Share of adults who believe their student loan debt was not worth it U.S. 2022

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Veera Korhonen,
Sep 6, 2024
According to a survey of U.S. adults in 2022, 37 percent of respondents who had taken out student loans said that taking on student loan debt was not worth it. In the third quarter of 2022, outstanding student loan debt totaled more than 1.76 trillion U.S. dollars.

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Release date

September 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

August 27 to 28, 2022

Number of respondents

1,610 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online interview

Supplementary notes

Total sample size was 4,420 respondents.

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