One in four humanities students in Australia to take more than 25 years to pay off student loans, Treasury finds

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One in four humanities students in Australia to take more than 25 years to pay off student loans, Treasury finds
Published May 4, 2026

Job-ready graduates program will also leave almost two-thirds of humanities and creative arts students with debts exceeding $50,000

One in four humanities students will take more than 25 years to fully repay their student loans because of Morrison government changes to university fees, newly public Treasury modelling reveals.

The job-ready graduates program, introduced in 2021 under the former prime minister Scott Morrison, will also leave almost two-thirds of humanities and creative arts students saddled with debts exceeding $50,000.

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