Article: Average Debt Bigger for Ursinus Grads

The Philadelphia Inquirer article, "Highly educated, deeply in debt," about the mountains of money students owe post-secondary institutions -- and it notes that Ursinus College graduates' debt can exceed the national average.

According to the article --

accepts many low-income students and has a small endowment, says Richard DiFeliciantonio, vice president for enrollment. That might explain why the Project on Student Debt found that average debt at the college was nearly $2,000 above U.S. figures, and why 78 percent of Ursinus students graduated with debt in 2010, as compared to 66 percent nationwide, he says."

Former Ursinus students cited in the article include Ryan Collins, 27, a religious studies major with more than $20,000 in debt, and Stephanie Martins, 25, who is currently in law school.

"Grants and scholarships would have paid for Stephanie's entire undergraduate education at Rutgers University-Camden," the article states. "But she fell in love with Ursinus."

Read the full article here.