Student Debt Cancellation to Cost $379 Billion, Education Department Estimates

Student Debt Cancellation to Cost $379 Billion, Education Department Estimates
President Joe Biden announces student loan relief with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona (R) at the White House on Aug. 24, 2022. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
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The U.S. Department of Education announced that it estimates the Biden administration’s program to cancel student debt to cost $379 billion, or about $30 billion a year over the next 10 years.

The estimates are based on “highly uncertain assumptions about future economic conditions and participation rates,” the department noted.