Stats from Student Loan Hero:

PSLF borrowers: 890,516* (Total number of borrowers who have one or more approved PSLF Employment Certification Forms)

Borrowers who attempted to certify for PSLF: 1,173,420

Borrowers who submitted forgiveness applications: 19,321

Borrowers who were granted PSLF: 55

Huh. 55 approved out of 19k applications. Maybe it’s not all that it’s cracked up to be. No way around loans other than repayment.