Based on the micro data of the tracking survey of 4765 rural female students nationwide and with thecontrol of the individual student, parents and family characteristics variables, we combined the double difference method(DID) and propensity score matching (PSM) research methods to counterfactual estimate the implementation effect ofstudent loans. Empirical studies found that student loans did not improve the academic performance of rural femalestudents, but actually increased their debt pressure, and stimulated the rural female students’emplo...