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

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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