This list contains information on celebrities with student loan debt, loosely ranked by fame and popularity. Several famous comedians, actors, and politicians are celebrities who have had student loan debt. Some famous people with college loans accumulated debt in grad school while other celebrity student loan debt was a result of supporting their children's education.
Who is the most famous person who appears on this celebrities with student loan debt list? Barack Obama lands at the top spot. The President has often recalled his own personal experience with student loans when proposing policies that would aid the problem. He said, "I mean, I was in my 40s when we finished paying off our debt. And we should have been saving for Malia and Sasha by that time." Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are other politicians who had student loans.
Kerry Washington has called herself "a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans." Miles Teller, who graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of Performing Arts, carried college debt while starring in blockbuster films.
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Celebrities With Student Loan Debt,
Barack Obama
Barack Obama has often recalled his own personal experience with student loans when proposing policies that would aid the problem. He said, "I mean, I was in my 40s when we finished paying off our debt. And we should have been saving for Malia and Sasha by that time."
Finesse Mitchell
Finesse Mitchell joked about his experience with student loans on an episode of Saturday Night Live. "I’m speaking on behalf of all the people who ever took out a student loan for college when I say, 'Back up off me, Citibank! Back up! Because I know I’m late on my payments, but stop calling me, and stop shouting at me in those nasty letters,'" he said during "Weekend Update."
Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington has referred to herself as "a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans."
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio has stated that he didn't pay off his student loans until 2014. "The only reason why I was able to go to college - the only reason - was because of federal grants and loans," he said. "When I graduated from law school, I had close to $150,000 in student debt."
Martin O'Malley
Politician Martin O'Malley had to take out over $300,000 in student loans to put his two daughters through college. He also proposed a five-year plan that would help Americans graduate college without debt.
Michelle Obama
Like her husband Barack Obama, Michelle Obama has had debt from student loans. Between the two of them, they owed over $100,000 for their college education, a debt they carried until his election to the Senate in 2004.
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz has stated that he only paid off his student loans a few years before running for president. He attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School, racking up over $100,00 in college debt.
Miles Teller
In 2015, the same year he starred in Fantastic Four, the Whiplash actor confirmed that he still had student loan debt. He graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of Performing Arts in 2009. "I can, if I want to have that badge of accomplishment, but until then I still very much have my NYU loans," he explained.
Kevin Bozeman
Comedian Kevin Bozeman has also joked about his student loan collectors in his comedy routine. "They call me at, like, 11 every morning, and I answer the phone," he said. "They have to know that that's a problem. I pick up the phone. I'm like, 'Look, dumbass. It's obvious I don't have a job right now. So leave me alone. I'm trying to watch The Young and the Restless."