Today’s Consumers Place High Priority in Repaying Student Loans
New York, NY: Much has been reported about the challenging employment outlook for recent college graduates, even though most still manage to find full-time jobs. It is therefore unsurprising that a Q4 2011 survey by the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association showed that 67.4% of U.S. bank risk professionals feel the level of student loan delinquencies is likely to rise in the next six months. However, in a striking change in behavior from preceding generations of college graduates, repaying student loans appears to be a very high priority for today’s consumers.