Student Loan Debt in U.S. Tops $1.5 Trillion

“grown to overwhelm all other categories of non-housing consumer debt”

The Student Debt Crisis Is Exploding

The level of student loan debt in the United States has risen to $1.5 trillion, and defaults are at more than 40% of debtors and rising. Student loan debt has grown to overwhelm all other categories of non-housing consumer debt in this nation.