Share of graduates with debt in the U.S. by state 2018/19 | Statista

This statistic shows the percentage of university graduates with debt following four or more years of university in different states across the United States in the academic year of 2018/19. Around 74 percent of graduates in South Dakota and New Hampshire had student debt in that year.

Share of university graduates with debt in the United States in the academic year of 2018/19, by state

Characteristic	Percentage of students in debt
South Dakota	74%
New Hampshire	74%
Maine	67%
West Virginia	67%
Minnesota	66%
Pennsylvania	65%
Wisconsin	64%
North Dakota	64%
New Jersey	64%
Iowa	63%
Illinois	61%
Tennessee	60%
Ohio	60%
Vermont	60%
South Carolina	60%
Idaho	60%
Kansas	60%
Indiana	59%
Delaware	59%
Michigan	59%
Rhode Island	59%
Kentucky	58%
New York	58%
Montana	57%
Nebraska	57%
Missouri	57%
Connecticut	56%
Georgia	56%
Virginia	56%
Mississippi	55%
North Carolina	55%
Massachusetts	55%
Oregon	54%
Maryland	53%
Arkansas	53%
Washington	50%
Colorado	50%
Alabama	50%
Arizona	49%
Alaska	48%
Louisiana	48%
Florida	48%
Texas	48%
Oklahoma	47%
California	47%
District of Columbia	46%
Wyoming	46%
Nevada	46%
New Mexico	45%
Hawaii	43%
Utah	40%

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January 2021

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academic year 2018-2019

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