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On the recordApril 29, 2002
Roughly two out of three college graduates today leave college with a debt. The average debt across the United States for all college students is $16,000. That is a pretty substantial sum of money for somebody starting out to get their first job out of college.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing student debt and its impact on recent college graduates.

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