A histogram chart showing the number of schools that fall into different buckets of median student debt. Only about 100 schools in the College Scorecard database have a median debt of under $4,000 among their students. About half of the schools have a median starting debt of $5,000 to $10,000 among students, including about 800 schools that fall between $9,000 and $10,000, the largest bucket in the histogram. 360 schools have median debts of $20,000 or more among their students.

Half of U.S. schools have students who assume a median of $5K-10K in debt upon leaving

Number of schools