Student-Loan Default Rates Rise as Federal Scrutiny Grows
More than one in 10 borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans, intensifying concern about a generation hobbled by $1 trillion in debt and the role of colleges in jacking up costs.
The default rate, for the first three years that students are required to make payments, was 13.4 percent, with for-profit colleges reporting the worst results, the U.S. Education Department said... [late last week]
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Posted October 1, 2012 at 6:28 am
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