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Over 10M Student-Loan Borrowers at Risk of Losing Wages, Benefits

New data from Federal Student Aid found that 9.3 million student-loan borrowers are in default, and 1.5 million more are in serious delinquency.

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Business Insider· Sep 24, 9:35 AMOver 10M Student-Loan Borrowers at Risk of Losing Wages, Benefits

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