$1,777B
2024 (latest)
STUDENT LOAN DEBT
billions of dollars, year-end · 2006–2024 · lower is better · FRED SLOAS
$521B
2006
$1,777B
high · 2024
$521B
low · 2006
+241%
since 2006
┊ dashed lines mark 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Fed G.19 student loans owned and securitized, nominal. The series was discontinued after 2024 Q4, so it ends there. FRED serves millions; converted to billions.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SLOAS
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Student Loan Debt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,777B | +3% |
| 2023 | $1,729B | −2% |
| 2022 | $1,764B | +2% |
| 2021 | $1,733B | +2% |
| 2020 | $1,694B | +3% |
| 2019 | $1,638B | +5% |
| 2018 | $1,567B | +5% |
| 2017 | $1,489B | +6% |
| 2016 | $1,405B | +6% |
| 2015 | $1,320B | +7% |
| 2014 | $1,236B | +8% |
| 2013 | $1,146B | +9% |
| 2012 | $1,055B | +10% |
| 2011 | $960B | +12% |
| 2010 | $856B | +11% |
| 2009 | $772B | +14% |
| 2008 | $676B | +15% |
| 2007 | $590B | +13% |
| 2006 | $521B | — |
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