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Re:The American Dream Is Alive in Finland by jazzyk on Monday July 11, 2016 @09:06PM (#12076029)
>The median student loan for all people with student loans, is a mere $13,000.

= The student loan debt is close to 1.3 TRILLION in 2016, almost TWICE the credit card debt (already substantial at 700 BILLION)

= With a delinquency rate of ~20% (compared to 2% in real-estate)

= The class of 2015 graduated with $35,051 in student debt on average, the most in history.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/americas-growing-student-lo...

http://www.wsj.com/articles/student-loan-delinquencies-decli...

https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/credit-card-data/credit-card...

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