Student loan delinquencies send credit scores plummeting for millions

A 100 -point decrease in credit can be “completely catastrophic”.

It may also take years to recover, according to the main credit analyst at LindingTree Matt Schools.

The Federal Reserve in New York said last week that millions of borrowers from student loans have witnessed significant declines in the status of credit due to their loss, which damaged their chances of qualifying for car cards, mortgage and new credit.

Specifically, 2.2 million student loan borrowers, who became newly affected in the first quarter of 2025, witnessed credit scores with more than 100 points. He witnessed more than a million drops of at least 150 points, according to the report.

Schools said that recovery from a blow like this is “the marathon race, not the enemy.”

Borrowers begin in student loans in the face of debt groups

More than half of the newly late borrowers had received credit grades in the pulmonary mortgage, which means that it is unlikely that the effects will significantly affect their access to credit because the new credit is unlikely to be approved anyway.

However, many borrowers who have credit grades above 620, who may be qualified before to obtain car loans, mortgages, or credit cards, will now face the high borrowing costs or even a completely new credit is rejected.

Student loan payments were stopped at the beginning of the epidemic to relieve financial pressure on borrowers. That stop ended in September 2023, but a period of “on the slope” was presented for one year to prevent the missed payments to the credit offices. The validity of the slope ended in October 2024, and as a result, rehabilitation began to appear on credit reports for the first time in the first quarter of 2025.

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Once this allowance ends, some people moved from a clean record to 90 days or more late from one blow.

George Washington University students are wearing graduation dresses outside the White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)

According to the Golls, this significant decrease in credit may mean that consumers will have to pay the higher insurance premiums or are approved for apartments.

Schools also warned that it may prevent people from obtaining a 0 % balance transfer card, which helps to “drop your debt”.

“In the long run, tens of thousands of dollars can be toucarily cost you throughout your life in the form of higher interest rates, larger and more fees. It is a big deal,” he added.

How to recover

Although recovery from this will take years, Schulz said it is important to ensure that there are no mistakes in an individual credit report to avoid getting the result unnecessarily.

Schools said the mistakes “occur more than people realize” and that removing them may be a big victory in terms of the result.

Another tactic can try to improve your rate of use by ordering more credit available but not using it. However, Schults said it might be difficult to get an additional balance with a recent modern delinquency.

Activists of relieving students of students participate in a gathering in the US Supreme Court on June 30, 2023 in Washington, DC (Kevin Lietsch / Getty Images / Getty Images)

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In addition, it can help you become a user based on another person’s credit card that also helps to increase credit. However, Schults said that the final responsibility for paying the accredited user’s balance will continue on the basic account holder,

“When using it properly, it can be a greatly accredited user because it transmits the positive history associated with the primary account owner’s card for the accredited user,” said Schulz.

In general, it will only be about doing the right things over and over again and patients.