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# IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Winter College Graduates Face Debt
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/podcasts/iowawatch-connection-podcast-winter-college-graduates-face-debt/
- Published: 2015-12-14T15:40:09.000Z
- Updated: 2015-12-14T15:40:09.000Z
- Description: Student debt in this country is now more than one-point-two trillion dollars — that's more than Americans hold in credit card debt or car loans. And the amount of per-student debt has nearly doubled from just a decade ago.
- Author: Jeff Stein
- Tags: Education, iowawatch, IowaWatch Connection, Podcast, student debt, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

Student debt in this country is now more than one-point-two trillion dollars — that’s more than Americans hold in credit card debt or car loans. And the amount of per-student debt has nearly doubled from just a decade ago.

“Right out of college and knowing that you have to pay back so much money, I think that’s really scary,” said Madeline Meyer, a Drake University senior. “It’s almost to the point where you’re always just trying to keep your head above water. It’s a terrible thing to have to face.”