Date uploaded: 2022-08-26 14:18:03

President Joe Biden announced a plan to forgive or reduce federal student loan debt, a program the administration said would aid many of the 43 million Americans who have loan debts totaling $1.6 trillion. However, the cost of college has gone up. The average price of tuition, fees and housing for an undergraduate degree increased 169% from 1980 to 2020, according to a report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. We looked at student loans across the U.S. to see where Biden’s plan could have the most effect. Here's what we found.