> When the media parades a student loan "victim" is that (e.g.) $100k of debt typical or atypical?

It's atypical. Only 10% owe $100k or more: https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2022-economic-we...

> Most student loan borrowers owe less than $25,000 on their loans. The median amount of education debt in 2021 among those with any outstanding debt for their own education was between $20,000 and $24,999. One-quarter of student loan borrowers had less than $10,000 in outstanding student debt (figure 40). Student debt balances vary across different demographic groups. Borrowers with an income of less than $50,000 a year were more likely to carry lower balances of student loan debt.