student loan

noun

: a loan that is used to pay for a student's education

Examples of student loan in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Still have questions about student loan refinancing? Karly Scholl, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024 Financial aid will come into practice for students this fall and is expected to bring Johns Hopkins’ medical students’ average student loan debt to $60,279 by 2029, while students from most American families won’t pay anything at all, per the press release from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024 Bloomberg Philanthropies said that currently almost two-thirds of all students seeking an M.D. from Johns Hopkins qualify for financial aid, and future doctors graduate from the university with an average total student loan debt of approximately $104,000. Jodi Helmer, Fortune, 8 July 2024 Less wealth means fewer resources available for college and higher education (minority students tend to carry bigger student loan balances) and for health care (the average lifespan for Black Americans is nearly five years less than for White Americans, the Centers for Disease Control reports). Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 8 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for student loan 

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“Student loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student%20loan. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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