Friday, July 6, 2012

Fun facts (that I haven't bothered to confirm)....

Total outstanding debts from student loans  =
     $1,000,000,000,000

Number of those indebted for said student loans =
     40,000,000

Average debt for those indebted students (present and former) =
     $25,000

Average interest rates on said debt =
     3.4%

Median age for those so indebted =
     33 years

Estimated number of 40+ year olds with student debt =
      16,000,000

all these numbers came from here:
Richard Vedder, from his essay in the recent Imprimis, titled "Federal Student Aid and the Law of Unintended Consequences."

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