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NETMCDO 2015 Sally Gaskill Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research The Debt Issue: What do SNAAP Data Say?

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NETMCDO 2015

Sally Gaskill Indiana University

Center for Postsecondary Research

The Debt Issue: What do SNAAP Data Say?

SNAAP Basics

First annual survey 2008

Alumni of all ages are surveyed

All arts degrees – performing arts, visual arts, design, film, architecture, creative writing

Numbers92,000 total respondents(current dataset)

16,000+ music majors from 105 schools

Music degrees: 63% undergraduate -- 36%graduate level

The Debt Issue

Paid for School with Student Loans

Music Comp etc Music Performance Music Ed0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

44% 45% 43%

By Music Discipline

Recent Non-Recent0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

57%

42%

Recent v. Non-Recent

Music Majors All Other Majors0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

45%53%

Music Majors v. All Other Majors

Impact of Student Loan Debt

Recent Non-Recent0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

42%

20%

38% 33%20%

47%

Music Majors: Recent v. Non-Recent

Major impact Some impact No impact

Music Comp etc Music Performance Music Ed0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

28% 26%18%

33% 34% 34%39% 40%48%

By Music Discipline

Major impact Some impact No impact

Music Majors All Other Majors0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

24%33%34% 34%

42%33%

Music Majors v. All Other Majors

Major impact Some impact No impact

Amount of Debt Incurred (By Music Discipline)

$10,000 or less $10,001 to $20,000

$20,001 to $30,000

$30,001 to $40,000

$40,001 to $50,000

$50,001 to $60,000

More than $60,000

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

31%23%

16%9% 7% 4%

11%

33%

24%

16%

10%6%

3%

7%

38%

25%

17%

8%

5%

3%

4%

Music Comp etc Music Performance Music Ed

Amount of Debt Incurred (Music Recent v. Non-Recent)

$10,000 or less

$10,001 to $20,000

$20,001 to $30,000

$30,001 to $40,000

$40,001 to $50,000

$50,001 to $60,000

More than $60,000

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

16%20% 20%

13%10%

7%13%

38%

25%

15%9%

5% 2% 5%

Recent Non-Recent

Amount of Debt Incurred (Music Majors v. All Other Majors)

$10,000 or less

$10,001 to $20,000

$20,001 to $30,000

$30,001 to $40,000

$40,001 to $50,000

$50,001 to $60,000

More than $60,000

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

34%

24%

16%

10%6% 3%

7%

24% 22%18%

11%7% 5%

12%

Music Majors All Other Majors

Majority of Work Time Spent in a Field Associated with the Arts

Recent Non-Recent0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

71% 69%

Recent v. Non-Recent

Music Comp etc Music Performance Music Ed0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

66% 68%75%

By Music Discipline

Music Majors All Other Majors0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

70% 67%

Music Majors v. All Other Majors

Currently Working as an Artist

Music Comp etc Music Performance Music Ed0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

55%61%

46%

By Music Discipline

Recent Non-Recent0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

56% 56%

Recent v. Non-Recent

Music Majors All Other Majors0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

56% 54%

Music Majors v. All Other Majors

Reasons for not Working as a Professional Artist (Music Majors)

Higher pay o

r steadier i

ncome in

other fields

Change in in

terests

Artisti

c work

not ava

ilable

Family

-related re

asons

Debt (inclu

ding student lo

ans)

Lack

of acc

ess to im

portant n

etworks

and people

Current lo

cation no co

nducive to

artisti

c care

er

Lack

of socia

l support

from fa

mily and fr

iends0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

56%

35% 34%23%

17% 16% 16%7%

In sum: Debt and Its Impact

• Escalation of student debt for music majors consistent with national trends: • Recent music grads are more likely to have student

loans than non-recent (by 15 percentage points)

• 80% of recent music grads say debt had an impact on their further education and careers (v 53% of non-recent)

• Music majors have less debt than other arts majors (on average) • Debt has less of an impact on music majors’

decisions about further education and careers than other majors

Career Paths

• 70% of all music majors currently spend most of their time in arts-related work

• Same % of recent music grads and non-recent music grads music work as artists (56%)

• Music education majors are more likely to work in the arts than music performance majors

• Only 17% of music majors say “debt (including students loans” is a reason they are not working as an artist (though 56% say “higher pay or steadier income in other fields”)

Lots more data: snaap.indiana.edu

Sally Gaskill, SNAAP Director(812) 856-5824

[email protected]