Posts Tagged Student Loan Debt
More and More Students Are Defaulting On Loans in Virginia
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on April 10, 2018
According to new federal data, Liberty University has the highest number of student defaults in the state. (Credit: Taber Andrew Bain / Flickr)
More and more students are defaulting on their college loans. Michael Pope is digging into the data for Virginia schools.
Could the State Get Into the Student Loan Business?
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 9, 2017
Credit: Inove Manore / Flickr
According to the state, more than half of Virginia college students graduate in debt, half of whom owe more than $25,000. Democratic state lawmakers are now proposing the state step in directly: by getting into the student loan business. Mallory Noe-Payne has more.
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