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1 million people now owe more than $200,000 in federal student loans
Damircudic | E+ | Getty Images The number of federal student loan borrowers with six-figure debts is on the rise. In the second quarter of 2024, 2.4 million borrowers carried a federal student loan balance between $100,000 and $200,000, up from 1.8 million …