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The colleges where borrowers aren't repaying their student loans

NPR | By Cory Turner,
Leila Fadel
Published September 16, 2026 at 4:41 AM EDT

Millions of federal student loan borrowers are in default or well on their way. New federal data shows that tens of thousands of them attended the same problematic schools.

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Cory Turner
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