IN PRINT: For many N.J. students, graduating from college means accumulating thousands of dollars in debt
Princeton University sophomore Ben Levenson still has two years before he gets his degree. But he knows what is waiting after graduation: $50,000 of debt.Levenson, who wants to be a teacher, said his parents told him he will be responsible for the $50,000 in loans he estimates he will need to cover tuition and expenses at the Ivy League school."It’s kind of imprisoning when I think about it," said Levenson, 20, of Morristown. "I don’t have any money, and I owe money to someone."For a growing number of New Jersey students, graduating from a four-year college means accumulating tens of thousands of dollars of debt, according to a Star-Ledger survey of nearly two dozen local campuses.Read more at The Star-Ledger.