UD projects student debt drop, record grad rate from tuition guarantee

Renee Brown will graduate debt free from the University of Dayton this spring, something she said would not have been possible if it was not for the private college’s “transparent” tuition plan.

Brown is part of the first class of students at UD to graduate while the school’s tuition guarantee has been in place, a now four-year old program that officials say is saving graduates 20 to 25 percent on average in loans.

The university estimates that each senior graduating this spring will owe around $5,000 less than a student who graduated last spring. The spring class of 2017 is projected to leave UD with $6 million less in student loan debt than the previous year’s grads.

For more on the UD tuition plan, see our full report HERE.