Sallie Mae’s Joe DePaulo speaks with Reuters Personal Finance Editor Lauren Young about how to reduce your student loans before school is over. (May 7, 2012) full story ![]()
A recent article from the Wall Street Journal found that students who graduate from schools specializing in art, music and design have higher debt than their counterparts who graduate from liberal arts college or from research universities.
statesmanjournal.com (3 months ago)
Each year, college students from around the nation tap into a federal Pell Grant program that awards $34.5 billion of taxpayer money that doesn't ever have to be paid back. The program serves an estimated 9 million students, but many take the money and never even graduate, a new report ...
washingtontimes.com (1 month and 10 days ago)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's quarterly survey on household debt revealed some eye-popping statistics on the growing problem of student debt. Total student debt has essentially tripled in the last eight years to $966 billion in 2012 and is now the second largest category of household debt after mortgages. Student debt was the only category to...
thestreet.com (2 months and 23 days ago)
Sallie Mae said the lower maximum interest rates reflected the educational achievement and greater earnings potential of graduate students.
nytimes.com (2 months and 17 days ago)

New data released by the New York Federal Reserve Bank shows that the percentage of delinquent student loans dropped slightly in the first quarter of 2013, even though overall student debt levels continue to rise, The Wall Street Journal reports. However, two maps released within the report may say more about the nation's student loan problem. The maps, which illustrate the...
huffingtonpost.com (6 days ago)
The short answer, despite the pleadings of an over-stuffed body of ex-students facing inexorable debt loads, is "no". However, as Professor Daniel Lin notes in this brief clip, debt forgiveness does not resolve the underlying causes of rising student debt, and therefore cannot prevent future debt problems. Instead of debt forgiveness, he suggests making student loans like...
zerohedge.com (2 months and 8 days ago)
Six business students sat in a classroom at the University of South Florida, facing a screen with concern and curiosity. They were ready to graduate, and the reality of the massive amounts of money they'd borrowed was sinking in.
floridatoday.com (16 days ago)
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courierpostonline.com (1 month ago)
Sallie Mae Announces Lower Interest Rates for Graduate Students, Effective April 1 NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sallie Mae, the nation's No. 1 financial services company specializing in education, today announced new, lower interest rates on its Smart Option Student Loan for graduate students. Customers have a choice of variable or fixed rates with no origination fees...
dailyfinance.com (2 months and 17 days ago)

I am an aged widower in good health with credit card debt as a result of helping two members of my family get new degrees as mature students. How can I come to some sort of deal to pay off this debt?
dailymail.co.uk (6 days ago)
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