$35,000 in debt recent survey of the college graduating class of 2013 According to CNN Money knowing they’d be impossible to pay off $35,000 in school debt CNN Class of 2013 grads average $35,200 in total debt tens of thousands in debt CNN Class of 2013 Grads Averages $32,500 in Debt tens of thousands in debt average Student debt $35,200 in college debt Class of 2013 grads average $35,200 in total debt $35,000 in debt average start life around $35,000 in debt Ellis Student debt $35,200 in student loans a recent CNNMoney article 2013 college graduate is $35,200 average recent survey of college grads tens of thousands in debt