Six out of 10 Kentucky undergraduate students are now graduating debt-free, according to a new report by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. The number is up from 2019-20, when four out of 10 students were graduating debt-free.
The percentage of debt-free graduates from community and technical colleges is now 74% and 46% for public university graduates.
“With the national media focused on ballooning student loan debt and rising tuition, I’m extremely proud that Kentucky has a different story to tell,” said Dr. Aaron Thompson, president of CPE. “Significant increases in state and institutional grants and scholarships over the last five years made college affordable for thousands of Kentuckians, to the extent that many avoided student loans altogether.”
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