Student Loan Comparison Between Public and Private Colleges

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Student loan helps students who want to get financial aid to attend colleges but did not have chance to get grants or scholarships. Last year almost 2 Million students were helped by the student loans both public and private schools.

We analyze the student loan data and compare it between public and private schools. Last year 774,910 students helped by student loan and average loan amount per student $ 6,006.

Here, we provide 3 type of charts - number of received, total amount and average amount of student loan by school type. Each chart shows all students loan, federal students loan, and private student loan. If want to see the student loan data by state, see state data - all students loan, federal student loan, and private student loan.

 Table. Total Numbers of Received Student Loan
StateAll Students LoanFederal Students LoanPrivate Students Loan
Public Colleges774,910724,05650,854
Private Colleges979,378865,688113,690


Table. Total Amount of Student Loan
StateAll Students LoanFederal Students LoanPrivate Students Loan
Public Colleges$ 4,248,429$ 3,836,081$ 412,348
Private Colleges$ 6,606,599$ 5,817,000$ 789,599
in thousand dollars

Table. Average Student Loan Amount per Student
StateAll Students LoanFederal Students LoanPrivate Students Loan
Public Colleges$ 5,482$ 5,003$ 7,175
Private Colleges$ 6,745$ 6,660$ 8,295


Total Numbers of student Loantotal amount of student loanaverage student loan amount per studentChart Image. You can download the chart image as different format by using setting button on top-right corner of the chart.