Tired of student loans? These schools will leave you with little debt.

These schools’ low-debt levels stand incontrast to the average amount of debt graduates take on in their states: Oklahoma: $20,469; New York: $25,739; Georgia: $16,568; Texas: $20,015; Wisconsin: $22,904; New Mexico: $21,478.

At the City University of New York (CUNY) Staten Island, students pay an average of $6,884 a year after receiving financial aid, according to the US Department of Education’s College Navigator website. Thirteen percent of students took out loans in 2008-09, at an average amount of just under $4,000.

Ten colleges:

• Cameron University in Oklahoma

• CUNY College of Staten Island in New York

• CUNY Hunter College in New York

• Kennesaw State University in Georgia

• Lamar University in Texas

• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

• Sam Houston State University in Texas

• Southeastern Oklahoma State University

• University of Wisconsin, River Falls

• Western New Mexico University