This Is How Much Debt North Jersey College Students Graduate With

Student loan payments are just a normal part of post-college life for many New Jersey students. A new report by LendEDU shows how much debt Bergen County students are left with after they graduate.

Students graduate with some of the highest — and lowest — student loan debt rates in New Jersey.

Ramapo College of New Jersey students graduate with an average of $33,433 in student loans, according to new data published by LendEdu. Slightly less than half of students graduate with debt, the data shows.

At the other end of the spectrum are students at Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck campus. They are near the top of the list. The average student has more than $40,100 in debt and 70 percent of graduates have student debt.

William Paterson University students graduate with an average of $33,300 in debt.

The New Jersey school with the lowest amount of debt is Princeton, which graduates students with an average of $9,000 in debt.

To see the full list of public and private colleges and how they rank click here.

Correction: Ramapo College issued a statement about LendEDU's report. The data used to generate Ramapo's ranking was inaccurate, the college said in a statement following publication of Patch's article. Due to an upgrade of the college’s computer system, a code was not calculated which failed to include certain student loans in the report. As a result, the average Ramapo student debt upon graduation for 2016-2017 was actually $33,433. Ramapo said it regrets the error occurred.

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