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Who pays when a student loan borrower defaults on their student loans?
The answer might surprise you. Here’s what you need to know and how this issue affects you.
Student Loans
According to the latest student loan debt statistics, there are 45 million borrowers who collectively owe more than $1.5 trillion of student loan debt. Approximately 11% of borrowers are in student loan default, which is at least 270 days delinquent on their student loans. By 2023, it’s estimated that as many as 40% of borrowers could default on their student loans.
Here’s why the issue of student loan default for federal student loans impacts you.
All federal student loans are issued by the federal government. The federal government does not underwrite student loans – meaning that everyone who borrows a student loan receives the same interest rate, regardless of their underlying credit profile. The goal is to increase access to higher education for more students.
At the same time, some borrowers naturally have stronger credit profiles than other borrowers. A stronger credit profile typically means a lower probability of student loan default, while a weaker credit profile typically means a higher probability of student loan default. So, while the federal government wants to extend credit so that students can attend college, they also accept the risk that many of these borrowers could default on their student loans.
Some people are able to pay off student loans faster. Others prepay their student loans. However, some end up in default. When you default on your federal student loans, who ultimately bears the cost of those student loans? The answer: the federal government – and ultimately, federal taxpayers like you.
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New Proposal: Make Colleges Pay
If you default on your student loans, what about the college or university you attended? What’s their financial responsibility? The answer: they don’t have any. If you don’t repay your student loans, then the federal government essentially eats the cost. (However, it’s possible the federal government could de-risk by securitizing these loans and selling them to a third party investor).
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) wants to change that. He will introduce legislation that makes colleges and universities financially responsible if you default on your student loans.
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Hawley’s legislation will require colleges and universities to repay 50% of the balance for any defaulted student loans that students borrowed to attend their institution. Hawley’s bill will further prevent colleges and universities from increasing the cost of tuition to help colleges fulfill this financial responsibility in case of default.
“It’s time to break up the higher education monopoly,” Hawley said.
Colleges and universities will push back on any such legislative proposal. Their argument, among others, could go something like this: We provide a solid education to our students and prepare them to have successful careers. We can’t control whether our alumni ultimately repay their student loans. We also can’t be held financially responsible if our students do not earn enough income to repay student loans that they borrowed.
Hawley supporters will point to the nation’s growing student loan debt issue and the potential risk borne by taxpayers. They’ll highlight the financial disconnect among the three “participants”: the student, the federal government and the educational institution. All three are connected, they’ll argue, but only the student (who bears the burden of student loan debt) and the federal government (who bears the burden of student loan default) are the ones who are financially responsible.
Let’s see how this one plays out.
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