A NEW REPORT HAS FOUND KENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAE OF GRADUATES WITHOUT DEBT BY A
WIDE MARGIN......AT 72-PERCENT......AND GRADUATES WITH LOAN DEBT HAVE THE LOWEST AVERAGE BALANCE AMONG ALL PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH......
IN THE 2023-24 ACADEMIC YEAR.....KCTCS GRADUATES COMPLETED THIER PROGRAM WITHOUT INCURRING STUDENT LOAN DEBT.....A GAIN OF 14.7 PERCENTAGE
POINTS IN FIVE YEARS......
FOR THE 28-PERCENT WHO TOOK OUT STUDENT LOANS IN 20-23-24,,,,,THE AVERAGE AMOUHT WAS $13,629......THE LOWEST AMOUNT IN THE COMMUNWEALTH'S
PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS......AND A DECREASE OF 6.5% IN FIVE YEARS......
IT'S ALSO LESS THAT HALF OF THE AVERAGE DEBT OF KENTUCKY'S PUBLIC UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES......
AS THE REPORT FOUND 54-POINT-NINE PERCENT OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITY GRADUATES.....IN 2023-24.....HAD A STUDENT LOAN AVERAGE BALANCE OF $32,996.......
