Question for Americans

I’m watching tv and there’s a woman who has $100,000 student debt.

I have heard that size student debt is fairly common in USA. How do people manage that and also what if the had to pay medical debt too? How do they manage?

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SomeMichGuy · M

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from https://www.statista.com/statistics/237924/tuition-costs-vs-student-loans-in-the-us/

So this shows average loan amounts relatively flat, regardless of the stated cost of attending an institution.

(Of course, some donors/alumni of major universities have stepped up and created huge funds to reduce undergrad costs--Yale stands out, and Stanford has made big strides.)