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99.5% Of People Are Rejected For Student Loan Forgiveness Program

Source Date: 
Thursday, January 3, 2019

It looks like things haven't improved much for student loan borrowers: 99.5% of people who applied for public service loan forgiveness have been rejected.

Here's what you need to know and what to do about it.

Student Loan Forgiveness: Debt Statistics

The U.S. Department of Education released the latest statistics for public service loan forgiveness:

As of September 30, 2018, 41,221 student loan borrowers submitted 49,669 applications for public service loan forgiveness.

Of that total, approximately 44,700 applications have been processed.

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