Alex FriedrichThe Wall Street Journal has put out a map based on data from the New York Fed. It pretty much mirrors what we’ve been hearing from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education: Minnesota students have a higher rate of debt, but have lower default rates.
Map: How MN compares to other states in student debt, defaults
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Alex Friedrich
afriedrich@mpr.orgAlex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.