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U.S. bachelor's degree holders' debt levels, private four-year colleges 2000-2016

Average amount of debt per bachelor's degree recipient at private nonprofit four-year colleges and universities in the United States from 2000/01 to 2015/16 (in 2016 U.S. dollars)

The data displays the average amount of debt that bachelor's degree recipients from private nonprofit four-year colleges and universities had from the 2000/01 academic year to the 2015/16 academic year. The per borrower category shows the average amount of debt amongst bachelor's degree recipients who had taken student loans. The average per all bachelor's degree recipients includes those who did not take student loans. In the academic year 2015/16, students who took out student loans had an average of 32,000 USD worth of debt upon completion of their degree.

2000-01 24300 15200
2005-06 28800 18800
2010-11 30800 20200
2015-16 32000 19900