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Student Loan Debt: Top 1 Percent Of Borrowers Owe More Than $150,000 In Loans

The Huffington Post on March 26, 2012

by Bonnie Kavoussi

Here’s one case where it doesn’t pay to be in the 1 percent.

Student loans.

The average person who has student loan debt owes $12,800. But 1 percent of those with outstanding loans owe a staggering$150,000+ in debt, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released in early March. (H/t