The right-wing Project 2025 calls for the elimination of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program—the primary student debt relief program for teachers, healthcare workers, servicemembers, first responders, and millions of other student loan borrowers working in public service. Over the last three years, the PSLF program has helped nearly 1 million borrowers access nearly $70 billion in student loan debt relief. This state-by-state map sheds light on the estimated financial toll of Project 2025’s proposal to eliminate PSLF and how it will saddle approximately 3.6 million public service workers with more than $250 billion in additional student loan debt.
Project 2025 will cost millions of public service workers at least $250 billion over the next decade.
Explore the numbers below:
Download the full data analysis here.
Watch the recorded event unveiling the data here.
See the press release here.