Around 60 percent of Tennessee Tech’s class of 2010 owes no student debt. That’s according to the annual college rankings from US News and World Report. In a news release, TTU says only 40 percent of its students who graduated in 2010 financed their education with student loans. The debt burden for those students is about 9500 dollars. That’s the lowest of any college or university in the south.
Other Middle Tennessee schools also received high marks for financial aid. Nashville’s Free Will Baptist Bible College and Lebanon’s Cumberland University were ranked in the top ten nationwide for students who receive merit-based aid.
Elsewhere, Vanderbilt University ranked number 17 in US News’ list of best national universities. Down the street, Belmont University is number 7 on its list of best regional universities in the south.
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