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Student debt is a big issue for millennials and their parents, and campaigns are using lots of numbers to make their point about the debt burden.
In state tuition at UW Madison is just over $5,000 a semester, money some students borrow to attend school.
Come graduation day, the debt can be five figures, according to Democrat Russ Feingold.
"One of the statements he (Feingold) made is that the average students at UW Madison graduates with $28,000 in debt," said Tom Kertscher at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Loans taken out by students are tracked by the university and US Department of Education. But not all UW Madison students graduate with debt.
The university tells the Milwaukee Journal's PolitiFact team about half of UW-Madison's 6,800 graduates in 2015 had debt.
"We felt there needed to be a clarification in the fact that only about half of UW Madison take out students loans - the other half don't borrow any at all," said Kertscher.
Another caveat, the $28,000 number does not reflect other student debt, such as credit cards. PolitiFact rated Feingold's statement mostly true.
"He's correct that the average student at UW Madison leaves with $28,000 in debt, but half the students at UW Madison leave without any debt," said Kertscher.
PolitiFact also found that 73% of all UW students borrow money and the average debt for graduates is $30,600.