As of 2021, approximately 43 million Americans held student debt, with an average student loan balance of $37,105. In fact, Americans owe $1.71 trillion in total of student loan debt. The numbers are pretty shocking, to say the least.
Now, the sad part of owing federal student debt is the fact that a third of borrowers can’t keep up with it after just six years. With so much pressure building up, all this economic uncertainty, insane housing boom prices, it seems like many millennials and younger generations are stuck in a giant hamster wheel of hell. How did we end up here?
The screenshots below will shed light on the scope of the problem and how it’s basically impossible to pay off a student loan in the US. It may make your body temp soar, so if you’re already feeling on edge today, you may as well skip to the next article. And the brave ones, as well as the student debt survivors themselves, please scroll down below.
#1 Student Loans Put You Through College But Put You Through Debt For Much Longer!!
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#2 America Is A Scam
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#3 Brother-In-Laws Student Loan Statement. He’s Been Out Of College For 8 Years. How Do You Ever Get Out Of This?!?
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#4 Yes, I Too, Love Paying Off Half My Student Loans. Or Be Able To Live Somewhere For Another 3 Months
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#5 One Year Of Student Loan Payments Down
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#6 Paying Off Student Debt By Getting In A Car Accident
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#7 Imagine Having To Pay Off Your Mom’s Student Loan Debt In Literally Any Situation
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#8 Found One In The Wild. Student Loans Make Even The Highly Paid Professions Painful
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#9 Student Loan Debt
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#10 A Man Risks Of Having Diabetic Complications Just To Save Money On Food And Pays Off Student Debt
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#11 Student Loan Debt
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#12 Chop Off Your Hands To Pay Off Your Student Debt!
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#13 How To Pay Student Loans – By Money Experts
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#14 Student Loan Debt
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#15 Sorry, You Can’t Vote If You’re 17 But You Can Still Take Out Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars In Predatory Student Loans
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#16 Student Loan Debt
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#17 Corporate America Now Encouraging Folks To Binge-Drink Their Way Out Of Student Debt
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#18 Student Loan Debt
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#19 Student Loan Debt
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#20 Student Loan Debt
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#21 Want To Avoid Debt? Easy! Go To War!
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#22 The American Student Loan Debt Starter Pack
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#23 Student Loan Debt
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#24 Yes, Be An Egg Donor To Pay Off Your Student Debt!
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#25 Wow
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#26 Student Loan Debt
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#27 Student Loan Debt
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#28 Student Loan Debt
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#29 Student Loan Debt
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#30 For Our Non-American Friends Who Probably Wouldn’t See This Targeted Ad, I Present To You A Profit Calculator On Student Loans From A Major Credit Card Company
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