Which Universities Burden Parents With the Most Federal Debt?

By | Published Feb 13, 2018 | U.S. News & World Report
Which Universities Burden Parents With the Most Federal Debt?

 

Discover the average Parent PLUS loan among borrowers in the 2015-2016 school year at nearly 1,500 colleges and universities.

Compare the average Parent PLUS loan received in the 2015-2016 award year, the percentage of parents who borrowed and other important financial data on a school-by-school basis in this table, based on New America’s Education Policy Program analysis of data from the Department of Education. Institutions with fewer than 100 Parent PLUS loan borrowers in the 2015-2016 school year are not included.

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School State Sector Avg. Parent PLUS Received # of Parent PLUS Recipients % of Undergrads Whose Parents Borrowed PLUS Loans 2015 Grad Rate 3-Yr Student Loan Repayment Rate
Berklee College of Music MA Private-Nonprofit $35,388 555 10% 56% 66%
New York Film Academy NY Private For-Profit $34,001 183 7% N/A 54%
Dartmouth College NH Private-Nonprofit $33,748 137 3% 94% 87%
New York University NY Private-Nonprofit $32,495 4,258 14% 84% 77%
American Musical & Dramatic Academy NY Private-Nonprofit $31,573 712 30% 54% 42%
School of Visual Arts NY Private For-Profit $31,499 512 13% 69% 69%
California Institute of the Arts CA Private-Nonprofit $30,841 149 14% 56% 64%
Georgetown University DC Private-Nonprofit $30,789 382 4% 94% 87%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University FL Private-Nonprofit $30,725 1,345 6% 46% 66%
Ringling College of Art & Design FL Private-Nonprofit $30,683 345 28% 70% 67%
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Note: N/A means Not Available. Graduation rates reflect those graduating within 150 percent of the normal time, typically six years. Data were gathered from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the Federal Student Aid Data Center and the College Scorecard. Some university main and branch campuses may be aggregated into a single data point, depending on how they report loan data to the Federal Student Aid Data Center.

Editor’s Note: This story was produced in partnership with the McGraw Center for Business Journalism at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. It is the second in a series of stories exploring the high cost and financial impact of federal student loan borrowing among the parents of college undergraduates.

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