HONOLULU, Sept. 18 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
Link to video and sound (details below):https://go.hawaii.edu/RUQ
Hawaiʻi borrowers carry less student debt than those in nearly every other state, earning the state the nation's second-lowest student debt ranking according to a September 2026 WalletHub report.
The personal finance company compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia using 12 measures. They included average student loan balances, the share of students with debt and the percentage of loans that are past due or in default.
Hawaiʻi ranked No. 50 overall. Only No. 51 Utah had a lower student debt burden. California, Washington and New Mexico rounded out the five states with th...