1 in 5 adult Americans carry student loan debt. This week, 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Warren proposed canceling this debt for more than 40 million Americans. Here’s a look at how student loan debt totals have skyrocketed in the last decade. (1/6)
Students walk through the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.One in five adult Americans carry student loan debt. The issue returned to the headlines this week, when Democratic presidential candidatefor more than 40 million Americans. Here's a look at the landscape.
Most Americans with student debt are young. But adults 60 and older — who either struggled to pay off their own loans or took on debt for their children or grandchildren — are the fastest-growing age cohort among student loan borrowers. Many borrowers struggle to repay their loans. The national default rate, a U.S. Department of Education measurement of the number of borrowers who start repayment, then default in the next two to three years, was 10.8 percent among those who started repayment in 2015, the most recent data available.“A lot of it has to do with the level of education,” Yu said. “You may have taken out some debt to go to college but for whatever reason, you didn't finish.
For borrowers who can't afford to make their regular payment, the government offers payment plans that are tied to their household income. However, fewer than 20 percent of borrowers participate in these plans.
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