Is that current or always? I went to college 2007-2011 and the first two years everyone I knew got 5.5k and 6.5k loans from the government and then private loans for the rest. After the great recession no one could get private loans anymore and the government filled in the rest
Looking at the statistics, it looks like its been around that level for a while. Private loans make up a bit less than 10% of the overall outstanding student loan debt, not just new debt.
