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Connecticut has one of the highest student loan payments in the country, a new ranking says.
Personal finance company WalletHub just released its list of states with the highest student loan payments, and Connecticut took the No. 4 spot.
WalletHub said the list was compiled based on consumer data and and the median student loan payment amounts across all states.
“Around 42.2 million Americans owe a collective $1.61 trillion in student loans. That comes out to an average of over $38,000 of debt for each borrower,” the study said.
Here’s why Connecticut ranked high on the list.
How high are Connecticut’s student loan payments?
Connecticut’s median student loan payment is the fourth highest of any state in the country, according to WalletHub’s ranking.
According to the list, Connecticut residents have a median monthly student loan payment of $213.
On the other end of the scale, the states with the lowest monthly student loan payments in the study were Arkansas and Mississippi with a payment of $142.
Which states have the highest student loan payments?
While Connecticut has the fourth-highest student loan payments, several other New England states made the list. See the 10 highest scorers:
- New Hampshire
- Massachusetts
- Vermont
- Connecticut
- New Jersey
- New York
- Illinois
- Maryland
- Colorado
- Virginia
How the states with the highest student loan payments were ranked
To rank the states with the highest student loan payments, WalletHub said it examined two factors: consumer data and and the median student loan payment amounts across all states.
Naugatuck Police say one person has been arrested after a multi-car accident on Route 63 Saturday afternoon.
According to police, they responded to the area of Route 63 and Cherry Street around 1 p.m. for reports of a collision with injuries.
They say a 30-year-old man from Waterbury was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol, operating under the influence with a child passenger, illegal possession of prescription drugs, failure to keep narcotics in the original container, risk of injury to a child and distracted driving.
Police say he is being held on a $10,000 Surety Bond.
This is all the information at this time.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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