{
  "id": 11468118,
  "title": "The states where borrowers owe the most in federal student loans, ranked by average balance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/the-states-where-borrowers-owe-the-most-in-federal-student-loans",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-02T14:50:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/states-ranked-federal-student-loan-debt"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The total federal student loan portfolio now exceeds $1.72 trillion, with 42.3 million borrowers. But borrowers in Maryland owe the most on average.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}