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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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

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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