ST. LOUIS — Missouri's average student loan debt per borrower increased from $29,223 in 2018 to $29,613 in 2019, according to an annual report by LendEDU. Nationally, student loan debt ballooned to $1.67 trillion, up from $1.52 trillion.
Of the 12 Missouri undergraduate private and public schools analyzed, one university in the St. Louis region was found to have one of the highest student loan debt averages in the state. Saint Louis University came in at No. 10 in Missouri with average student loan debt of $34,188 for 2019.
Only two other schools had higher average debt than SLU — Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri, and Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri — at $35,920 and $37,801, respectively.
Here's how the rest of Missouri's universities ranked within the state:
- No. 9: William Woods University in Fulton, Missouri, with average student debt of $33,704
- No. 8: Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri, with average student debt of $31,560
- No. 7: Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, with average student debt of $29,691
- No. 6: University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, with average student debt of $27,385
- No. 5: Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, with average student debt $26,198
- No. 4: Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, with average student debt of $25,660
- No. 3: Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, with average student debt of $25,380
- No. 2: Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri, with average student debt of $23,979
- No. 1: Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri, with average student debt of $22,053
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