In the academic year 2020/21, the average student loan debt for a four-year bachelor's degree from a public college in the United States was 32,714 U.S. dollars. In comparison, student loan debt from a private for-profit college averaged almost 60,000 U.S. dollars.
Average student loan debt for a four-year bachelor's degree in the United States in 2020/21, by institution type
(in U.S. dollars)
Data for Private (For-Profit) institutions are not available.
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Education Data Initiative. (December 8, 2023). Average student loan debt for a four-year bachelor's degree in the United States in 2020/21, by institution type (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/235222/median-student-debt-in-the-us-by-institution-type/
Education Data Initiative. "Average student loan debt for a four-year bachelor's degree in the United States in 2020/21, by institution type (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/235222/median-student-debt-in-the-us-by-institution-type/
Education Data Initiative. (2023). Average student loan debt for a four-year bachelor's degree in the United States in 2020/21, by institution type (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/235222/median-student-debt-in-the-us-by-institution-type/
Education Data Initiative. "Average Student Loan Debt for a Four-year Bachelor's Degree in The United States in 2020/21, by Institution Type (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/235222/median-student-debt-in-the-us-by-institution-type/
Education Data Initiative, Average student loan debt for a four-year bachelor's degree in the United States in 2020/21, by institution type (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/235222/median-student-debt-in-the-us-by-institution-type/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Average student loan debt for a four-year bachelor's degree in the United States in 2020/21, by institution type (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Education Data Initiative, December 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/235222/median-student-debt-in-the-us-by-institution-type/
