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Average student debt of students at top U.S. universities 2018/19
Average student debt of students at the top 20 U.S. universities in 2018/19
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This statistic shows the average debt of students at the top 20 universities in the United States in the academic year 2018/19. In that year, the average student loan debt of graduates of Princeton University amounted to 9,005 U.S. dollars.
Average student debt of students at the top 20 U.S. universities in 2018/19
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| University (rank) | Average student debt in U.S. dollars |
|---|---|
| Princeton University (1) | 9,005 |
| Yale University (6) | 13,050 |
| Harvard University (2) | 15,114 |
| California Institute of Technology (12) | 16,777 |
| Dartmouth College (13) | 19,571 |
| Northwestern University (11) | 19,718 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4) | 20,048 |
| Stanford University (7) | 20,205 |
| University of California - Los Angeles (19) | 22,013 |
| Washington University in St. Louis (20) | 22,592 |
| University of Pennsylvania (9) | 23,224 |
| University of Chicago (5) | 23,401 |
| Duke University (8) | 23,819 |
| Vanderbilt University (15) | 23,973 |
| Columbia University (3) | 25,402 |
| Brown University (14) | 25,471 |
| Cornell University (16) | 25,542 |
| Johns Hopkins University (10) | 26,193 |
| Rice University (17) | 26,556 |
| University of Notre Dame (18) | 29,254 |
| University (rank) | Average student debt in U.S. dollars |
|---|---|
| Princeton University (1) | 9,005 |
| Yale University (6) | 13,050 |
| Harvard University (2) | 15,114 |
| California Institute of Technology (12) | 16,777 |
| Dartmouth College (13) | 19,571 |
| Northwestern University (11) | 19,718 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4) | 20,048 |
| Stanford University (7) | 20,205 |
| University of California - Los Angeles (19) | 22,013 |
| Washington University in St. Louis (20) | 22,592 |
| University of Pennsylvania (9) | 23,224 |
| University of Chicago (5) | 23,401 |
| Duke University (8) | 23,819 |
| Vanderbilt University (15) | 23,973 |
| Columbia University (3) | 25,402 |
| Brown University (14) | 25,471 |
| Cornell University (16) | 25,542 |
| Johns Hopkins University (10) | 26,193 |
| Rice University (17) | 26,556 |
| University of Notre Dame (18) | 29,254 |
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by Erin Duffin,
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Sep 6, 2019
This statistic shows the average debt of students at the top 20 universities in the United States in the academic year 2018/19. In that year, the average student loan debt of graduates of Princeton University amounted to 9,005 U.S. dollars.
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