KEY TAKEAWAYS About 14.3 million federal student loan borrowers are aged 25 to 34, with the average balance for this age group at 33,566.PaymentpausesandlawsuitsagainsttheSavingonaValuableEducationrepaymentplanhavemaderepaymentschedulesunusuallychaotic.AsofSeptember2025,therewereabout14.3millionborrowersaged25to34,owingatotalof480 billion in federal student loans, according to data from the Department of Education. The average borrower in this age group has a ...