well, I thought it did since the debt amount matched the loan amount. But as mentioned, I paid off the debt immediately thinking this would clear the loan. This does feel like a bug to me, as I cannot imagine that the loan companies who are affiliated with the government / admins would have the power to chose how much debt to put you in, and then not provide a method of clearing the debt other than via salary (and my character does not earn enough salary to clear it).
Furthermore, my phone always stated how much of my loan I had to pay off, but it now says that I owe $0 but the loan amount is stagnant.
Please advise.