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NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE GROUP DECRIES STUDENT LOAN INTEREST RATE HIKE
A coalition of progressive activists said that recent increases of student loan interest rates would cost California college students between $2,411 and $2,902.
According to the Campaign for America's Future, or CAF, the rate increase on Stafford loans, from 5.3 percent to 7.14 percent on old loans and to 6.8 percent on new loans, will push college students and graduates deeper into debt.
Parents who take out PLUS loans to help their children pay for an undergraduate education will see their interest rate rise from 6.1 percent to 8 percent on old loans and to 8.5 percent on new loans on Saturday, according to the CAF. The average parent in the country will pay an extra $3,000 and $3,953 respectively, the organization reported.
"The failure of the current administration and Congress to make college affordable for all qualified students is a disservice to the country,'' said Robert Borosage, the co-director of Campaign for America's Future.
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San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) July 20, 2006 -- Now that this year's cap-tossing and graduation parties are in the memory banks, the reality of paying for that higher education is setting in -- but students still have options to choose the best way to handle college and graduate school debt.
"Most Americans with student loan debt saw a flood of news articles encouraging borrowers to consolidate their loans before government loans underwent their annual interest-rate increase on July 1," said Brad Stroh, chair of Bills.com, who noted that because of the rising U.S. interest rate environment and a government-mandated reset of rates on student loans, rates on federal student loan debt increased by a substantial 1.84 percent on July 1. "Now that student loan rates are no longer at the 3 percent interest rates they hit during the economy's slowest days, it pays even more to be savvy about borrowing for school or returning to school."
According to FinAid, two-thirds of college students borrow to pay for school, with an average loan debt of nearly $20,000.