Kentucky has one of the heaviest student debt burdens in the US

Kentucky is among the states with the highest student debt burdens in the nation. The state comes in at No. 4 for the highest student debt burden based on an index score that factors in three data points — percent of residents with education debt, the median amount and delinquency rate — by Student Loan Hero, a subsidiary of LendingTree. Kentucky nearly leads the nation (No. 2) for the highest rate of student debt delinquency of 15.75, just behind West Virginia which has the highest delinquency…