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Amount of student loans offered, by federal loan program in the United States 2011-2017

Total amount of student aid distributed in the United States, by federal loan program in 2011 and 2017 (in 2016 million U.S. dollars)

The data displays the amount in student loans that was distributed to students throughout the U.S. from the academic year 2011/12 to 2016/17 through different federal loan programs. In academic year 2016/17, around 1.05 billion USD was distributed through the Federal Perkins Loan Program.

Perkins Loans 1010 1061 1207 1172 1054 1054
Subsidized Stafford 43219 29201 27241 24911 23145 21715
Unsubsidized Stafford 50018 59341 56995 53261 51141 49852
Parent PLUS 11798 10316 10594 10824 12061 12610
Grad PLUS 7967 7987 8353 8433 8913 9630