A Look at Americans’ Student Loan Debt by State

A total of 47.9 million borrowers have student loan debt, with the average federal student loan debt at $37,574 per borrower and the average private student loan debt at $54,921 per borrower, according to the Education Data Initiative.

However, residents of some states have more debt, on average, than others. Scholaroo conducted a survey of 1,000 college students in the U.S. and collected data from public sources to determine the total cumulative loan amount in each of the 50 states, and the average amount of debt per borrower.

Here’s a look at the states with the least and highest amounts of student loan debt per borrower.

• Average student loan debt: $30,000

• Average student loan debt: $31,000

• Average student loan debt: $31,000

• Average student loan debt: $32,000

• Average student loan debt: $32,000

• Average student loan debt: $32,000

• Average student loan debt: $32,000

• Average student loan debt: $32,000

• Average student loan debt: $33,000

• Average student loan debt: $33,000

• Average student loan debt: $33,000

• Average student loan debt: $33,000

• Average student loan debt: $33,000

• Average student loan debt: $33,000

• Average student loan debt: $33,000

• Average student loan debt: $33,000

• Average student loan debt: $34,000

• Average student loan debt: $34,000

• Average student loan debt: $34,000

• Average student loan debt: $34,000

• Average student loan debt: $34,000

• Average student loan debt: $34,000

• Average student loan debt: $34,000

• Average student loan debt: $35,000

• Average student loan debt: $35,000

• Average student loan debt: $35,000

• Average student loan debt: $35,000

• Average student loan debt: $35,000

• Average student loan debt: $36,000

• Average student loan debt: $36,000

• Average student loan debt: $36,000

• Average student loan debt: $36,000

• Average student loan debt: $36,000

• Average student loan debt: $37,000

• Average student loan debt: $37,000

• Average student loan debt: $37,000

• Average student loan debt: $37,000

• Average student loan debt: $37,000

• Average student loan debt: $37,000

• Average student loan debt: $37,000

• Average student loan debt: $38,000

• Average student loan debt: $38,000

• Average student loan debt: $38,000

• Average student loan debt: $38,000

• Average student loan debt: $38,000

• Average student loan debt: $38,000

• Average student loan debt: $39,000

• Average student loan debt: $39,000

• Average student loan debt: $42,000

• Average student loan debt: $43,000

All data is sourced from Scholaroo’s Student Loan Debt Index and is accurate as of March 8, 2023.

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