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Private student loan debt growing for college students

By Alex Tanzi, Bloomberg
Published: July 21, 2019, 6:05am

In the pecking order of meeting college costs, consumers usually don’t turn to private student loan markets until they have exhausted all other means. And for good reason — private loans are generally more expensive and more difficult to obtain.

While the private student loan debt market is just a sliver of the $1.6

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