In 2023, the average student loan debt of graduates of Northwestern University, ranked as the 9th best college in the United States, amounted to 34,309 U.S. dollars. For students at Princeton University, the best college in the U.S., they left college with student loan debt totaling 12,500 U.S. dollars on average.
Average student debt of students at the top 20 U.S. universities in 2023
(in U.S. dollars)
*The ranking of universities can be found here. Average total indebtedness taken from the 2022 bachelor's degree graduating class.
Data for Columbia University was not available.
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