The average amount of debt for university graduates from the class of 2022 in the United States was 29,417 U.S. dollars, an increase from the 21,211 U.S. dollars of debt that graduates from the class of 2008 had on average.
Average university graduate debt levels in the United States from 2008 to 2022
(in U.S. dollars)
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