Last month the Project on Student Debt recently released its annual report outlining national and state-by-state trends in student loan borrowing, Student Debt and the Class of 2011.
Nationwide, students who borrowed to finance their education graduated with an average of $26,600 in student loans. The picture is a little bit better for students graduating from Kentucky’s public universities and nonprofit, private colleges universities. Graduates of Kentucky’s public universities had an average debt of $24,111 in 2011. While higher percentages of students attending private colleges borrowed for college, their average debt was actually lower at $22,012. The report includes information for 14/20 AIKCU member institutions and all 8 Kentucky public universities. See an interactive map and download the data at http://projectonstudentdebt.org.
See also
Class of 2010 loan debt (aikcu.org)
New Report on Student Debt and the Class of 2011 (InsideHigherEd.com)
