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Student Debt For Woodbury Residents: How It Compares Across The US
Americans have a total of $1.61 trillion in student debt or about $37,000 per borrower. How do residents in Woodbury compare?
WOODBURY, MN — Americans have a total of $1.61 billion in student debt — about $37,000 per borrower, according to a new study from WalletHub.
The organization conducted the study to see where borrowers and the most and least burdened by student debt in the U.S.
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The median student-loan debt for Woodbury residents is $23,574, about 64 percent of the $37,000 per-borrower national average, according to WalletHub.
The median salary of a person with a bachelor's degree in the city is $67,824, the study shows.
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Woodbury has the 19th-highest ratio of student debt to median earnings for bachelor's degree holders — 0.35 — among the 45 Minnesota cities included in the study.
Ypsilanti, Michigan, is the Midwest city with the worst debt-to-salary ratio, according to WalletHub. The average resident of Ypsilanti has $29,342 worth of student loan debt, while the city’s median salary is $35,080.
The best debt-to-salary ratio was found in Saratoga, California. The median student-loan debt for Saratoga residents is $19,575, while the median salary is $91,659 per year, the study shows.
Check out the entire WalletHub study here.
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