FINANCES AFTER FINALS

Total Outstanding Student Loan Debt

1.5

TRILLION

Average Student Loan Debt Per Borrower

$ 0

(Class of 2016)

Percentage of Borrowers in Default

10.7%

(90+ Days Past Due)

Recent Posts

Rates are Rising: A Good Time to Consolidate?

Rates are Rising: A Good Time to Consolidate?

Current Balance: $28,638     In the past few months the Fed has continued to raise borrowing rates. Because of this...
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Free Money Fridays: 401(k) Match

Free Money Fridays: 401(k) Match

In this edition of Free Money Fridays we dive into 401(k) employer matching. When I started my current job, our...
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How often do you look at your loan balance?

How often do you look at your loan balance?

Current Balance: $28,729.43How often do you look at your loan balance? Every day? week? only when a payment is due?...
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Latest News

October 19, 2018

America’s Student Loan Debt Crisis Deepens

The loans have seen almost 157 percent in cumulative growth over the last 11 years
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October 16, 2018

America’s $1.5 trillion student debt is a ‘failed social experiment’

A new paper from the Roosevelt Institute says these loans are not a benign way to help young people attend...
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October 8, 2018

How This New Navient Lawsuit Affects Your Student Loans

Members of the American Federation of Teachers, the second largest teachers union in the U.S., filed a lawsuit against Navient,...
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