Danielle Ferguson/Special to IowaWatch

Huge Debts Temper Job Searches For 2014 College Graduates In Iowa

Plenty of seniors on Iowa college campuses interviewed this spring for an IowaWatch report on college debt and attitudes about finding a job have been in an 'in-the-now moment'. They will graduate soon and many of them don't have solid plans for paying the bills.

By Linh Ta, Sarah Rochford, Danielle Ferguson/Special to IowaWatch and IowaWatch/College Media Journalism Project

/ 11 May 2014

Huge Debts Temper Job Searches For 2014 College Graduates In Iowa

Iowa State Student Taking Advantage Of Having No Debt

AMES, Iowa — Emily Funk is the only person in the circle of people she knows at Iowa State University who will graduate this month without debt. “My dad died when

By Danielle Ferguson/Special to IowaWatch

/ 11 May 2014

Iowa State Student Taking Advantage Of Having No Debt

College Debt Dictates Post-Graduate Options

It figures. Graduating from college with little or no debt is giving the Class of 2014 more freedom to chose what they want to do after getting degrees in May. Read about three different situations at college campuses in Iowa.

By Melanie Mackey/Special to IowaWatch, Meagan Flynn/Special to IowaWatch, Amanda Horvath/Special to IowaWatch and Danielle Ferguson/Special to IowaWatch

/ 11 May 2014