student loan

noun

: a loan that is used to pay for a student's education

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Federal student loan rates are based in part on the last 10-year Treasury note auction in May. Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026 The 2020s have been a decade of compounding American institutional failure — a pandemic, political rupture, an affordability crisis, student loan servicers treated as adversaries, a healthcare system that bankrupts the sick, and a growing sense that the system is not working as advertised. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026 The Education Department has announced numerous interagency agreements, including major changes such as moving the federal student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department. Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2026 Average student loan debt at graduation has increased 41% since 2007, after adjusting for inflation, according to the Education Data Initiative. Julian Torres, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for student loan

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“Student loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student%20loan. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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