---
title: "Section 4: Student Debt and the Deleveraging of Household Debt"
description: "[![](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/09/09-26-12-Student-Debt-04-01.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/09/09-26-12-Student-Debt-04-01.png)"
date: "2012-09-26"
authors:
  - name: "Richard Fry"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2012/09/26/section-4-student-debt-and-the-deleveraging-of-household-debt/"
---

# Section 4: Student Debt and the Deleveraging of Household Debt

[![](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/09/09-26-12-Student-Debt-04-01.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/09/09-26-12-Student-Debt-04-01.png)

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