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Student Loans at Mac

Each year, Macalester publishes the percentage of graduates who borrowed a student loan at Macalester and, for those who borrowed, the average total student loan principal at graduation. These data are published in the Common Data Set.

Recent classes:

Graduating ClassPercent Who BorrowedMean Amount Borrowed*Middle 50% (25th%ile to 75th%ile)*
202257.9%$21,841$12,000 – $27,000
202161.2%$25,181$15,000 – $27,068
202058.5%$24,578$15,000 – $27,856
201959.4%$23,060$13,500 – $28,000
201866.2%$24,880$14,000 – $31,089
201760.6%$24,381$13,326 – $28,581
201662.9%$23,875$13,500 – $27,920
201568.5%$21,544$12,000 – $27,842
201467.8%$24,156$13,500 – $27,000
201365.2%$21,939$12,000 – $27,000
201260.3%$23,285$12,243 – $27,000
201162.8%$21,123$12,868 – $25,000
201068.8%$19,649not available
200975.9%$17,275not available
200871.6%$17,304not available
200770.1%$18,849not available
200666.6%$16,801not available
200568.4%$16,518not available

*original principal, those who borrowed

The Project on Student Debt – collects these figures from schools across the USA