Before you grade Clinton’s and Trump’s plans to address student debt, look at the data on student borrowing (Delaney Parrish, Brookings)

In 1983, 14 percent of U.S. households had some student debt. By 2013, that number was up to 38 percent. All together, the total amount of student debt in America today is $1.3 trillion.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brookings-now/2016/10/03/trump-clinton-student-borrowing/