Student-loan borrowers are taking on more debt, and it's not all tuition -- blame skyrocketing housing costs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : With over 40 million Americans owing $1.7 trillion in student debt, many associate the huge debt burden with tuition increases.
51% : Schools often underestimate housing and living expenses -- they don't update their numbers regularly enough, and in some cases they intentionally lowball them to appear more attractive.
50% : Zoning laws and other land-use regulations often need to change to allow new and denser housing.
47% : The typical borrower holds about $35,000 in student debt, but spiraling interest rates can lengthen the repayment timeline by years -- or decades.
44% : The costs of higher education are at the top of many students' minds as they decide whether taking on thousands of dollars in student debt is worth it in the long run.

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