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Fast Facts

At the end of FY 2003, the Direct Loan program owed taxpayers $92 billion but had only $82 billion in outstanding student loans to cover this debt.

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No Net Cost to Taxpayers

In FY 2003, private sector student loan providers managed a $214 billion student loan portfolio at no net cost to the federal government.