There is currently $1.7 trillion in outstanding student debt. The cost of college has gone up more than 400 percent in real terms since the mid 1970s, ...

Assuming the student uses debt to finance this additional cost, we've estimated how long it would take them to pay it off. The average salary for an early-career, 2 college-educated worker in the ...

This year’s high school graduates could take on $37,300 in student loan debt in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree, according to NerdWallet analysis of data from the Department of Education.

Student debt can lead many people to defer important life decisions and milestones. In a 2001 survey , 36 percent of young people with student loans chose to delay moving out of a family member ...

Many borrowers are dismayed after SCOTUS struck down President Biden's student-debt-relief plan. Scarlet Anderson, a 28-year-old college graduate, said that she had "no hope" after the ruling.

It may be worth going into debt for college if your degree allows you to do a job you otherwise couldn't, if it allows you to earn more income than you'd have earned without a degree, ...

The much-debated dream of broad-scale debt relief and friendly student loans is fading. This is the beginning of a harsh new era for the roughly 43 million people who hold almost $1.7 trillion in ...

How parents can help students avoid college debt before it starts by Lexi Lonas Cochran - 09/20/23 5:00 AM ET. by Lexi Lonas Cochran - 09/20/23 5:00 AM ET.

Still, a college education can open doors to opportunities that wouldn’t otherwise be possible. So even though student loan debt often takes years if not decades to pay off, people are still ...

HOUSTON – U.S. Credit card debt recently hit a record $1 trillion and research shows that 42% of college students are a large part of that number. Financial experts say we’re seeing more ...

A debt-free degree is possible, but you’ll have to do some homework. Much of college loan debt can be avoided — attention young parents — if you start saving early and often. Yet some one in ...