Paying for college is not easy. For a majority of students the only way to do so, is taking out a federal or private student loan. With the cost of college continuing to rise, so has student debt.
Here at the Student Loan Report, we release financially centered reports to help our readers with their current and future financial decisions.
This report looks into the least private student debt offered by private colleges. Using Peterson's Financial Aid Data set-2015, we calculated a list of the top 250 private colleges in relation to private student debt. Private student debt refers to loans taken out through private lenders.
The average debt per graduate was calculated by multiplying the percentage of students with private debt by the average private debt per borrower. This value was then sorted from lowest to highest to give us the overall rank for each school.
Top 250 Private Colleges that Give Students the Least Private Student Debt
| Rank | School | Students with Private Debt | Average Private Debt per Borrower | Average Debt per Graduate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuyper College | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Blue Mountain College | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Hope International University | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Emmanuel College | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 5 | University of Mount Olive | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 6 | Gallaudet University | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 7 | Lancaster Bible College | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Piedmont College | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Pomona College | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 10 | Thomas Aquinas College | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 11 | Bethune-Cookman University | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 12 | Upper Iowa University | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 13 | Saint Augustine's University | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 14 | Huston-Tillotson University | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 15 | VanderCook College of Music | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 16 | Columbia College | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 17 | Grinnell College | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 18 | Princeton University | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 19 | Alderson Broaddus University | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 20 | University of the Incarnate Word | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 21 | Cornell College | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 22 | Lyon College | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 23 | Trinity College of Florida | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 24 | William Peace University | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 25 | Mercy College of Ohio | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 26 | McMurry University | 14 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 27 | College of the Ozarks | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 28 | Bentley University | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 29 | The Master's College and Seminary | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 30 | Tennessee Wesleyan College | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 31 | King University | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 32 | Christian Brothers University | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 33 | Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 34 | Wesleyan University | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 35 | Brown University | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 36 | Walla Walla University | 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 37 | Bryn Mawr College | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 38 | John Brown University | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 39 | Hartwick College | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 40 | Brigham Young University | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 41 | Maranatha Baptist University | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 42 | Warner Pacific College | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 43 | Scripps College | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 44 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 45 | Washington and Lee University | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 46 | Shenandoah University | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 47 | The Baptist College of Florida | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 48 | Southern Wesleyan University | 13 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 49 | Samford University | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 50 | Wesleyan College | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 51 | Culver-Stockton College | 18 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 52 | Mount Mary University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 53 | Middlebury College | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 54 | Warren Wilson College | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 55 | Bluefield College | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 56 | Trinity University | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 57 | Hanover College | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 59 | Wellesley College | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 60 | University of the Cumberlands | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 61 | Occidental College | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 62 | Martin Luther College | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 63 | Campbellsville University | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 64 | Naropa University | 17 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 65 | California Institute of the Arts | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 66 | Amherst College | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 67 | Hamilton College | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 68 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 69 | University of Saint Joseph | 13 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 70 | Macalester College | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 71 | Newberry College | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 72 | Carleton College | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 73 | Hood College | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 74 | Lindenwood University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 75 | St. Edward's University | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 76 | Washington University in St. Louis | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 77 | Harvard University | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 78 | Bowdoin College | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 79 | Stanford University | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 80 | Lubbock Christian University | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 81 | Wingate University | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 82 | Birmingham-Southern College | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 83 | Oglethorpe University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 84 | Thomas More College of Liberal Arts | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 85 | Williams College | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 86 | Harvey Mudd College | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 87 | New England Conservatory of Music | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 88 | Mississippi College | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 89 | University of Great Falls | 11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 90 | Vassar College | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 91 | Smith College | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 92 | O'More College of Design | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 93 | Covenant College | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 94 | Claremont McKenna College | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 95 | University of San Diego | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 96 | Hilbert College | 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 97 | Presbyterian College | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 98 | Vanderbilt University | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 99 | Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 100 | Ave Maria University | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 101 | Toccoa Falls College | 17 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 102 | Regent University | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 103 | Texas Christian University | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 104 | Sarah Lawrence College | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 105 | Pitzer College | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 106 | Rocky Mountain College | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 107 | St. Mary's University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 108 | Centenary College of Louisiana | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 109 | Hampshire College | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 110 | Iowa Wesleyan University | 22 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 111 | Davidson College | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 112 | Marymount California University | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 113 | Barnard College | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 114 | Life University | 20 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 115 | Buena Vista University | 19 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 116 | New York School of Interior Design | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 117 | Missouri Baptist University | 11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 118 | University of Mobile | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 119 | Berry College | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 120 | Haverford College | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 121 | William Jessup University | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 122 | College of the Atlantic | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 123 | Xavier University | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 124 | Carson-Newman University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 125 | Campbell University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 126 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 127 | Transylvania University | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 128 | Reed College | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 129 | Sewanee: The University of the South | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 130 | Rhodes College | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 131 | DePauw University | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 132 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 133 | The Colorado College | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 134 | Graceland University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 135 | University of Pennsylvania | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 136 | Colby College | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 137 | Virginia Union University | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 138 | Duke University | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 139 | Ouachita Baptist University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 140 | Dartmouth College | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 141 | Georgetown College | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 142 | University of Miami | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 143 | Belmont Abbey College | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 144 | Rice University | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 145 | Skidmore College | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 146 | Texas Lutheran University | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 147 | Mercy College | 11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 148 | Florida Southern College | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 149 | Lee University | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 150 | Post University | 16 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 151 | Tulane University | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 152 | Goshen College | 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 153 | Caldwell University | 15 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 154 | Averett University | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 155 | School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 156 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 157 | Houston Baptist University | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 158 | Southwestern University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 159 | Summit University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 160 | California Institute of Technology | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 161 | The New School College of Performing Arts | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 162 | Catawba College | 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 163 | Westminster College | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 164 | Kalamazoo College | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 165 | National University | 13 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 166 | Whitman College | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 167 | University of Puget Sound | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 168 | Quincy University | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 169 | Mary Baldwin College | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 170 | California College of the Arts | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 171 | Mercyhurst University | 17 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 172 | East Texas Baptist University | 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 173 | Mercer University | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 174 | Dallas Baptist University | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 175 | Emory & Henry College | 22 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 176 | Gettysburg College | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 177 | University of St. Francis | 13 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 178 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 179 | Lewis & Clark College | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 180 | MacMurray College | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 181 | University of Southern California | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 182 | Rollins College | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 183 | Northwestern University | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 184 | Rockhurst University | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 185 | Northland College | 11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 186 | William Jewell College | 13 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 187 | Ohio Valley University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 188 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 189 | Southern Adventist University | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 190 | Central College | 25 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 191 | Taylor University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 192 | Emory University | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 193 | Milligan College | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 194 | Oklahoma City University | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 195 | Seattle Pacific University | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 196 | Morningside College | 27 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 197 | Wheaton College | 17 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 198 | Bates College | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 199 | Albright College | 17 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 200 | Regis University | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 201 | University of Detroit Mercy | 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 202 | Mount Holyoke College | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 203 | Wabash College | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 204 | Saint Leo University | 11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 205 | Colgate University | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 206 | Carroll College | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 207 | Aurora University | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 208 | Centre College | 5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 209 | Southern Methodist University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 210 | Brandeis University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 211 | University of Richmond | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 212 | Mount Vernon Nazarene University | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 213 | Agnes Scott College | 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 214 | Brenau University | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 215 | Lynn University | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 216 | Seattle University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 217 | Hendrix College | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 218 | Lawrence University | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 219 | Earlham College | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 220 | Thomas College | 32 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 221 | Benedictine University | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 222 | Doane University | 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 223 | Elmhurst College | 11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 224 | Georgetown University | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 225 | The College of Wooster | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 226 | McKendree University | 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 227 | Whittier College | 13 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 228 | Queens University of Charlotte | 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 229 | University of La Verne | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 230 | The Juilliard School | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 231 | Kenyon College | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 232 | Case Western Reserve University | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 233 | Union College | 11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 234 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 235 | Denison University | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 236 | Bard College | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 237 | Liberty University | 13 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 238 | Belmont University | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 239 | St. Olaf College | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 240 | Central Methodist University | 17 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 241 | Corban University | 15 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 242 | Franklin & Marshall College | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 243 | Linfield College | 11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 244 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 9 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 245 | Benedictine College | 13 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 246 | Everglades University - Boca Raton | 22 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 247 | Loyola Marymount University | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 248 | University of Denver | 7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 249 | Waynesburg University | 20 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 250 | Prescott College | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rank | School | Students with Private Debt | Average Private Debt per Borrower | Average Debt per Graduate |
