NewsNational PoliticsThe Race

Actions

Sacrifices young adults are making to pay off student debt

Sacrifices young adults are making to pay off student debt
Posted

Today, one-third of people under 30 have student debt.

The Pew Research Center says those people are 11 percent more likely to struggle financially than people who graduated college without debt.

Chris Stewart met with a young woman, Lauren McCabe, who says she's buried in student debt and will spend the next 15 years digging herself out of it.

Watch the interview to learn more about McCabe’s story and her advice to students entering college.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Sunday

04/05/2026

Mostly Sunny

90° / 61°

1%

Monday

04/06/2026

Partly Cloudy

88° / 56°

0%

Tuesday

04/07/2026

Sunny

85° / 56°

0%

Wednesday

04/08/2026

Mostly Sunny

85° / 60°

0%

Thursday

04/09/2026

AM Clouds/PM Sun

83° / 58°

8%

Friday

04/10/2026

PM Thunderstorms

78° / 56°

70%

Saturday

04/11/2026

Scattered Thunderstorms

71° / 56°

50%

Sunday

04/12/2026

Partly Cloudy

75° / 55°

17%