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Student Loan Relief company history timeline

2012

2012: Total amount of student loan debt passes $1 trillion.

2013

Laurel Road began originating student loans in 2013 and has since helped thousands of professionals with undergraduate and postgraduate degrees consolidate and refinance more than $4 billion in federal and private school loans.

2014

In May 2014, Nathan Hornes knew something was amiss at Corinthian’s Everest College when his business management classes occasionally entailed playing the board game Monopoly and little else.

2017

Starting with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and his proposed 2017 College for All Act, progressive politics have become inseparable from ambitious calls to make higher education debt-free.

2019

In April 2019, Laurel Road was acquired by KeyBank, one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies.

2020

In March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic pushes the federal government to put all federal student loans in pandemic forbearance, which means no payments are required and interest won’t accrue.

2021

In January 2021, the newly formed Biden Administration extends pandemic forbearance until October 2021.

2021: Outstanding student loan debt now sits at $1.7 trillion.

As of 2021, 45 million Americans share about $1.7 trillion in debt.

2022

Federal student loan payments are scheduled to restart on May 1, 2022.

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