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High student debt is impediment to R.I.’s future economic health

OF DEBT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Rhode Island ranked next to the bottom of a list of the states with the highest average student-loan debt for Class of 2017 graduates, presenting a significant impediment to the state’s economic future. 
 / COURTESY LENDEDU
OF DEBT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Rhode Island ranked next to the bottom of a list of the states with the highest average student-loan debt for Class of 2017 graduates, presenting a significant impediment to the state’s economic future. 
 / COURTESY LENDEDU

The latest student-debt rankings put Rhode Island near the top – and not in a good way. According to LendEDU, an online student lending tool, the average student debt for Class of 2017 borrowers among Rhode Islanders totaled $35,371. That figure put the Ocean State second from the bottom, with only Pennsylvania burdening its students

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