PNPI Explorer Blog – Arizona
Welcome back to the PNPI Explorer blog series, where we examine higher education data in different states. This week’s spotlight is on Arizona.
In 2021 in Arizona, there were 58 institutions serving 240,804 full-time equivalent (FTE) students. Looking at the Explorer’s Federal Student Debt report, we see that undergraduate students in Arizona have relatively low median debt levels when they exit their institution. Students at public four-year institutions have the highest levels of debt ($13.6K), while students at public two-year institutions have the lowest ($4.5K).
To examine whether these trends in median student debt levels are higher or lower than national estimates, we can use the Comparison Tool. Arizona has the third lowest median student debt ($9.3K) compared to all other states. Only Kansas and Wyoming have lower median debt levels. Nationally, undergraduate students have a median debt level of $12.5K, more than $3K higher than Arizona.
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