A recently released report from the Center For American Progress shows that Black students are suffering more than almost any other demographic in the United States when it comes to student loans, particularly those who have taken out loans for graduate school.
Students of all races across the United States have racked up more than $1 trillion in student loans, and the number continues to rise.
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But the crisis is affecting Black people in dangerous ways, saddling a generation of students with loans they may never be able to pay back.
Ben Miller, vice president for Postsecondary Education at the Center for American Progress, wrote a lengthy study of the current student loan problem, highlighting the difficult position many Black teenagers and young adults are facing.
Miller’s report said the country’s student loan crisis is having a particularly dangerous effect on Black communities looking to higher education as a way out of entrenched poverty.
Source: Study Finds Black Students In The US Are Being Crushed By Student Loans More Than Any Other Race
