Nearly 10M ‘delinquent’ student loan borrowers will see credit scores drop: Federal Reserve Bank
After an end to pandemic-era relief on student loans during the Biden administration, reporting of student loan delinquencies resumed Jan. 1, which will hit credit reports for missed payments beyond 90 days past due, according to new research.
By Lynn Cavanaugh |
April 01, 2025 at 07:35 AM
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President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Education Department, and limit access to student loan forgiveness, is sparking increased financial stress among student borrowers. Now an estimated 9.7 million student-loan borrowers, who owe more than $250 billion, face a hit to their credit scores as pandemic-era measures to limit the consequences of non-payment fade away, according to Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Research and Statistics Group.
“It is reasonable to expect student loan delinquency to surpass pre-pandemic levels when new delinquencies hit credit reports…,” the New York Fed said in a blog post last week. “Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE Plan are in forbearance due to federal litigation of the SAVE Plan.”
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