Sky News reported on our Degrees of Debt research on its morning news bulletins

Graduates are leaving universities in England with the highest debt levels in the English-speaking world.

A report by the Sutton Trust found students under the £9,000 fees regime owe an average of more than £44,000 when they finish their degrees.

American students graduate owing between £20,500, for those at public or private non-profit universities, and £29,000 for those at private for-profit universities.

Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust and Education Endowment Foundation, said: “These debt levels are by far the highest in the English speaking world and are more than double average debt levels at universities in the United States, where students study for four year programmes, rather than three.

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