schumer report - college affordability & student debt online campaign

7/23/2019 Schumer Report - College Affordability & Student Debt Online Campaign

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U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced his online campaign to collect the stories ofstudents and parents who are struggling or struggled to pay for college. Schumer said hisstatewide internet campaign is a critical part of his push to more comprehensively tackle theissue of college affordability. In light of the fact that total nationwide college debt has exploded past the $1 trillion mark, Schumer said Congress must focus on the issue of college affordabilityand work to address it. Schumer is therefore asking New Yorkers to submit their stories on hiswebsite.

Capital Region

COUNTY Number of Public and

Private 4-Year Colleges

Bachelor’s Degree

Recipients (2014)

Average Debt of

Graduates (2014)

Albany 7 7,342 $29,618.25

Rensselaer 1 1,128 $41,814Saratoga 2 3,216 $22,887

Schenectady 1 515 $29,586

Schoharie 1 296 $24,952

TOTAL 12 12,497 $29,771.45

Central New York



Bachelor’s Degree

Recipients (2014)

Average Debt of

Graduates (2014)

Cayuga 1 108 $36,498

Cortland 1 1,625 $27,472

Madison 3 1,145 $26,808.67

Oneida 2 1,089 $42,083

Onondaga 4 4,462 $31,494.33

Oswego 1 1,727 $28,362

TOTAL 12 10,156 $32,119.67

Total Number of Bachelor’s Degree Recipients in Upstate New York

(2014): 71,080 *

Average Debt of Bachelor’s Degree Recipients in Upstate New York

(2014): $28,673.99 **



Rochester Finger Lakes



Bachelor’s Degree

Recipients (2014)

Average Debt of

Graduates (2014)

Livingston 1 1,214 $23,308Monroe 7 7,626 $31,351.50

Ontario 1 484 $34,330

Yates 1 565 N/A***

TOTAL 10 9,889 $29,663.17

Western New York



Bachelor’s Degree

Recipients (2014)

Average Debt of

Graduates (2014)

Cattaraugus 1 408 $35,627Chautauqua 1 1,198 $28,900

Erie 9 8,802 $28,233.80

Niagara 1 880 $30,289

TOTAL 12 11,288 $30,762.45

Southern Tier



Bachelor’s Degree

Recipients (2014)

Average Debt of

Graduates (2014)

Allegany 3 976 $26,550Broome 2 3,097 $25,727

Chemung 1 308 $26,471

Delaware 1 297 N/A***

Otsego 2 1,721 $26,708

Tompkins 2 4,952 $21,411

TOTAL 11 11,351 $25,373.40

Hudson Valley

COUNTY Number of Public andPrivate 4-Year Colleges

Bachelor’s DegreeRecipients (2014)

Average Debt ofGraduates (2014)

Dutchess 5 2,875 $28,623.25

Orange 3 1,862 $31,764

Rockland 8 815 $25,695

Sullivan 1 3 N/A***

Ulster 1 1,701 $25,874



Westchester 9 4,314 $27,332.67

TOTAL 27 11,570 $27,857.78

North Country

COUNTY Number of Public andPrivate 4-Year Colleges

Bachelor’s DegreeRecipients (2014)

Average Debt ofGraduates (2014)

Clinton 2 1,833 $23,533

Franklin 1 193 N/A***

St. Lawrence 4 2,303 $26,807

TOTAL 7 4,329 $25,170.00

Methodology

Data was compiled using the Institute for College Access & Success’ (TICAS) 2014 Project onStudent Debt state by state report. To view that report, click here.

* Data on the total number of bachelor’s degree recipients at Upstate New York colleges in 2014

was compiled using TICAS’ New York State report. To view that report, click here.

** Data on the average debt of bachelor’s degree recipients by county was calculated by addingthe “average debt of graduates 2014” amounts (within the TICAS’ New York State report) for allof the schools within each county, and then dividing by the total number of schools within thatcounty.

*** Some schools did not provide the average debt of graduates to TICAS, and are thereforemarked as “N/A” when no information was available.

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