Elizabeth Warren Quotes

The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt.

We tell people to go to college, but when they cross the stage, they cross the stage with a degree in one hand and debt in the other that stifles their ability to be able to live that good life.

College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.

College gives people learning and also takes away future opportunities by loading the next generation down with debt.

College students today are drowning in debt, and it is hurting them and hurting our economy. We must find a way to help families pay for college without condemning them to a lifetime of indebtedness.

Student loan debt is certainly not a fitting topic for a commencement speech, but it's an issue we must confront - not only for thousands of college graduates who deserve a fair shot, but also for our economy.

The cost of a college degree has skyrocketed out of control.

The burden of student loan debt weighs heavily on both students and families across New Jersey.

Students are up to their eyeballs in loans, and it's going to get even worse. It's going to be hideous, actually. Students are going to be saddled for life. It's going to put a lot of people off going to college, which is a shame.

I think for a lot of young people there is a sense that maybe the future is not going to be everything it was held out to be, especially if they're coming out with a lot of student debt.

About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.

The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students.

People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education.

Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.

Student loan debt is the reason I don't advise students who want to become entrepreneurs to apply to elite, expensive colleges. They can be as successful if they go to a relatively inexpensive public college.

By making college unaffordable and student loans unbearable, we risk deterring our best and brightest from pursuing higher education and securing a good-paying job.

Many students graduate from college and professional schools, including those of social work, nursing, medicine, teaching and law, with crushing debt burdens.

When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.

The higher amount you put into higher education, at the federal level particularly, the more the price of higher education rises. It's the dog that never catches its tail. You increase student loans, you increase grants, you increase Pell grants, Stafford loans, and what happens? They raise the price.

There's a reason that there are oodles of young Aussies, Germans, Japanese, even Chinese backpackers traipsing around the world. They are unencumbered by debilitating student loans. No such luck for the American Theater Arts major with $120,000 in loans.

The cost of a university education is risen faster than the rate of inflation for decades.

We now spend one in four of our higher education dollars sending students to these [profit making] colleges, and for that we reap a new underclass of highly indebted individuals most of whom do not manage to complete their degrees.

In the 2007-2008 academic year, the average student working on a bachelor’s degree from a for-profit college found herself in deeper debt ($32,700) than her counterpart attending a private [non-profit] college ($17,700).]

Even if you can afford the price of college, you cannot afford a worthless degree.

I was a first-generation college student. This was supposed to be the ticket to prosperity. But it wasn't. I left college with a mountain of debt and no practical skills.