In 2019, 623.7 billion U.S. dollars worth of student loans were in repayment in the United States. This is compared to 101.4 billion U.S. dollars worth of student loans that were in default. As of the third quarter of 2019, outstanding student loan debt in the U.S. was valued at 1.63 trillion U.S. dollars.
Value of outstanding student loan debt in the United States in 2019, by repayment status
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Student loan debt outstanding in billion U.S. dollars
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Forbes. (February 25, 2019). Value of outstanding student loan debt in the United States in 2019, by repayment status (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 28, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078750/value-student-loan-debt-outstanding-repayment-status-us/
Forbes. "Value of outstanding student loan debt in the United States in 2019, by repayment status (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078750/value-student-loan-debt-outstanding-repayment-status-us/
Forbes. (2019). Value of outstanding student loan debt in the United States in 2019, by repayment status (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078750/value-student-loan-debt-outstanding-repayment-status-us/
Forbes. "Value of Outstanding Student Loan Debt in The United States in 2019, by Repayment Status (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078750/value-student-loan-debt-outstanding-repayment-status-us/
Forbes, Value of outstanding student loan debt in the United States in 2019, by repayment status (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078750/value-student-loan-debt-outstanding-repayment-status-us/ (last visited February 28, 2020)
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