ERIC Number: ED619781
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Nov
Pages: 38
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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Student Debt and the Class of 2020. 16th Annual Report
Schak, J. Oliver; Wong, Nancy; Fung, Ana
Project on Student Debt
"Student Debt and the Class of 2020" is The Institute for College Access & Success' (TICAS') sixteenth annual report on the student loan debt of recent graduates from four-year colleges, documenting changes and variation in student debt across states and colleges. State averages for debt at graduation in 2020 ranged from $18,350 (Utah) to $39,950 (New Hampshire), and new graduates' likelihood of having debt varied from 39 percent (Utah) to 73 percent (South Dakota). In 19 states, average debt was more than $30,000, and it was over $35,000 in six states. Many of the same states appear at the high and low ends of the spectrum as in previous years. High-debt states remain concentrated in the Northeast and low-debt states are mainly in the West. Available data on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on current students and borrowers suggest a cause for concern about college affordability and unaffordable debt burdens. This report includes federal policy recommendations to reduce debt burdens and manage repayment in the wake of COVID-19 and beyond. [For "Student Debt and the Class of 2019. 15th Annual Report," see ED609297.]
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Student Financial Aid, COVID-19, Pandemics, Annual Reports, College Graduates, Costs, Paying for College, Loan Repayment, Public Policy, Institutional Characteristics
Project on Student Debt. Available from Institute for College Access & Success, 405 14th Street 11th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612. Tel: 5110-559-9509; Fax: 510-845-4112; e-mail: admin@ticas.org; Web site: https://ticas.org/posd/home
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation; Joyce Foundation; Kresge Foundation; Lumina Foundation
Authoring Institution: Institute for College Access & Success, Project on Student Debt
Identifiers - Location: California
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