Average debt: $32,698
Students with debt: 74 percent
In New Hampshire, nearly three-quarters of college graduates included in the study carried a debt load when they finished school – $32,698 per student in 2012.
Seniors at Saint Anselm College were saddled with a per-student debt of $42,631, which wasthe highest level of debt reported in the state that year.
The heaviest average loan among the state’s public institutions belonged the University of New Hampshire's main campus, averaging $35,168 per student.
