Of the more than 44 million people who owed money on student loans at the end of 2015, nearly two-thirds had balances of $25,000 or less. Just under 5 percent had balances of $100,000 or more. The number of people with balances exceeding $10,000 grew from 2014 to 2015, while the number with balances under $10,000 fell slightly.
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