St. Mary's College Students Graduate with Lowest Average Student Loan Debt in Maryland Two Years Running

For the fourth consecutive year, LendEDU has completed an annual Student Loan Debt by School by State Report, a comprehensive analysis of student loan debt statistics for over 1,000 colleges and universities throughout the United States (https://lendedu.com/student-loan-debt-by-school-by-state-2019/).

According to the report, St. Mary’s College of Maryland is ranked #1 in lowest average student loan debt among public institutions in the state of Maryland (class of 2018) for the second year in a row. St. Mary’s College graduates benefit from one of the lowest average debt figures in the United States, ranking #169 out of all institutions analyzed and #102 amongst all similar public schools.

St. Mary’s College has recently received several accolades: Ranked fifth best public liberal arts college in U.S. News & World Report’s “2020 Best Colleges,” The Princeton Review’s “Best 385 Colleges” Guide for 2020, 2019 Best College Value by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, 2019-20 College of Distinction, a 2018 Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, and as an Individual Conference Champion in the 2018-19 College and University Green Power Challenge by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.