US Students Earn Debt-Free College Degree
2,465 views · Published 1 March 2011 · 3:46 · Indexed 20 October 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2011 · Education
While a four-year undergraduate degree at Berea College costs nearly $100,000, these students will never see a bill for tuition. The average American takes out $24,000 in student loans to pay for their university education. Of those loans, about 14 percent slide into default. However, at this college in the small town of Berea, Kentucky, graduates rarely have to cope with that kind of crushing student debt. Berea students pay for their education - as they study - by working at jobs provided by the college.
