14 of the colleges with the most debt-laden grads in the US are public colleges in Pennsylvania [View all]
Penn State and Pitt consistently have had the highest in-state public tuition levels in the US. It is up to $20,000 a year for some majors. Also, all public colleges suffered severe state budget cuts during the Corbett years. Corbett actually tried to institute much more severe cuts to the funding of PA. public colleges than were approved by the Legislature.
Therefore, it is no surprise that of the colleges across the US with the graduates who are burdened with the largest amounts of student loans, 14 of those colleges or branch campuses are public colleges in PA.
In other states, the colleges with the highest debt levels are often historically African-American universities or universities that are predominantly out of state students (such as U. of Del.).
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