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  • Fact Sheets
    Jan 13, 2025

    2025 Statewide and Congressional District Fact Sheets on the Student Loan Debt Crisis

    Download a fact sheet of student debt data for your state or congressional district!

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  • Reports
    Oct 2, 2024

    Project 2025 PSLF State-by-State Map

    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.

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  • Investigations
    Sep 10, 2024

    Total Private Student Loan Balance by State

    Explore our map indicating the total private student loan balance by state.

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  • Reports
    Apr 13, 2023

    The South has Something to Say: Atlanta Report

    Read our report examining student loan debt in Atlanta.

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  • Press Releases
    Apr 13, 2023

    New Research Finds Majority-Black Neighborhoods in the Center of Atlanta’s Growing Student Debt Crisis

    As millions await decisions on political lawsuits and efforts in Congress threatening the fate of debt relief, Student Borrower Protection Center launches “Student Debt in the South” research series.

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  • Blogs
    Feb 17, 2023

    New Analysis Shows What’s at Stake For Borrowers Across the Country as President Biden’s Political Opponents Attack Student Debt Relief

    Across the districts represented by the 128 Members of Congress who urged the Supreme Court to block student debt relief, more than 7.5 million people applied to have their student debt cancelled, and more than 4.5 million have been approved.

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    Apr 1, 2022

    How the pandemic unfairly saddled low-income California college students with debt

    Voice piece by Jonathan Glater, Charlie Eaton, and Laura Hamilton

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  • Reports
    Aug 24, 2021

    Co-Opting California Courts: How Private Creditors Have Turned the Judiciary Into a Predatory Student Debt Collection Machine

    In a report, SBPC fellow Claire Johnson Raba, a SBPC fellow shows the effect of predatory private student loan collection practices on borrowers in California. With creditors dragging borrowers into court for debts they often do not owe and lacking the documents necessary to back up their claims, the report lays out the harmful long-term impacts to borrowers’ credit and finances.

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  • Reports
    Nov 18, 2020

    UC Irvine Law Review Student Loan Edition

    The UC Irvine Law Review issued a new special edition of its journal dedicated exclusively to exploring the intersection of student debt, consumer protection, and the law.

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  • Reports
    Mar 4, 2020

    Private Student Loan Collections Issue Brief: Maryland Spotlight

    In an issue brief, the SBPC shows how private student loan collection practices are harming borrowers across the country — with a spotlight on Maryland borrowers.

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