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

October 4, 2018

What to Know About 401(k) Benefits for Student Loan Payments

FOR MANY BORROWERS, repaying student loans is tough work. But achieving those debt payoff goals while fully funding a retirement savings account...
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October 1, 2018

Mark Cuban: ‘If you use a credit card, you don’t want to be rich’

"Cut up your credit cards. If you use a credit card, you don't want to be rich," the "Shark Tank"...
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September 27, 2018

National Student Loan Cohort Default Rate Falls

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced that the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 national federal student loan cohort default...
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