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Washington, DC - With college students preparing for the fall semester and 11 percent of all student loans in delinquency or default as of Q1 2016, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2016’s Best and Worst States for Student Debt.

In order to identify the states that are friendliest toward student-loan debtors, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across nine key metrics. Our data set ranges from “average student debt” to “unemployment rate for people aged 25 to 34” to “percentage of students with past-due loan balances.”  
 

 

Best States for Student Debt

 

Worst States for Student Debt

 

1

Utah

 

42

Ohio

 

2

Wyoming

 

43

Mississippi

 

3

North Dakota

 

44

New Hampshire

 

4

Nevada

 

45

South Carolina

 

5

Virginia

 

46

Vermont

 

6

Washington

 

47

Pennsylvania

 

7

Alaska

 

48

Maine

 

8

Colorado

 

49

Oregon

 

9

Hawaii

 

50

West Virginia

 

10

New Mexico

 

51

District of Columbia

 
Best vs. Worst


For the full report and to see where your state ranks, please visit: 
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-for-student-debt/7520/