In today’s economy, it’s hard to imagine going into debt of $50 thousand or more for an education that leads a job making less than $30 thousand a year. And yet, it happens, and a lot more often than many people would like to think. According to The Student Loan Report, an online aggregator of news regarding the student loan industry, national student loan has reached $1.4 trillion, surpassing credit card and auto loan debt as the largest consumer debt sources.