Student loans are higher for post baccalaureate degree programs, which women are more likely to enroll in. Men seeking professional doctorates accumulated higher average levels of debt, according to a 2012 analysis ($32,982 compared with $28,856 for women), while women seeking academic doctorates took out a little over $1,900 more than men. And for master’s degree programs, women took out an average of about $1,500 more.
The organization recommended and is involved in addressing non-tuition costs like child care for single parents, assisting borrowers in income-driven repayments, loan refinancing, discharging student debt in bankruptcy and eliminating pay gaps by gender and race.