#OccupyEducation: Median Amount of Student Loans Has Doubled
by SavvyRoo on Oct 10, 2014 | Views: 262 | Score: 0
| Median amount of student loans borrowed in the US (inflation adjusted) | |
|---|---|
| 1992-1993 | 12434 |
| 1999-2000 | 22624 |
| 2011-2012 | 26885 |
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Sources:
pewsocialtrends.org

The median amount of money American college students are borrowing by the time they graduate has more than doubled since the early 1990s to over $26,000 in the 2011-2012 school year.