College student debt is on the rise in Georgia, according to a new report. The Institute for College Access and Success found 61 percent of Georgia’s college graduates carry student debt.
For those who graduated last year, the average amount was $27,754. The report found in 2004, the average amount was about $15,354.
In Georgia, 2015 graduates of Clark Atlanta University and the Savannah College of Art and Design owed the most with close to $41,000 in student debt on average.
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