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

Part 3 – Reaching Your Goal

Part 3 – Reaching Your Goal

Current Balance: $29,864.74Part 3 of this series on creating your plan to pay off you loans will focus on how...
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Part 2 – Reaching Your Goal

Part 2 – Reaching Your Goal

Current Balance: $29,851.56 If you reviewed Part 1 of this series you should have an amortization schedule that looks something like...
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Part 1 – Reaching Your Goal

Part 1 – Reaching Your Goal

Current Balance: $29,842.77 Once you’ve set your goal, i.e. targeted date, to pay off your school loans. how do you...
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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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