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William S. Richardson School of Law graduates (Photo by Mike Orbito)
William S. Richardson School of Law graduates (Photo by Mike Orbito)

Graduates from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2015 class William S. Richardson School of Law are carrying the least amount of law school debt among 183 ranked U.S. law schools, according to a recent survey by U.S. News & World Report.

Average debt for 2015 UH law school graduates who took out loans to pay for their legal education was $54,988. That was less than half the average debt nationally among the 183 law schools that submitted data to U.S. News. The average debt nationally for graduates from those schools was $112,748.

“This goes to show that we really are an affordable option for law school,” said Cyrelle White, UH law school financial aid manager. “And it also shows that our students are making really smart financial decisions.”

U.S. News released the latest law school debt information as one of its “short list” surveys, compiling a list of the 10 most cost effective law schools from among those ranked in the U.S. Of the 10 schools listed in which graduates borrowed the least, the average debt was $62,735.

Read more at the law school website.

—By Beverly Creamer

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