Below you’ll find a quick and dirty snapshot of the Young Professional debt crisis. Have you done a good job of managing your money? Or are you just another statistic? If managing money isn’t your forte, you don’t need to feel alone
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- Nearly two-third of twenty-somethings carry debt.
- Nearly half have stopped paying a debt forcing them to get sent to a collection agency.
- Total debt is up 10% – an average of $16,120 as compared with five years earlier.
- Student loan balances rose 16% to an average of $14,379.
- Debt has forced some young people to change their career plans. Of those surveyed by USATODAY, 22% say they’ve taken a job they otherwise wouldn’t have because they needed more money to pay off student debt.
- 29% have put off pursuing higher