Is that student debt really worth the burden?

Ben Bradford Apr 12, 2019
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Nearly 300,000 students attended HBCUs in 2015. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Is that student debt really worth the burden?

Ben Bradford Apr 12, 2019
Nearly 300,000 students attended HBCUs in 2015. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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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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