2001年學生負債最少的學校排名：
　　學校名稱／負債學生所佔比例／平均負債金額
　　Indiana State University *43%＄4,129 
　　Florida International University *38%＄4,750 
　　Illinois State University *84%＄9,283 
　　U. of North Carolina–Greensboro *58%＄10,026 
　　Yeshiva University (NY)37%＄10,807 
　　New Jersey Inst. of Technology *37%＄11,000 
　　Rice University (TX)43%＄11,393 
　　Ball State University (IN)*42%＄11,400 
　　University of Washington *44%＄11,445 
　　Southern Illinois U.–Carbondale *40%＄11,475 
　　California Institute of Technology69%＄11,573 
　　Ohio State University–Columbus *50%＄11,800 
　　SUNY–Binghamton *58%＄11,856 
　　U. of Maryland–Baltimore County *34%＄12,000 
　　University of Hawaii–Manoa *32%＄12,299 
　　University of Montana *56%＄12,409 
　　University of Rhode Island *82%＄12,500 
　　Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)68%＄12,672 
　　University of California–Davis *55%＄12,894 
　　U. of North Carolina–Chapel Hill *60%＄12,900 
　　Univ. of California–San Diego *43%＄13,000 
　　University of Nevada–Reno *80%＄13,000 
　　University of Texas–Arlington *18%＄13,055 
　　Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *32%＄13,108 
　　University of California–Irvine *48%＄13,199 
　　*號&&公立大學