This graph shows recent university graduates responses to a survey question about the impact their college debt had on their other financial and life decisions following graduation. The survey was conducted in the United States in 2012. 40 percent of graduates said that they had delayed a major purchase, such as a home or car, because of their continuing college debt.
Impact of college debt on graduates financial and life decisions in the United States in 2012
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Statistics on Personal debt in the United States
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Household debt to GDP ratio in the U.S. 2014-2022
- Basic Statistic Household debt service payments as a share of disposable income in the U.S. 2011-2022
- Premium Statistic Value of household debt in the U.S. 2022, by type
- Basic Statistic Total average debt in the U.S. in 2021, by generation
Overall consumer lending
4
- Basic Statistic Consumer credit debt of households and nonprofit organizations in the U.S. 2011-2022
- Premium Statistic Average consumer debt in the U.S. 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Amount of personal debt held in the U.S. 2018-2021
- Premium Statistic Main source of debt among consumers in the U.S. 2017-2022
Mortgage debt
3
Car loan debt
4
Credit card debt
3
Student loan debt
4
Buy now, pay later (BNPL)
3
Attitudes towards debt
3
Loan delinquency
5
- Premium Statistic Quarterly delinquency on consumer loans at commercial banks in the U.S. 2007-2022
- Premium Statistic Homeowners with current or overdue mortgage payments in the U.S. in 2022, by race
- Premium Statistic Share of people with debt in collections in the U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Value of student loan debt outstanding, by repayment status U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Value of delinquent debt balance per capita in the U.S. 2021-2022 (in U.S. dollars)
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- What U.S. college students would have done differently to increase success 2012
- Graduates from UGC funded universities in Hong Kong by academic program 2011-2019
- U.S. college students' skill development, by internship participation 2012
- Post-graduation career steps of bachelor graduates in China 2019
- Contribution of college education to graduates' skill development in the U.S. 2012
- Workforce preparedness of university graduates in the U.S. in 2012
- U.S. college graduates experiences finding career-related jobs 2012
- What major U.S. college graduates would choose in hindsight 2012
- What U.S. college students considered when selecting a major 2012
- Skills lacking among university graduates in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016
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Statistics
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- How university students paid for their degree in the United States 2012
- Number of graduates from UGC funded universities in Hong Kong by degree 2011-2019
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- Graduates from UGC funded universities in Hong Kong by academic program 2011-2019
- U.S. college students' skill development, by internship participation 2012
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- Contribution of college education to graduates' skill development in the U.S. 2012
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- U.S. college graduates experiences finding career-related jobs 2012
- What major U.S. college graduates would choose in hindsight 2012
- What U.S. college students considered when selecting a major 2012
- Skills lacking among university graduates in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016
- Canada: bachelor's degree holders debt level 2000-2015
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- Canada: master's degree holders debt level 2000-2015
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. (May 10, 2012). Impact of college debt on graduates financial and life decisions in the United States in 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/235225/impact-of-college-debt-on-behaviour-in-the-us/
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. "Impact of college debt on graduates financial and life decisions in the United States in 2012." Chart. May 10, 2012. Statista. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/235225/impact-of-college-debt-on-behaviour-in-the-us/
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. (2012). Impact of college debt on graduates financial and life decisions in the United States in 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/235225/impact-of-college-debt-on-behaviour-in-the-us/
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. "Impact of College Debt on Graduates Financial and Life Decisions in The United States in 2012." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 May 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/235225/impact-of-college-debt-on-behaviour-in-the-us/
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Impact of college debt on graduates financial and life decisions in the United States in 2012 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/235225/impact-of-college-debt-on-behaviour-in-the-us/ (last visited January 31, 2023)
Impact of college debt on graduates financial and life decisions in the United States in 2012 [Graph], John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, May 10, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/235225/impact-of-college-debt-on-behaviour-in-the-us/