OT: Rutgers University has the highest graduate student debt of all public U.S. institutions

[Ascent]

This university (Rutgers) has the highest graduate student debt of all public U.S. institutions

http://college.usatoday.com/2015/07...-graduate-student-debt-among-public-colleges/

 

[RC1978]

Does it mean avg debt of a student graduating or total debt of students graduating?

If it is total, this statistic is not that accurate because schools like RU with huge graduating classes would have higher numbers.

 

[Piscataway]

Does it mean avg debt of a student graduating or total debt of students graduating?

If it is total, this statistic is not that accurate because schools like RU with huge graduating classes would have higher numbers.

Good question.

 

[LevaosLectures]

This makes sense to me.

First, we have some of the highest in state tuition for a public.

Second, we are relatively poor as R1 universities go and therefore have less financial aid money to go around.

 

[MADHAT1]

Good question.

from 2013 (State by State Data | The Institute For College Access and Success)
>State- and college-level data on student debt from federal and private loans can be found in the full report. For more details, click on the map and other links on this page.<
http://ticas.org/posd/map-state-data#

Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Average debt of graduates 2013
$24,284

 

[LevaosLectures]

Also high COL which is part of what factors into how much you can borrow...

 

[brookdale-soda]

It would be interesting if this statistic is more related to Students from NJ (going to RU and elsewhere) or it is related to students going to rutgers.

I would guess that in NJ, it is more difficult to save for college than in many states given the high cost of living.

I bet you could change the headline to "NJ students among the highest student debt of any state in the nation" and still be accurate.

 

[RutgersUnion]

from 2013 (State by State Data | The Institute For College Access and Success)
>State- and college-level data on student debt from federal and private loans can be found in the full report. For more details, click on the map and other links on this page.<
http://ticas.org/posd/map-state-data#

Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Average debt of graduates 2013
$24,284

I wish that was all I owed.