according to wikipedia[0] "As of Quarter 1 in 2012, the average student loan balance for all age groups is $24,301" which to me doesn't sound too bad (i.e. les

according to wikipedia[0] "As of Quarter 1 in 2012, the average student loan balance for all age groups is $24,301" which to me doesn't sound too bad (i.e. less than a year of salary). is that inaccurate and is she talking about a complete different figure here? in the netherlands it's fairly common to finish school with a couple of thousand euro's in debt, so why is this such a big issue in the usa? 0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_debt#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_debt#United_States