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I don't know. The debt level is relative to the national average, and it ranges from -100% (zero loans) to over 700%. It's not like they fabricated many 'high'

by rsfern 11y ago

I don't know. The debt level is relative to the national average, and it ranges from -100% (zero loans) to over 700%. It's not like they fabricated many 'high' levels, the distribution just has a long tail. I think a diverging color map displaying continuous values would be more appropriate, but I'm hesitant to label it 'lying with statistics'.

ethbro 11y ago
It does correspond with the realities of college. Remember, you're hypothetically borrowing against future earning and, for all the griping about college expense, there are a large number of fields where debt is extremely high but future earnings are also. I'd be interested to see this broken down by major.