Return to the Latest Share CBS News: Student Loan Interest Rates Rise, Worrying Some Experts Posted July 1, 2014 In the News, Higher Education, Workforce & Finances Young Invincibles By Jonathan Berr “Student loan debt, which has risen 20 percent to $1.2 trillion between 2011 and 2013 — surpassing every other form of non-mortgage debt — is becoming increasingly expensive.” Read more here.