DC Tops Student Loan Debt

The consumer agency also stated that for the first time student loan debt reached a historic one-point-four-trillion dollars in the same first quarter of 2019.

According to consumer reporting agency Experian, the District of Columbia has the highest student loan debt in the country. The average was about $56,000 dollars for the first quarter of 2019. Now among all the states Mississippi had the biggest increase at almost 36% between 2015 and 2019.

The consumer agency also stated that for the first time student loan debt reached a historic one-point-four-trillion dollars in the same first quarter of 2019.

Georgia came in second with an average student loan of a little over $40-thousand dollars. In third place was the state of Maryland at $40,630. If your wondering New York and California were after Maryland with $37,753 and $37,468 respectively.


There was some good news Experian officials say is that it appears students are making their monthly payments on time.

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