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5 Weird Ways to Pay for College
Many students â faced with the double whammy of soaring tuition costs and shrinking financial aid â are discovering some rather un-orthodox ways to pay for college.
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Exploiting the New Student-Loan Rules
Tuition continues to soar, but there might be some relief for borrowers grappling with student-loan debt: federal income-based repayment programs.
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June 11, 2013
Best and worst careers to go into debt for; Choosing the wrong major can lead to a lifetime of student-loan payments
MarketWatchMany college graduates dream of the day they’ll be debt-free. But new findings show that for some, that day may not arrive until they’re about to become grandparents.
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May 11, 2013
New College Lenders Step Up
WSJ.comCredit unions are offering more private student loans, creating new choices for borrowers grappling with high college costs.Nearly 590 of the nation's 6,955 credit unions—member-owned nonprofit financial institutions—offered student loans ...
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May 8, 2013Regulator Seeks to Spur Restructuring of Student Loans
WSJ.comWASHINGTON—A federal regulator, concerned about the growing number of college graduates unable to repay their student debt, outlined a set of options to reduce their burdens by refinancing or restructuring their loans.
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March 24, 2013
Parent Trap: What to Know Before Taking a College Loan
WSJ.comDiana Jackson had no student debt when she got her Bachelor's degree from Miami University in Ohio in 1982. But when her daughter graduated from the school in 2011, Ms. Jackson was stuck with about $33,000 in parent loans.
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January 4, 2013The Disappearing College Loan; New Program Links Repayments to Income
WSJ.comA new federal program should make it easier for some recent college graduates to keep their student-loan payments manageable.The new option, known as the "Pay as You Earn Repayment Plan," lets eligible borrowers sharply lower their monthly ...
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November 18, 2012
Add Federal Student Aid to Potential Cuts
WSJ.comAutomatic spending cuts that are set to kick in at year-end—as part of the so-called fiscal cliff—could result in an 8% cut in federal student aid.
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October 28, 2012
Wedded to Debt
WSJ.comWedding season is winding down and newlyweds now have the rest of their lives to spend with each other—and each other's debt.Young adults are carrying heavy debt loads from student loans, credit cards and even mortgages. That means new ...
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October 2, 2012
Should student loans be cheaper at Harvard?
MarketWatchThe Federal government charges students uniform interest rates no matter how likely they are to default.If the government ran its student loan programs the way banks do, Ivy Leaguers would probably get a steep discount, those at state ...
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September 16, 2012
Time to Repay Loans
WSJ.comThe postgraduation buzz wore off quickly once Curtis Smith realized he had to start paying off the $15,000 in student loans he took on to get his bachelor's degree.
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July 8, 2012
Which Comes First, 401(k) or Debt?
WSJ.comReaders are divided on the subject of new college graduates saving for retirement. Some feel these young adults shouldn't invest a dime until they pay off their student loans. Others feel equally strongly that they should contribute at ...
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June 25, 2012
Confront Your Debt
WSJ.comFor Daniel Pontarelli, building an adult life meant piling on the debt. Since graduating from college in 2010, the 24-year-old has taken on a loan for a new car and is helping his wife pay off around $20,000 in student loans. He took out a ...
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May 29, 2012
What you should know about college financial aid; A Q&A with financial-aid expert Mark Kantrowitz
MarketWatchWASHINGTON (MarketWatch)—President Barack Obama opposes a push by Congress to double the 3.4% interest rate on federal Stafford student loans, but Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of Fastweb.com and Finaid.org, has a different message: Let the ...
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May 8, 2012The Borrowing Surge Isn't to Splurge
Barrons.comCan there be a simultaneous boom and bust? It seems that's what's happening in student loans now. Amid all the attention paid to the crisis in the debts taken on by students, they're going to hock at an accelerating rate. Usually credit ...
- April 25, 2012
Can Private Student Loans Undercut Federal Rates? A provision in a law that has keep rates down on subsidized Stafford loans is set to expire -- unless Congress acts quickly.
SmartMoney.comThe rates on popular federal student loans could shoot up before the next academic season, depending on the outcome of a political battle brewing in Washington.
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April 17, 2012
To Pay Off Loans, Grads Put Off Marriage, Children
WSJ.comBetween the ages of 18 and 22, Jodi Romine took out $74,000 in student loans to help finance her business-management degree at Kent State University in Ohio. What seemed like a good investment will delay her career, her marriage and ...
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December 11, 2011
Start Paying College Loans
WSJ.comAttention, spring college graduates: It's almost time to start paying back those students loans. The typical six-month grace period is about to end for many borrowers, and the first payments are due within 30 to 60 days, depending on ...
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November 13, 2011
Sizing Up the President's College-Debt Initiatives
WSJ.comWith student-loan debt exceeding credit-card debt for the first time last year, President Obama recently announced initiatives designed to help ease college graduates' debt burden.
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November 3, 2011
Graduates With Debt Owe an Average of $25,250
WSJ.comThe average debt of college seniors who graduated in 2010 with student loans rose 5% from a year earlier to $25,250, according to a report. That figure doesn't include data from for-profit colleges, like the University of Phoenix, whose ...
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October 26, 2011Obama Unveils Plan to Ease Burden of Student Loans
WSJ.comDENVER��President Barack Obama unveiled a plan Wednesday to ease the burden of student debt, speaking in personal terms about the high cost of college.
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October 25, 2011
Obama set to unveil student-loan plan
MarketWatchWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — President Barack Obama is set to unveil Wednesday a plan to reduce the burden of student loans on college graduates as the amount of debt for higher education surges.
