Average Student Loan Debt By State

As previously discussed here, the amount of student loan debt that college graduates are incurring. Below is the average student loan debt by state. This data includes both public and private non-profit 4 year universities. It should be noted that if, for example, a student attends college in New York, but resides with his or parents in Texas, the average debt would be included in the information presented for New York.



State	Avg. debt
Alabama	24,009
Alaska	26,344
Arizona	17,393
Arkansas	19,880
California	17,326
Colorado	20,866
Connecticut	25,038
Delaware	17,200
District of Columbia	30,033
Florida	20,766
Georgia	16,568
Hawaii	N/A
Idaho	N/A
Illinois	22,049
Indiana	25,246
Iowa	28,883
Kansas	20,454
Kentucky	19,112
Louisiana	19,677
Maine	29,143
Maryland	19,984
Massachusetts	24,484
Michigan	25,458
Minnesota	27,467
Mississippi	22,566
Missouri	21,360
Montana	22,346
Nebraska	22,361
Nevada	16,742
New Hampshire	29,443
New Jersey	22,731
New Mexico	21,478
New York	25,739
North Carolina	19,983
North Dakota	22,030
Ohio	25,842
Oklahoma	20,469
Oregon	22,417
Pennsylvania	27,066
Rhode Island	26,573
South Carolina	22,277
South Dakota	23,581
Tennessee	20,678
Texas	20,015
Utah	12,860
Vermont	27,786
Virginia	19,918
Washington	19,780
West Virginia	22,054
Wisconsin	22,904
Wyoming	17,084

Source:

http://projectonstudentdebt.org/state_by_state-data.php