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After launching 11 eco-friendly companies across the state, the University of New Hampshire’s Green Launching Pad (GLP) is racing to spend the last of its stimulus funding. For the past two years, GLP has used federal stimulus money to offer grants and support to up-and-coming green companies. The idea is, as the companies expand, more […]
Starting last week, and continuing today, we’ve been focusing on a report from the Project on Student Debt. Nationally, the average Class of 2010 student graduated with $25,250 in loans, while New Hampshire alumni carried student debt loads of $31,048, on average. Although it’s clear that average student debt in New Hampshire is high, there […]
New Hampshire alumni lead the pack when it comes to average student debt, according to a report from the Project on Student Debt. Nationally, the average Class of 2010 student graduated with $25,250 in loans, while New Hampshire alumni carried student debt loads of $31,048, on average. So why does student debt matter for the […]
If you’ve been following our work this week, StateImpact’s been taking a closer look at student debt in New Hampshire. All Things Considered host Brady Carlson checked out the site and decided to interview one of our reporters about what we know so far about student debt in the Granite State.
Yesterday, we posted a piece comparing the student debt load of New Hampshire residents to the rest of the country. (You can read it here.) But one set of figures reported by the Project on Student Debt–and reported by the Union-Leader continues to stand out: Average Class of 2010 student debt nationally: $25,250 Average Class […]
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks, with financial tremors continuing to shake-up the jagged economic landscape. National GDP barely went up, Congress made an 11th hour deal to raise the debt ceiling, S&P downgraded the US credit rating anyway, and the Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates steady—at virtually nothing—for the next two […]
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