Default Rate on College Loans Increases 13%
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From Times Wire Reports
Defaults by college students on federally backed loans increased by 13% last year, as students faced higher tuitions and interest rates.
The default rate was 5.1% for the year ending in September 2005, up from the previous year’s record-low rate of 4.5%, the Education Department said.
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