Are these people paying the minimum? Are they not looking at their statements? You can literally move some of these to cash loans and get better rates.
I paid off all my student loans two years after graduate school. Less than 15% of Americans have student loans. 20% of them have loans under $20k (less than a decent car).
Anyone making these types of posts is either lying or just really bad at math. Maybe universities should require a fucking financial planning class to graduate? The ultimate solution is to get rid of all federal subsidized student loans. Tax payers need to stop being on the line for middle class morons who get useless degrees.
I wrote about all of this two years ago: