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Education Data Initiative: College Costs & Student Loan Research

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Student debt has more than doubled in just 10 years. 45 million Americans now are saddled with over $1.7 trillion in debt鈥攁nd the delinquency rates have nearly doubled. <a href="https://t.co/kTgVCrCaTT">https://t.co/kTgVCrCaTT</a></p>&mdash; Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1362089419315032064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script--> <iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" class="" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 370px; height: 802px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="Twitter Tweet" data-src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1362089419315032064&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Feducationdata.org%2F&amp;sessionId=3358b238c36c9828fd87e0fa09e84e963b244edc&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="1362089419315032064"></iframe> </div> <div class="home-discussion__item"> <!--blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Meanwhile, tuition fees only continue to rise.<br><br>If <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> wants to take an important step to close the wealth gap, he should <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CancelStudentDebt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CancelStudentDebt</a>. <a href="https://t.co/z5XAu4wOys">https://t.co/z5XAu4wOys</a></p>&mdash; ColorOfChange (@ColorOfChange) <a href="https://twitter.com/ColorOfChange/status/1388501410459922439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" class="" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 370px; height: 943px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="Twitter Tweet" data-src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1388501410459922439&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Feducationdata.org%2F&amp;sessionId=82d9101a6d6ff0adfa5e0e70c10c58842c2bf886&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="1388501410459922439"></iframe--> <!--blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some data points as a PS<br>More than 25% of students admitted to college drop out. 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