarket

Loan Originations

Loan originations are the GROSS amount of student loans that enrolled students agreed to borrow in FY 2006. Originations do not represent the maximum amount that students were qualified to borrow, or the NET amount that was actually disbursed to students in the Fiscal Year. Student Marketmeasure has found that gross originations is the most useful valuation of the FFEL and FDL loan programs. In general, the amount students are qualified to borrow is approximately 10% higher than gross originations, and gross originations are higher than total loans disbursed in a Fiscal Year.