New Hampshire Students Have Highest Debt in the Country

By Amy Quinton on Wednesday, September 13, 2006.

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New Hampshire students have just returned to college campuses this fall.

But theyâ€™ll likely leave with big loans to pay back.

A new report on four year colleges shows that New Hampshire graduates have the highest level of education debt in the country.

New Hampshire Public Radioâ€™s Amy Quinton reports.

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The Project on Student Debt looked at data provided by 14-hundred public and private colleges and universities across the country.

The California-based group found New Hampshire students graduated with an average debt of 22-thousand 793 dollars.

Utah graduates had the lowest debt at 11-thousand 709.

Associate Director Lauren Asher with the Project on Student Debt says the cost of living is only one of the factors that contribute to varying debt levels among the states.

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Lauren Asher is Associate Director for the Project on Student Debt.

For NHPR News, Iâ€™m Amy Quinton.