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The average sixth-former expects to leave university with debts of just over £6,000 - less than half the average amount graduates actually owe, research showed today.
Students aged between 16 and 19 expect to graduate with debts of £6,199, £1,000 less than the £7,208 people asked the same question last year expected to owe, despite tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year being introduced in September.
Parents were not much better at estimating the financial burden of going to university, with the average parent expecting their child to accrue debts of £7,080.
But in reality people graduating from university this year owe an average of £13,500, according to the Association of Investment Trust Companies (AITC).
Around 55% of potential students said financial concerns were their biggest worry about going to university, with 37% specifically worried about debt and 18% concerned about managing their finances generally.