student loan

noun

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

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The cost of higher education is rapidly increasing and the average student loan balance amounts to $28,775 (public school) and $42,449 (private school), according to the Education Data Initiative. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025 Women made up 73% of the student loan bankruptcy filers in the cases Iuliano reviewed. Annie Nova, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025 The Biden administration was able to wipe out student loan debt for more than 5 million borrowers through other forgiveness programs. Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025 That's more than 1 in 4 federal student loan borrowers. Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025 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 31 Dec. 2025.

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