The 54 percent of
graduates with debt ranks it the 36th - highest state nationwide.
Not exact matches
For years, U.S. News & World Report has
ranked UNO among the national universities whose students
graduate with the lightest
debt loads.
The state
ranks in the top 10 for student loan
debt,
with about 66 % of
graduates carrying
debt.
While Oregon is in the middle of the average student loan
debt per
graduate state
rankings at 24th, some of its
graduates are leaving school
with an impressive amount of
debt.
The problem is, this particular U.S. News
ranking was titled: «10 Colleges That Leave
Graduates With the Most Student Loan
Debt.»
States
with lower average
debt per
graduate values were
ranked higher on the list.
But, its percentage of
graduates with debt dropped 3 percentage points from last year and now
ranks 31st - highest.
Its
ranking for percentage of students
graduating with debt was 18th - highest, up three places from last year.
At 60 percent — down 1 percent from last year — the state
ranks 18th for the highest percentage of
graduates with college loan
debt.
A No. 1
ranking shows the highest average
debt or the highest percentage of
graduates with debt; No. 50 shows the lowest.
Its
ranking for percentage of
graduates with debt also fell one place, from 16th - highest last year to 17th - highest this year.
It
ranks slightly higher for the percentage of
graduates with college loan
debt, placing the state 31st overall.
In last year's
rankings Alaska had the 36th - lowest percentage of
graduates with debt.
Illinois is barely in the most expensive half of states,
ranking at 23rd for average student loan
debt, but it places higher
with the 14th - highest percentage of
graduates who have
debt.
The percentage of
graduates with student loan
debt also fell 3 percentage points to 61 percent, which
ranked 14th - highest.
Wisconsin has the sixth - highest percentage of
graduates with debt, which is down slightly from its fifth - highest
ranking last year.
This year, the percentage of
graduates with debt is down 3 percentage points, and the state
ranks as the 34th - highest in the country.
Michigan currently
ranks 35th in the nation in terms of student loan
debt, leaving
graduates with $ 18,174 on average.
Across a variety of disciplines, professionals who
graduate from higher -
ranked schools begin their careers
with less
debt relative to their income.
This trend continues after graduation,
with the exception of engineering
graduate students, where students from less prestigious schools have more favorable
debt to income ratios six years after graduation than their counterparts from higher
ranked schools.