Will Students Be Able to Repay Those Loans?

By Beckie Supiano. Many people who work in financial aid are frustrated by news coverage that suggests lots of students are taking on six-figure debts for their bachelor’s degrees. (They’re not.) But even if they think that talk of a student-loan crisis is overblown, aid administrators do worry about whether students will be able to repay their loans. That worry is part of their job: If too many of a college’s borrowers default, the college can lose its eligibility to participate in the federal student-aid programs. Read more...