Average share of student debt still owed 4 years after graduation U.S. 2020, by race
In 2020, Black graduates still owed 105 percent of their original student loan debt on average after four years of completing a bachelors degree, the only racial/ethnic group to owe an average amount that was greater than what they originally borrowed. In comparison, White bachelor's completers owed an average amount of 73 percent of what they originally borrowed in student loans.
