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Student Loans/Student Debt

A topic guide to help students learn about student loans and how to manage them in addition to suggested resources and other information for beginning research on the topic Student Loan Debt.

Student Loan Research

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Student Loan Statistics

 

Source: NCES. (May 25, 2023). Percentage of students attending 2-year and 4-year institutions who have student loans in the United States 2020/21, by type of institution [Graph]. 

 

Source: Experian. (March 1, 2023). Average value of student loan debt held in the United States in 2022, by generation (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista.