These schools鈥� low-debt levels stand incontrast to the average amount of debt graduates take on in their states: Oklahoma: $20,469; New York: $25,739; Georgia: $16,568; Texas: $20,015; Wisconsin: $22,904; New Mexico: $21,478.
At the City University of New York (CUNY) Staten Island, students pay an average of $6,884 a year after receiving financial aid, according to the US Department of Education鈥檚 College Navigator . Thirteen percent of students took out loans in 2008-09, at an average amount of just under $4,000.
Ten colleges:
鈥� Cameron University in Oklahoma
鈥� CUNY College of Staten Island in New York
鈥� CUNY Hunter College in New York
鈥� Kennesaw State University in Georgia
鈥� Lamar University in Texas
鈥� New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
鈥� Sam Houston State University in Texas
鈥� Southeastern Oklahoma State University
