15 States With the Most Student Debt
Americans have more than $1.3 trillion in student loan debt, but some areas of the country carry more of the load than others. Nationwide, graduates left school with an average of $28,400 in student loan debt in 2015. Roughly 60 percent of graduates had student loans to pay off. Student loan rate aggregator LendEDU analyzed the most recent financial aid data from 1,300 colleges and universities to find the states where graduates had the most loan debt on average. Here are the top 15.
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Average debt per borrower: $29,589
Percentage of graduates with debt: 65
Average debt per borrower: $29,788
Percentage of graduates with debt: 61
Average debt per borrower: $29,945
Percentage of graduates with debt: 60
Average debt per borrower: $30,039
Percentage of graduates with debt: 55
Average debt per borrower: $30,250
Percentage of graduates with debt: 64
Average debt per borrower: $30,387
Percentage of graduates with debt: 58
Average debt per borrower: $30,536
Percentage of graduates with debt: 63
Average debt per borrower: $31,139
Percentage of graduates with debt: 66
Average debt per borrower: $31,411
Percentage of graduates with debt: 63
Average debt per borrower: $31,435
Percentage of graduates with debt: 69
Average debt per borrower: $31,942
Percentage of graduates with debt: 55
Average debt per borrower: $34,538
Percentage of graduates with debt: 70
Average debt per borrower: $34,810
Percentage of graduates with debt: 73
Average debt per borrower: $35,169
Percentage of graduates with debt: 58
Average debt per borrower: $36,865
Percentage of graduates with debt: 59