Approximately how much is the total monthly payment that you are required to make on the loans from your education?
Monthly payment on education loans · Asked in 2 waves, 2017–2018 · 3,330 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of SL4 first asked in 2017: wording or answer options differ from shed:SL4.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | I am currently not required to make any payments on these loans | $1 to $49 | $50 to $99 | $100 to $199 | $200 to $299 | $300 to $399 | $400 to $499 | $500 to $749 | $750 to $999 | $1,000 or above | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 31% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 12% | 9% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 4% | 1640 | ±3 | |
| Less than high school † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | ±27 |
| High school | 41% | 16% | 11% | 15% | 5% | 7% | – | 5% | – | 1% | 113 | ±11 | |
| Some college | 45% | 7% | 14% | 18% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 614 | ±5 | |
| Bachelor's | 23% | 3% | 9% | 22% | 15% | 10% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 512 | ±5 | |
| Postgraduate | 15% | 1% | 5% | 12% | 19% | 12% | 7% | 13% | 4% | 11% | 383 | ±6 |
SHED 2018 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.