Pete Buttigieg has $130,000 in student loan debt—here's where he stands on the issue (via CNBCMakeIt)
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks in San Francisco, California.Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has made a name for himself as the first true millennial presidential candidate. One aspect of his personal finances puts him squarely in that demographic: He and his husband are shouldering six figures-worth of student loan debt.
Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, have over $130,000 in student loan debt, according to financial disclosures reviewed by the . That's well above the national average of $37,172 per borrower in 2017. Buttigieg graduated from Harvard University in 2004, and Chasten has a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin and a master's degree from DePaul University.
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