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

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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