Current Balance: $28,638 In the past few months the Fed has continued to raise borrowing rates. Because of this...
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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)
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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?
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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September 7, 2018
How the Great Recession turned America’s student-loan problem into a $1.5 trillion crisis
The Great Recession helped push student debt passed $1.5 trillion, up from about $671 billion at the beginning of 2008,...
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The Worst States To Be In If You Have Student Debt
Aside from mortgages, student loans make up the largest portion of household debt for Americans, ballooning to a jaw-dropping $1.41...
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Student Loan Debt Can Be a Dating Deal Killer
There's someone for everyone, but not everyone is interested in dating someone with a large amount of student loan debt,...
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