Student Loan Data Map

Student Loans Across the U.S.

Compare where new student-loan activity is rising or falling versus one year earlier. The page pairs the state map with national balance context and recent new-borrowing history.

New student-loan activity by state

Compare where new student-loan activity is rising or falling versus one year earlier.

New student loans - As of latest CFPB period -

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Source data: CFPB Consumer Credit Trends. Copyright covers MyDebtLens selection, arrangement, analysis, and presentation only, not the underlying source data.

New student loans in dollars

Monthly value of new student loans opened nationally in the CFPB source.

Number of new student loans

Monthly count of new student loans opened nationally in the CFPB source.

The map is state-level. The two history charts are national for the U.S. and do not change to a selected state.

Latest U.S. read

What the latest U.S. data says

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State pattern

Where the map moves most

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Market context

What may be behind the movement

These notes describe the market environment around the data. They do not prove why every state moved.

Top and bottom states in this view

Current category: Student loans

Highest YoY change

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How to read this page

Student-loan debt in the U.S. needs its own explanation because federal and private loans share a category but come from different reporting systems. The national figure gives the broad student-loan picture, while Federal Student Aid separately reports the federal portfolio. We can’t add the two numbers together, as the federal figure is already part of the national total.

Recipients remains the clearer public label for the federal source because many people with student loans are no longer students, and some federal programs involve parents or graduate or professional borrowers.

Sources will appear after the data loads.

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