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Is that student debt really worth the burden?

More than 40% of millennials and Gen Xers say they don't think so.

Nearly 300,000 students attended HBCUs in 2015.
Nearly 300,000 students attended HBCUs in 2015.
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More than 40% of millennials and Gen Xers say their student debt probably, or definitely, was not worth the loans, according to a new survey by Morning Consult. We took a look at the benefit and burden of higher education. 

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