Student Loan Debt: The Ten Best, and Worst States

None of the states are good, but the South is remarkably bad.

Student debt stands at around $1.8 Trillion in the U.S. today. This is not good for any of the states. However, it is instructive to look closely at the states, to see which are most severely affected. Specifically, it is useful to analyze the average debt burden for borrowers in the various states against typical earnings for individuals in those states.

Considering recent Department of Education student loan data, state earnings data from the Bureau of Labor…