Outstanding student loans in the U.S. hit $1.53 trillion in the second quarter of this year, an increase of 144 percent in 10 years, according to data published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Thirty percent of all adult Americans have taken on some debt for their educations, the Federal Reserve Board reported in May.
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