About 6 in 10 Kentucky undergraduate students now graduate debt free, according to a report from the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. That's up from 2019-20, when about 4 in 10 students graduated debt free.

High costs for on-campus housing and board propelled New Jersey into first place for the third consecutive year, according to this ranking.

Has Idaho bucked the fears of the demographic cliff? The state's four public colleges and universities experienced record gains this fall.

Students are taking new measures, such as dumbing down their work, spying on themselves and using AI "humanizer" programs, to beat accusations of cheating with artificial intelligence.