Report: Florida ranks low for student debt

Birmingham has landed in the top 10 metros in the U.S. where people owe the most in student loan debt. That’s according to a recent report by StudentLoanHero.com that studied the median student loan balances in America’s 100 largest metros. .....»»

Albuquerque has the 10th lowest student debt in the country, according to a LendingTree report. Washington, D.C was first among metros with high median student loan balances, where nearly 10 percent of loan holders owe more than $100,000. The cost.....»»

LendingTree found that of the Americans using stimulus checks to pay off debt, 56% are putting them toward student loans and credit cards. .....»»

Student Loan Justice found Georgia's state budget is slightly more than $48 billion, but Georgians' total student de.....»»

South Florida entrepreneurs are not throwing away their shot. That's according to a new report that ranks four Sunshine State metropolitan areas – including South Florida – among the best places for new small businesses. LendingTree researchers an.....»»

A recent report from LendingTree found that the median student loan debt in Pittsburgh rose by more than more than 2 percent between 2018 and 2019. The report looked at over 485,000 credit reports by users in 100 metros from Q1 2019 and Q1 2018, ex.....»»

Florida is among the 10 best states for female entrepreneurs, after rising 11 spots on FitSmallBusiness.com’s annual ranking. With its 11-spot rise, among the five highest jumps on this year’s list, Florida lands as the sixth best start for femal.....»»

Beer lovers may be adding Tampa to their list of places to visit after a recent report by SmartAsset ranked the city among the best beer cities in the nation along with the best in Florida. To compile the ranking, SmartAsset looked at a few factor.....»»

A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts offers key insights when it comes to showing how some college bo.....»»

Several Central Florida schools earned a spot on U.S. News & World World Report's 2020 Best Colleges list. Both the University of Central Florida and Florida Institute of Technology were among the local schools to make the annual list, which ranks the .....»»

While teachers are tasked with the critical responsibility to educate the next generation, a new report shows that starting salaries for K–12 educators fall below the average salaries for all other occupations nationwide. The report from Busine.....»»

A new report from TheSeniorList shows that Florida ranks No. 22 in the United States for the most money spent on health care annually. The average person in Florida with private health insurance spends an average of $5,616 per year on health care, .....»»

In just the last ten years in North Carolina, student loan debt has more than tripled — putting at risk not only student's post-graduation success, but the rigor of the state's economy......»»

LendEDU has published its fourth annual Student Loan Debt by School by State Report, and here’s how universities in Alabama stack up. The study found the average debt per borrower in the state totaled $29,564 in 2018 with 50% of students graduatin.....»»

A new report highlights the varying ways borrowers experience student debt.....»»

The ‘student debt burden is especially concerning in the Bay Area’ researchers from the San Francisco Fed say in a new report......»»

A new report explodes some of the commonly held assumptions about this generation......»»

The Sunshine State ranks No. 1 in the nation when it comes to scams, according to a recent report by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that shows 1.4 million Floridians lost more than $84 million to fraudulent activity last year. The report, whic.....»»

A new report offers more evidence that 20-somethings are worse off financially than their parents.....»»

Miami and several other Florida cities dropped in rankings on the 2018 "Best Places to Live" list released today by U.S. News & World Report today. A lack of affordable housing playing a major role in the lower rankings. U.S. News ranked 125 of the.....»»