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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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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By Michael
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October 5, 2018
By Michael
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October 2, 2018
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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By Michael
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September 27, 2018
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
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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September 6, 2018
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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August 31, 2018
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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