Why is graduating debt free so important?

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<p>In a lot of these threads, it’s between very good stateU and higher USNews-ranked fancyU. Just because fancyU is ranked higher by USNews doesn’t make it worth the debt or necessarily better. Given a choice between a free very nice car and going into debt for the fancy sports car, I think most of us would be very happy with the free car.</p>