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.
| Group | I am currently not required to make any payments on these loans |
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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.
| $1 to $49 |
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| $50 to $99 |
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| $100 to $199 |
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| $200 to $299 |
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| $300 to $399 |
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| $400 to $499 |
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| $500 to $749 |
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| $750 to $999 |
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| $1,000 or above |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 31% | 5% | 10% | 17% | 12% | 9% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 4% | 1640 | ±3 | |
| White | 27% | 4% | 8% | 18% | 15% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 907 | ±4 | |
| Black | 37% | 5% | 12% | 15% | 8% | 11% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 323 | ±7 | |
| Hispanic | 36% | 7% | 9% | 15% | 10% | 10% | 2% | 7% | 2% | 2% | 260 | ±8 | |
| Asian † | 21% | 5% | 22% | 15% | 10% | 6% | 6% | 1% | – | 13% | 56 | ±15 | |
| Other | 38% | 7% | 7% | 19% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 4% | – | 1% | 94 | ±13 |
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.