Private Student Loans: A Last Resort That’s Too Often Used First
Posted on August 31st, 2009 by Student Loan News
Private student loans are more expensive, riskier, and come with fewer borrower protections than federal student loans. Nevertheless, almost two-thirds of the undergraduates who took out private student loans during the 2007-2008 school year did so without first obtaining the maximum federal loans for which they were qualified. In fact, over a quarter of students who took out private student loans took out no federal loans at all. This is the most dramatic single finding highlighted in “ Priv
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