College
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%
Where these figures come from
- Colorado Department of Higher Education — 2025 Higher Education Return on Investment Report (opens in a new tab)
Data as of 10 September 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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