Approximately how much is your current required monthly payment on the student loans from your own education?
Required monthly student loan payment · Asked in 3 waves, 2022–2024 · 2,479 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of SL4 first asked in 2022: 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 | $1 to $99 | $100 to $199 | $200 to $299 | $300 to $399 | $400 to $499 | $500 to $999 | $1,000 or above | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
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.
| 21% |
| 26% |
| 17% |
| 12% |
| 6% |
| 11% |
| 7% |
| 848 |
| ±4 |
| White | 18% | 26% | 18% | 12% | 5% | 13% | 7% | 485 | ±5 |
| Black | 26% | 22% | 18% | 16% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 169 | ±8 |
| Hispanic | 24% | 25% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 9% | 124 | ±10 |
| Asian † | 16% | 33% | 13% | – | 9% | 21% | 7% | 28 | ±20 |
| Other † | 32% | 32% | 5% | 10% | 5% | 4% | 11% | 42 | ±19 |
SHED 2024 · 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.