Comments on: Graduating? Plan Your Attack on Federal Student Loans http://poorerthanyou.com/2008/05/29/graduating-plan-your-attack-on-federal-student-loans/ Talking about money, without being boring. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:40:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Carnival of Debt Reduction 142nd Edition: Sex And The City Style! : Girls Just Wanna Have Funds http://poorerthanyou.com/2008/05/29/graduating-plan-your-attack-on-federal-student-loans/comment-page-1/#comment-52429 Carnival of Debt Reduction 142nd Edition: Sex And The City Style! : Girls Just Wanna Have Funds Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:32:03 +0000 http://poorerthanyou.com/2008/05/29/graduating-plan-your-attack-on-federal-student-loans/#comment-52429 [...] presents Graduating? Plan Your Attack on Federal Student Loans posted at Poorer Than You, saying, “Advice for fresh college grads on understanding their [...] [...] presents Graduating? Plan Your Attack on Federal Student Loans posted at Poorer Than You, saying, “Advice for fresh college grads on understanding their [...]

]]> By: Giveaway Starting, Back from Honeymoon Sunday Links | Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning http://poorerthanyou.com/2008/05/29/graduating-plan-your-attack-on-federal-student-loans/comment-page-1/#comment-52325 Giveaway Starting, Back from Honeymoon Sunday Links | Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:02:23 +0000 http://poorerthanyou.com/2008/05/29/graduating-plan-your-attack-on-federal-student-loans/#comment-52325 [...] Than You tells us that we need to plan our attack for repaying our student loan!  If we always have a plan to repay our loans, I’m sure we won’t end up [...] [...] Than You tells us that we need to plan our attack for repaying our student loan!  If we always have a plan to repay our loans, I’m sure we won’t end up [...]

]]> By: Stephanie http://poorerthanyou.com/2008/05/29/graduating-plan-your-attack-on-federal-student-loans/comment-page-1/#comment-52112 Stephanie Thu, 29 May 2008 17:16:39 +0000 http://poorerthanyou.com/2008/05/29/graduating-plan-your-attack-on-federal-student-loans/#comment-52112 @John Peden: The latest figures I could find are from the 2003-2004 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS). They say that "two-thirds (65.7%) of 4-year undergraduate students graduate with some debt, and the average student loan debt among graduating seniors is $19,237 (excluding PLUS Loans but including Stafford, Perkins, state, college and private loans)." I can only imagine the numbers are higher than that now, especially since tuition has been increasing about 7% per year. Source: http://www.finaid.org/loans/index.phtml @John Peden:

The latest figures I could find are from the 2003-2004 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS). They say that “two-thirds (65.7%) of 4-year undergraduate students graduate with some debt, and the average student loan debt among graduating seniors is $19,237 (excluding PLUS Loans but including Stafford, Perkins, state, college and private loans).”

I can only imagine the numbers are higher than that now, especially since tuition has been increasing about 7% per year.

Source: http://www.finaid.org/loans/index.phtml

]]> By: John Peden http://poorerthanyou.com/2008/05/29/graduating-plan-your-attack-on-federal-student-loans/comment-page-1/#comment-52110 John Peden Thu, 29 May 2008 17:06:19 +0000 http://poorerthanyou.com/2008/05/29/graduating-plan-your-attack-on-federal-student-loans/#comment-52110 How much does the average US college graduate accumulate in terms of debt? How much does the average US college graduate accumulate in terms of debt?

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