Platt said the increase in interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans will add to her debt load, which is expected to top $60,000 by the time she graduates. College students taking out new loans for the fall term will see interest rates twice what they were in the spring - unless Congress fulfills its pledge to restore lower rates when it returns after the July 4 holiday. University of Iowa student Angie Platt, 20, is seen on campus in Iowa City, Iowa on Monday, July 1, 2013.
