 TITLE: Millennials’ Student Loan Debt Continues to Rise CONTENT: Millennials Carry the Third-Highest Student Loan Debt\n-----------------------------------------------------\nOf all the generations, millennials carry the third-highest average student loan balance, at $34,504 per borrower in Q1 2019. And while they owe more than several other generations, millennial student loan balances are still slightly less than the national average, which was $35,359 in Q1 2019, according to Experian data.\nGeneration X—people between ages 39 and 54—have the most student loan debt of any generation, with an average of $39,584 per borrower. Baby boomers—consumers between ages 55 and 73—have the second-highest average student loan balance, $34,703 in Q1 2019, which is just slightly more than millennials. END