How big of a burden is student debt? – BBC News

How does student debt impact the lives of graduates?

About four in ten US households headed by people under 40 have some type of student debt, and a new report by the Pew Research Center found that this debt can have a knock-on effect.

College graduates with student debt tend to have higher total debt as compared to graduates without the student loans, in part because they have a harder time gaining financial traction, Pew found.

BBC’s David Botti breaks down the numbers.

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