Per capita debt of university graduates in the U.S. 2019 | Statista

This statistic shows the amount of debt that university graduates had per capita in the United States from the 2003/04 academic year to 2018/19. In 2018/19, the per capita debt that graduates had stood at 16,109 U.S. dollars.

Per capita graduate debt levels in the United States from the academic year of 2003/04 to 2018/19 (in U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Per capita debt levels
2018/19	16,109
2017/18	16,790
2016/17	16,531
2015/16	16,939
2014/15	16,884
2013/14	16,522
2012/13	16,102
2011/12	15,510
2010/11	14,775
2009/10	13,765
2008/09	13,164
2007/08	12,347
2006/07	11,643
2005/06	11,137
2004/05	10,422
2003/04	9,992

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January 2021

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United States

Survey time period

2003 to 2019

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The per capita student debt equals the percent of graduates borrowing any student loans multiplied by the average cumulative student loan amount borrowed.
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