Student Debt
The U.S. States With The Most Student Debt
Student debt has proven a huge problem for young Americans for years. Currently, 43 million borrowers hold $1.3 trillion in debt across the U.S. and that's growing by a whopping $2,726 every single second. According to the student loan news website’s “Student Loan Report”, an average U.S. student graduated with $16,929 of student loan debt in 2015. At state level, New Hampshire had the highest average debt per student in 2015 at $25,740.
Average debt of university graduates in the United States in 2020, by state (in U.S. dollars)
Per capita debt of university students in the United States in 2019, by state (in U.S. dollars)
Per capita debt of university graduates in the United States 2013/14, by state (in U.S. dollars)
Average amount of long-term debt held by school districts per student in the United States in 2013, by state
Average university graduate debt levels in the United States from 1999/00 to 2019/20, with estimates for 2025/26 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
Share of university graduates with debt in the United States in the academic year of 2018/19, by state
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