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The title of this graph is “Chart 4.6 Proportion of bachelor graduates with government debt and average amount of government debt by major field of study for bachelor graduates who had government debt at graduation”

This is a bar clustered chart.
There are in total 14 categories in the vertical axis.

The horizontal axis starts at 0 and ends at 35,000 with ticks every 5,000 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The top horizontal axis is "percent."
The bottom horizontal axis is “dollars”.
The vertical axis is "Fields of study."
The title of series 1 is "Average government debt at graduation."
The minimum value is 18,100 and it corresponds to "Personal, Protective and Transportation Services."
The maximum value is 30,400 and it corresponds to "Health, Parks, Recreation and Fitness."
The title of series 2 is "Proportion of graduates with large government debt at graduation."
The minimum value is 25 and it corresponds to "Business, Management and Public Administration."
The maximum value is 55 and it corresponds to "Health, Parks, Recreation and Fitness."

Data table for chart 4.6
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for chart 4.6 Average government debt at graduation and Proportion of graduates with large government debt at graduation (appearing as column headers).
  Average government debt at graduation (dollars) Proportion of graduates with large government debt at graduation (percent)
Education 21,800 33
Visual and Performing Arts, and Communications Technologies 21,100 38
Humanities 21,000 43
Social and Behavioural Sciences, and Law 22,800 45
Business, Management and Public Administration 18,800 25
Physical and Life Sciences, and Technologies 23,300 48
Mathematics, Computer and Information Sciences 18,800 29
Architecture, Engineering and Related Technologies 20,000 35
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation 22,200 43
Health, Parks, Recreation and Fitness 30,400 55
Personal, Protective and Transportation Services 18,100 32
Note:
Graduates who pursued further education after their 2009-2010 graduation are excluded from chart.
Source:
Statistics Canada, National Graduates Survey, 2013 (Class of 2009-2010).
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