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Obama hit the White House stage on Friday to talk about student loan interest rates, which are scheduled to double July 1 for undergraduates students taking out subsidized loans.
It's looking increasingly likely some 7 million students taking out subsidized loans for the next school year will have to dig deeper in their pockets to pay them off.
Between ballooning student loans, credit cards and money owed to family members, graduates of the class of 2013 are facing an average $35,200 in debt, a Fidelity survey found.
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Despite a rocky job market, the U.S. still tops the list of places around the globe that students want to live and work post-graduation, according to a survey from Universum.
The Department of Education announced that its upcoming financial aid forms, known as FAFSA, will ask for income and financial information from both same-sex parents -- instead of just one.
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