Living with Student Loan Debt
Federal student loan payments resumed in October 2023 after a three-year pandemic pause. Illinois residents owe nearly $62 billion in student debt. That’s an average of nearly $38,000 per borrower.
WBEZ is answering questions from Illinois borrowers and sharing their reflections on what the pause has meant to them, how they’re managing the payment restart and whether their debt was worth it.
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