This chart looks like a mistake, but it's correct. Student loan debt has grown by 511% over this period. In the first quarter of 1999, just $90 billion in student loans were outstanding.

Student loans are pulling down the US economy — this is no longer news. Americans now spend substantially more than students in other developed countries for a college education, at an average ...

Student loans linked to depression and high levels of stress. By. Ocean Malandra. Published. February 6, 2015 “We are speculating that part of the reason that these types of loans are so ...

Most student borrowers will struggle to pay their loan debts, and more than half say the amount of debt they owe is putting strain on their mental health, according to a recent survey.

The national student loan debt load is now approximately $1.2 trillion, ... People who owed more had higher levels of stress and depression and worse overall health, ...

A new survey illustrates the confusion, stress, and anxiety student loan borrowers are experiencing amid the coronavirus pandemic. The survey, shared exclusively with Yahoo Finance, analyzed ...

Student loans have a particularly jarring impact on mental health because they affect a borrower’s life in unexpected ways, contends Marlene F. Watson, a psychologist at the Ackerman Institute ...

U.S. student debt is on a scary trajectory. ... Student loans in the United States have surged to $900 billion from $360 billion in just seven years. Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images.