CITY COLLEGE–Students attending the City College of New York take out fewer student loans than the average college student nationwide. Only 11% of all CCNY undergraduates use student loans to pay off their tuition, according to CollegeFactual. This is far lower than the national undergraduate rate of 55% reported by Forbes in a 2023 survey about student debt.
Though interviews and a small survey, City College students explained how they manage college finances to avoid ending up in debt.
