With average student loan debt upon graduation currently standing at $ 25,000, many people are looking for information on the best way to pay off student loans.
To help students and their families, using Peterson's data from the class of 2015, we compiled and
analyzed average student loan debt data from 1,238 colleges and universities around the nation.
To help students and their families, using Peterson's data from the class of 2015, we compiled and analyzed
average student loan debt data from 1,238 colleges and universities around the nation.
Many prospective college students assume that they have to deal with a hefty sum of student loan debt, and while the
national average student loan debt per graduate supports this assumption, the state - by - state breakdown tells a much different story.
South Dakota's
average student loan debt jumped almost $ 2,000 from the prior year, leading to a rise in the rankings from 17th-most debt last year to seventh-most this year.
New Mexico's
average student loan debt of $ 20,000 may be less than the national average, but 57 % of its graduates owe at least one student loan according to LendEDU's data.
After seeing how the drastic differences in the number of initiatives supported by each party, we thought it would be interesting to see how states differed in terms of
average student loan debt per borrower and default rate.
Average student loan debt for New Yorkers has grown by more than $ 10,000 in the past decade, according to a new report by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.
The average student loan debt per graduate includes loans taken out through any student loan lender, including both the government and private student loan lenders.
In addition to more borrowers,
the average student loan debt per senior increased at an alarming rate as well.
The average student loan debt a 2015 graduate is about $ 35,000 for a bachelor's degree, $ 51,000 for a Master's and $ 71,000 for a Ph.D..
The average student loan debt is $ 25,537.
Rosenblum said the Education Trust's report found that in communities where the average income is less than $ 50,000,
the average student loan debt is more than $ 25,000 per borrower.
The average student loan debt varies widely across states.
The table below shows
the average student loan debt by state with their corresponding ranking.
Below we'll explore these disparities and show you how
the average student loan debt fluctuates amongst borrowers.
With
the average student loan debt at around $ 29,000 per student...
Example assuming
the average student loan debt of $ 26,700 at 2016 interest rates of 3.76 %:
With the increase in the amount of
the average student loan debt, Federal Reserve data shows the number of defaults is also on the rise.
This year,
the average student loan debt per borrower in the Class of 2016 has fallen to $ 27,975.