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Student loan debt can burden borrowers

You’ve got the college degree, and now you’re stressed about the debt.
“Even if your student loans exceed your annual salary — which is, unfortunately, a common phenomenon these days — you can knock down those debts and start to regain control of your financial life,” Lynnette Khalfani writes in her new book, “Zero Debt for [...]

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

NextStudent Offers Private Student Loans for Undergraduates, Graduates

There is an option for undergraduate and graduate students who have not yet applied for their student loans or for those without sufficient federal funds for the fall semester. Phoenix-based NextStudent, a premier education funding company, has a private student loan program to help undergraduate and graduate students receive the funding they need to get [...]

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Ryan encourages YSU students to act quickly on loan changes

College students and recent graduates with outstanding student loans have until Saturday to consolidate those debts before interest rates rise.
U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Niles, D-17th, was at Youngstown State University on Monday urging that those eligible to refinance their debt do so immediately.
Loans have been at variable rates that are reset every July, but [...]

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Paying For College

With tuition rates spiraling upward each year at most colleges and universities, it’s no secret earning that college degree comes with a hefty price tag.
According to “The College Board”, on average, you’ll pay a little over thirty thousand dollars a year for a private school, adding up to a whopping hundred and thirty thousand dollars [...]

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

Locking rates on student loans urged

A year ago, students and parents who borrowed to cover college costs rushed to lock in the lowest interest rates in four decades.
Now those who haven’t consolidated their loans under the federal student-loan program are being urged to do so before July 1.
The reason: The deficit-reduction bill that President Bush signed earlier this year cuts [...]

Monday, April 24th, 2006