Doctors and lawyers will be the only UK graduates who can pay off their student debt , warns the Centre for Economic and Business Research , with a " majority " unable to pay off the debt entirely before they are written off after 30 years . " Many of the other professions , including the relatively well - paid ones , never manage to pay off the debt because it can easily rise at a faster rate than expected , " says the report , adding that " families need , like never before , to look at ways of providing support , " thereby adding further strain to the " Bank of Mum and Dad . She said: ‘The reality is that the default option of using a student loan as the primary means of paying for a university education is far less attractive than it used to be: other options now need to be considered. ‘ " This comes as Durham , Kent and Royal Holloway universities announce plans to hike the fees above £ 9,000 . A recent report by Aviva found that 37 % of 2,000 UK graduates now are leaving university due to the debt incurred .
Doctors and lawyers will be the only UK graduates who can pay off their student debt , warns the Centre for Economic and Business Research , with a " majority " unable to pay off the debt entirely before they are written off after 30 years . " Many of the other professions , including the relatively well - paid ones , never manage to pay off the debt because it can easily rise at a faster rate than expected , " says the report , adding that " families need , like never before , to look at ways of providing support , " thereby adding further strain to the " Bank of Mum and Dad . " This comes as Durham , Kent and Royal Holloway universities announce plans to hike the fees above £ 9,000 . A recent report by Aviva found that 37 % of 2,000 UK graduates now are leaving university due to the debt incurred .