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(Washington, D.C.) Fewer borrowers are defaulting on their federal student loans.
The U.S. Department of Education reports 13.7% of students have defaulted on their federal loans within three years of their first payment.
That’s an improvement from 14.7% last year, but it’s still pretty high.
Borrowers go into default when they miss payments for 270 consecutive days.
