Average debt: $33,649
Students with debt: 56 percent
More than half of the graduates of the University of Delaware included in the study relied on student loans in 2012, and the state led the country in average per-student debt, at $33,649. By comparison, the state with the lowest average – New Mexico – had $17,994 in debt per student.
None of the state’s private universities or colleges volunteered data on the debt load of their graduating seniors, nor did Delaware State University, according to TICAS.
