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The colleges where borrowers aren't repaying their student loans

NPR | By Cory Turner,

Leila Fadel

Published September 16, 2026 at 4:41 AM EDT

Millions of federal student loan borrowers are in default or well on their way. New federal data shows that tens of thousands of them attended the same problematic schools.

Cory Turner

Cory Turner edits and reports for the NPR Ed team.

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Leila Fadel

Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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