Student loan debt continues to rise

Student loan debt continues to rise - By Walter Hamilton, May 31, 2012 Los Angeles News

Even as Americans whittle down other forms of debt, students continue to pile on loans to pay for college and graduate school.
Total student debt rose more than 3% to $904 billion in the first quarter, continuing a trend in which outstanding educational loans have surged by $663 billion since 2003, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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