LEWISTON One way to graduate from college with less debt is to take advantage of the Maine Community College System and the University of Maine System, as Naima Noor did.
Or, take college courses while in high school, which are offered at most high schools, including Auburn’s Edward Little High School.
Or, do both.
Noor, 25, is graduating from the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College in May. Her student loan debt will be about $16,000. The average student loan debt for a recent college graduate in Maine is $29,000.
Noor graduated from Lewiston High School in 2010. She then attended Central Maine Community College, graduating in 2012.
She wanted to transfer to a college in Connecticut and major in respira…
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