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

Free Money Fridays: 3 Ways to Save

Free Money Fridays: 3 Ways to Save

Current Balance: $28,724. On Fridays, my goal is to provide either some easy ways to save money or some easy...
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Emergency Fund?

Emergency Fund?

Current Balance: $28,697If you've every read a book on budgeting or finances, there's usually a step or chapter that involves...
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Budgeting 101

Budgeting 101

Current Balance: $28,667.I figured I need to write about budgeting because I tend to bring it up in quite a...
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Latest News

November 5, 2018

10 Biggest Student Loan Repayment Mistakes

Many Americans are still paying off student loans after age 40, according to a recent survey by Credit Karma, a personal finance...
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October 31, 2018

The public service loan forgiveness fix isn’t going well

Nearly 90 percent of applicants for the so-called temporary expanded public service loan forgiveness program have been denied, according to...
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October 24, 2018

Starting a business is hard. With student debt, it can be impossible

A person with $30,000 in student loans is 11 percent less likely to start a business than a person who...
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