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

Staying on Target

Staying on Target

Current Balance $10,958After paying off my law school loans, I'm only months away from being student loan free. I have...
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Paid in Full

Paid in Full

Nothing is sweeter that seeing "PAID IN FULL" at the top of my Great Lakes account. Last Friday, I decided...
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Mapping Student Debt

Mapping Student Debt

A great website to see the correlation between where you live and the amount of student loan debt and delinquency...
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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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