State by State Data

Two thirds of college seniors who graduated in 2011 had student loan debt, with an average of $26,600 per borrower. Meanwhile, unemployment for young college graduates remained high at 8.8 percent in 2011.

Details, including state- and college-level data, can be found in the full report and by clicking on the map and other links on this page.

Download the full report:

Report: Student Debt and the Class of 2009

View or print a sortable summary of data for all states

Read the press release

About the Data

Click on a state for in-depth information, or select a state here:

View or download a sortable table of state debt data (by sector) with the option to add individual colleges, other variables, or additional years at:

The Project on Student Debt and College InSight are initiatives of The Institute for College Access & Success, which has licensed these debt data through an agreement with Peterson's. The data are copyright ©2012 Peterson's, a Nelnet company. All rights reserved.