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Debt at graduation is lower than it used to be

The average owed by bachelor's completers who borrowed at all — not by every graduate, and not counting anyone who left without finishing.

Average debt, bachelor’s completers who borrowed
$24,700 FACT
2022-23 · Colorado Department of Higher Education
Average debt, bachelor’s completers who borrowed — earliest year published
$27,300 FACT
2013-14 · Colorado Department of Higher Education
The difference
−9.5% CALC
2022-23 · Colorado Department of Higher Education
($24,700 − $27,300) ÷ $27,300 = −9.5%

Every year of this series, on the Education page

Where these figures come from

Data as of 10 October 2026. Every figure here is read from the checked Colorado dataset when this page is built, so a correction to the data corrects this page. Nothing on it was typed by hand.

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Debt at graduation is lower than it used to be — Average debt, bachelor’s completers who borrowed: $24,700; Average debt, bachelor’s completers who borrowed — earliest year published: $27,300.