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Thinking specifically about the money that you owe for your own education, please tell us the total amount that you currently owe on these loans.
Total amount owed on education loans · Asked in 5 waves, 2017–2021 · 8,659 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2021 8 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 1,647 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 1,759 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 1,923 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 1,640 |
| SHED 2017 | 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 | web | 12,187 | 1,690 |
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 | Less than $5,000 | $5,000 to $9,999 | $10,000 to $14,999 | $15,000 to $19,999 | $20,000 to $24,999 | $25,000 to $29,999 | $30,000 to $39,999 | $40,000 to $49,999 | $50,000 to $74,999 | $75,000 to $99,999 | $100,000 or above | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 13% | 14% | 12% | 8% | 9% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 11% | 5% | 10% | 1647 | ±3 | |
| Men | 14% | 16% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 4% | 9% | 696 | ±4 | |
| Women | 11% | 12% | 11% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 13% | 5% | 11% | 951 | ±3 |
SHED 2021 · 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.