claim: "the average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt."
author: gina raimondo
evidence_1: feb 15, 2018 ... today, 70 percent of college students graduate with a significant amount of ...  americans collectively hold nearly $1.5 trillion in student debt. that means that  roughly one in four american adults are paying off student loans.
evidence_2: sep 1, 2014 ... put our fact-checks about college tuition and student loans on your reading list for  the new semester. ... politifact virginia found that student debt began to outpace  credit card debt in the second quarter of 2010, when ... "the average student  comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.
evidence_3: jun 14, 2017 ... in fact, the amount of student debt held by americans has increased dramatically  ... subsidize loan interest, adding thousands of dollars to the cost of college that ...  by making sure you're up to date on student debt repayment ...
evidence_4: aug 5, 2012 ... students are graduating with crippling six-figure student loan debt ... log in ·  sign up ... college with hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loan debt. ...  students are among the 1-percenters when it comes to student loan debt. ...  program, with an average parent plus loan debt of about $50,000.
evidence_5: college isn't cheap and can lead to massive amounts of student loan debt. ... the  average cost of just one year at college can range anywhere from ... and if you're  taking out student loans to pay for it, you'll be tens of thousands of dollars in debt  ... you'll hopefully gain a better understanding of where others come from.