graduation mortar board and money An interesting wrinkle in the CRR study is that the size of the loan doesn't affect graduates' retirement balances. (Photo: Fotolia)

With the level of student loan debt nearly tripling between 2005–2017, as the number of college grads with loans and their average outstanding loan balances ballooned. But what kind of effect does student loan debt have on whether and how much they save for retirement?

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.