To be honest student loan debt gets really ugly at times and during that time it was like obliged debt and you dont have any other option.
I had also a student loan but very small amount as compared to what it is in US, and I have already paid off that but I think our society must have a different set for student loan, because I have seen many students getting stressed from time to time because of such loans.
The student loan debt in the U.S will never be paid off because it is designed to not be paid off.