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Graduate Defaults on $65K Loans, Joins 7.7M Borrowers

4/5/2026

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Story summary
  • Amanda Lynn Tully, a former ward of the State of Colorado, graduated in 2017 with a master's in historic preservation and $65,000 in student debt.
  • Disillusioned by not receiving job offers, she moved to Prague and defaulted on her loans, joining over 7.7 million borrowers who have done so.
  • Tully, now 37, has not made a payment in over seven years and has no plans to return.