Student Debt Crisis Center - SDCC

Student Debt Crisis Center - SDCC We are a people-powered movement representing over 2 million supporters. As of 2020, Americans owe more than $1.7 trillion in student debt.

SDCC is a nonprofit organization centering the needs and voices of borrowers, and partnering with allies, to impact public policy and end the student debt crisis. Our name reflects our commitment to addressing what we believe to be a colossal unfolding disaster: the ever-worsening problem of student loan debt. We fight hard on two fronts: one, working directly with borrowers to help them navigate

the bewildering and frustrating loan repayment system – and two, advocating for lasting and meaningful change through advocacy work and the lobbying of national and state legislators.

08/24/2026

Student debt is a pricing failure. The cost of an education and price of living goes up while wages stay stagnant.

08/24/2026

"My premiums have risen, and I have to make a choice of having healthcare or paying a loan. I can't afford a car or even my home or apartment because of limited lack of income" - Borrower from Illinois

How are student loan borrowers supposed to make payments when not even their loan servicers know their monthly payment a...
08/24/2026

How are student loan borrowers supposed to make payments when not even their loan servicers know their monthly payment amounts? Read more to see the nightmare that so many are facing as they enter into student loan repayment. https://shorturl.at/j5MD6

One student-loan borrower saw her credit score plunge nearly 200 points. Another thought her payments would be $50, and they ended up much higher.

08/24/2026

We call it "debt forgiveness" like it's a favor. It's a correction to a system that oversold degrees and underbuilt the jobs to pay for them.

08/23/2026

"I am a first generation student from a low income family. I depended on loans for my graduate degree. I have 200k in student loan debt that I will never be able to pay off, only because I came from a low income family." - Borrower from North Carolina

08/22/2026

"This upcoming year I will have to go without healthcare and health insurance as will my husband and children due to student loan balances suddenly increasing and subsidies expiring." - Borrower from Colorado

08/21/2026

A hospital short-staffs its nursing floor. The nurses who'd fill that gap are the ones priced out by student loan payments bigger than rent.

Americans who attend college and work diligently for decades should not have to bear the burden of an unaffordable stude...
08/21/2026

Americans who attend college and work diligently for decades should not have to bear the burden of an unaffordable student loan payment.

Read more about this week's featuring Sheila, a first generation college student facing a 367% increase in payments. 📈

The Department of Education is reevaluating account histories for student loan borrowers pursuing PSLF, in some cases re...
08/21/2026

The Department of Education is reevaluating account histories for student loan borrowers pursuing PSLF, in some cases reducing their number of qualifying payments to the point of setting borrowers back years in achieving forgiveness.

Many borrowers pursuing Public Service Loan Forgiveness have recently learned that they're further away from debt cancellation than they'd expected.

08/21/2026

"Having this debt prevents me from actively participating in society, enjoying life, and being able to invest in my family's future in any real way, not to mention the toll the weight of this debt has taken on my mental health and well being." - Borrower from New Mexico

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