TuxBot@infosec.pubB to Economy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoA 38-year-old with $38,000 in student debt tells other generations, ‘I highly recommend finding a way to avoid taking out loans’fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down18
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkA 38-year-old with $38,000 in student debt tells other generations, ‘I highly recommend finding a way to avoid taking out loans’fortune.comTuxBot@infosec.pubB to Economy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarepfwood178linkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down19·2 months agoI’m 37 and paid off all of my ~80k in student loans (for a communications degree) since my 2009 graduation earlier this year… How the hell does this person still owe so much on their student loans?
minus-squaremindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·2 months agoPretty easy: I owe $135k on the $60k I took out in 2005
minus-squareDettweiler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoCongrats on having enough income to pay your loans quickly. Most of us aren’t as fortunate.
I’m 37 and paid off all of my ~80k in student loans (for a communications degree) since my 2009 graduation earlier this year… How the hell does this person still owe so much on their student loans?
Pretty easy: I owe $135k on the $60k I took out in 2005
Congrats on having enough income to pay your loans quickly. Most of us aren’t as fortunate.