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Average Personal Loan Interest Rates in October 2025

Personal loan rates rise for 3- and 5-year terms.

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By Meredith Mangan

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Meredith Mangan is a senior editor at Credible. She has more than 18 years of experience in finance and is an expert on personal loans.

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Meredith Mangan is a senior editor at Credible. She has more than 18 years of experience in finance and is an expert on personal loans.

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Barry Bridges is the personal loans editor at Credible. Since 2017, he’s been writing and editing personal finance content, focusing on personal loans, credit cards, and insurance.

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Barry Bridges

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Barry Bridges is the personal loans editor at Credible. Since 2017, he’s been writing and editing personal finance content, focusing on personal loans, credit cards, and insurance.

Updated October 6, 2025

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Average personal loan interest rates for 3-year loans and 5-year loans have risen since this time last week.

During the week ending Oct. 5, 2025:

  • Average personal loan interest rates on 3-year loans were at 13.43% APR, up from 13.07% last week and down significantly from 15.22% a year ago.
  • Average personal loan interest rates on 5-year loans were at 19.20% APR, up more than half a percentage point from 18.57% last week and down sharply from 22.06% a year ago.

The latest trends in personal loan interest rates from the Credible marketplace are updated weekly. Personal loan interest rates are expressed in terms of annual percentage rate or APR.

Read More: APR vs Interest Rate: Understanding the Differences

Current personal loan rates

Where we get our data

Credible is a personal loans marketplace that partners directly with lenders to offer loans for a wide range of credit profiles and loan purposes. Because of the relationships with our bank and fintech partners, we have access to the most current rates that real borrowers are being approved for, along with average rates by credit score and loan purpose, how easy or hard it is to get approved, and more. The data we use is primary source data, updated weekly, and does not include any personally identifiable information about borrowers.

The chart below shows average prequalified rates for borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to select a lender.

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Current personal loan interest rates by credit score

Personal loan interest rates tend to range between 6.49% APR and 35.99% APR, but the rate you qualify for depends on factors including your credit score and the length of the repayment term. For example, the data chart below shows that borrowers with excellent credit scores are more likely than others to qualify for APRs in the low to mid-teens on 3-year loans and 5-year loans. On the other hand, borrowers with fair credit may expect much higher APRs.

Here's the current range of prequalified APRs for borrowers in different credit score categories on the Credible marketplace:

  • Excellent credit: 10.75% on 3-year loans, 16.48% on 5-year loans
  • Very good credit: 13.40% on 3-year loans, 19.47% on 5-year loans
  • Good credit: 19.99% on 3-year loans, 24.35% on 5-year loans
  • Fair credit: 29.05% on 3-year loans, 31.84% on 5-year loans

Borrowers with bad credit tend to receive the highest APRs of any credit score category, with rates typically falling in the 32% to 36% range.

Keep in mind that all lenders use different methods to evaluate borrowers, which is why it's important to prequalify with several. 

Personal loan interest rates by loan purpose

What you use a personal loan for also affects the interest rate. See how average interest rates for each top loan purpose below vary. Data is sourced from the Credible personal loan marketplace and based on closed loans data from October 2024 through September 2025.

Loan purpose
Average interest rate
Average credit score
Debt consolidation
20.44%
708
Credit card refinancing
19.52%
701
Home improvement
18.17%
735
Major purchase
23.04%
715
Bills or rent
28.25%
674
Special occasion
25.01%
698
Car financing
16.36%
736
Medical expenses
25.83%
690
Taxes
23.93%
696
Moving relocation
26.28%
692
Boat
11.30%
769
Business
28.29%
704
Wedding
23.82%
706
Car repair
27.01%
679
Vacation
25.87%
691

Disclosure: Based on personal loans closed from October 2024 through September 2025. Source: Credible.

Where are personal loan interest rates headed?

Personal loan interest rates increased this week following a brief dip after the Fed's quarter-point cut at its September meeting. The target range for the federal funds rate is at 4.00% to 4.25%, down from a high of 5.25% to 5.50% last year. 

The Fed's most recent economic projections indicate that two more rate cuts are possible by the end of the year, which could have rates resume a downward trajectory. However, other conditions are at play, including a weakening credit environment, which could potentially mitigate the impact of future (and recent) rate cuts.

Read More: The Fed's Effect on Personal Loan Rates Explained

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What are personal loans used for?

The most common use for a personal loan is debt consolidation, according to Credible marketplace data. Debt consolidation, including credit card refinancing, accounted for over $65 million of disbursed loans in September — over 65% of people approved for a loan via the Credible marketplace used it for either debt consolidation or credit card refinancing. The average disbursed loan amounts for debt consolidation and credit card refinancing were $23,161 and $22,262, respectively.

Home improvement was the next most common loan purpose, with nearly $7.5 million disbursed in September. The average amount for home improvement loans was $19,988.

About Credible

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Meredith Mangan

Meredith Mangan is a senior editor at Credible. She has more than 18 years of experience in finance and is an expert on personal loans.