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After College Unbound – Newport/Aquidneck Island: graduation, pay and debt

Graduates leave with $12,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$12.5k
median federal debt at graduation.
All the federal numbers

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$12,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$7,690

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Updated May 7, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers