How Your Debt Sizes Up To Other Student Loan Borrowers Ages 50 to 61
Yahoo Finance·2026-01-24 11:03
KEY TAKEAWAYS About 6.4 million federal student loan borrowers are ages 50 to 61, with the average student loan debt in this group at $48,203. That is the highest average balance out of all other age groups. Generation X is caught in a financial squeeze. Borrowers aged 50 to 61 carry an average student loan balance of $48,203—more than any other age group—even as many Gen Xers also support aging parents and help their own children pay for college. About 6.4 million federal borrowers fall into this ...