 TITLE: Consumers in Their Mid-30s Have the Highest Average Student Loan Debt CONTENT: Overall, 35-year-old consumers in the U.S. have the highest student loan balances of anyone ages 20 to 100, carrying an average balance of $42,564, according to Experian data from the second quarter (Q2) of 2019. They were followed by 34-year-olds and 36-year-olds, who carried the second-highest and third-highest average student loan balances, respectively. END