Louisiana ranked eighth on a list of states where college graduates had the least amount of debt after finishing their studies. According to the Christian Science Monitor the average graduate from a Louisiana college or university had $17,827 in debt. That’s below the national average of $23,200. Students who graduated from colleges in Utah had the smallest debt, at $13,041, while graduates of colleges in Washington, D.C., had the highest debt at $29,793. In general, graduates of schools in the Northeast had the most debt because of higher-than-average tuitions and a greater-than-average number attended private colleges. See the full list here.
Louisiana college graduates rank low for debt
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