Ordered by median federal debt at graduation — smallest loan first, with what graduates go on to earn beside it. The typical graded US university clears its debt in 1.3 years on median earnings of $57,146 against $22,500 of debt.
| # | University | Grade | You borrow | Monthly | You earn | Debt clears in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 721 | Ohio Northern University Ohio | B | $27,000 | $307 | $80,928 | 0.7 yrs |
| 722 | DigiPen Institute of Technology Washington | B | $27,000 | $307 | $79,878 | 0.7 yrs |
| 723 | University of Scranton Pennsylvania | B | $27,000 | $307 | $74,652 | 0.8 yrs |
| 724 | Ursinus College Pennsylvania | B | $27,000 | $307 | $73,721 | 0.8 yrs |
| 725 | Saint Anselm College New Hampshire | B | $27,000 | $307 | $73,371 | 0.8 yrs |
| 726 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology South Dakota | B | $27,000 | $307 | $72,257 | 0.8 yrs |
| 727 | Widener University Pennsylvania | B | $27,000 | $307 | $70,920 | 0.9 yrs |
| 728 | Illinois Wesleyan University Illinois | B | $27,000 | $307 | $70,871 | 0.9 yrs |
| 729 | DePauw University Indiana | B | $27,000 | $307 | $70,527 | 0.9 yrs |
| 730 | Wabash College Indiana | B | $27,000 | $307 | $69,952 | 0.9 yrs |
| 731 | Lawrence Technological University Michigan | B | $27,000 | $307 | $69,151 | 0.9 yrs |
| 732 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges New York | B | $27,000 | $307 | $68,831 | 0.9 yrs |
| 733 | Emmanuel College Massachusetts | B | $27,000 | $307 | $68,245 | 0.9 yrs |
| 734 | Washington & Jefferson College Pennsylvania | B | $27,000 | $307 | $67,918 | 1 yrs |
| 735 | St. Lawrence University New York | C | $27,000 | $307 | $67,258 | 1 yrs |
| 736 | Bradley University Illinois | C | $27,000 | $307 | $66,852 | 1 yrs |
| 737 | Centre College Kentucky | C | $27,000 | $307 | $66,240 | 1 yrs |
| 738 | Lebanon Valley College Pennsylvania | C | $27,000 | $307 | $62,621 | 1.2 yrs |
| 739 | Elizabethtown College Pennsylvania | C | $27,000 | $307 | $62,399 | 1.2 yrs |
| 740 | Allegheny College Pennsylvania | C | $27,000 | $307 | $62,069 | 1.2 yrs |
| 741 | La Sierra University California | C | $27,000 | $307 | $61,824 | 1.2 yrs |
| 742 | Susquehanna University Pennsylvania | C | $27,000 | $307 | $61,723 | 1.2 yrs |
| 743 | Hartwick College New York | C | $27,000 | $307 | $61,107 | 1.3 yrs |
| 744 | University of Hartford Connecticut | C | $27,000 | $307 | $60,823 | 1.3 yrs |
| 745 | University of New Haven Connecticut | C | $27,000 | $307 | $60,126 | 1.3 yrs |
| 746 | Saint Vincent College Pennsylvania | C | $27,000 | $307 | $59,982 | 1.3 yrs |
| 747 | Luther College Iowa | C | $27,000 | $307 | $59,850 | 1.3 yrs |
| 748 | King's College Pennsylvania | C | $27,000 | $307 | $59,498 | 1.4 yrs |
| 749 | Albion College Michigan | C | $27,000 | $307 | $58,799 | 1.4 yrs |
| 750 | Gannon University Pennsylvania | C | $27,000 | $307 | $58,845 | 1.4 yrs |
A university can leave students with little debt because it is genuinely affordable — strong institutional aid, low in-state tuition — or because so few of its students borrow that the median falls to a handful of cases. The earnings column beside it is what separates the two.
It counts federal loans only. Private loans, credit cards and parent borrowing sit outside the dataset, so a family that financed college another way appears here as low debt.
Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard. Figures cover students who received federal financial aid and blend every subject at each institution. Information only, not financial advice.