«For more specific loan information, check out the Web site run by financial -
aid expert Mark Kantrowitz (www.finaid.org).
Dear readers: A recent column about private student loans prompted financial
aid expert Mark Kantrowitz to reach out with some additional advice for people who co-signed student loans for someone who has stopped paying.
Not exact matches
Mark Kantrowitz, an
expert on student
aid and publisher of the Edvisors Network, believes students should receive better counseling about their loan repayment options — especially students who are about to drop out of school.
Mark Kantrowitz, a financial
aid expert, said lenders fear that if they give you that release, you might decide to stop paying.
U.S. undergraduate students in 2015 finished school with an average of $ 35,000 in student debt — a figure that has risen steadily every year, according to
Mark Kantrowitz, a financial
aid expert.
«People will think fondly of when the rate on a Stafford loan was only 6.8 percent,» said
Mark Kantrowitz, an
expert on college financing and publisher of Edvisors, an online resource about financial
aid.
«Having all these deadlines certainly causes a lot of confusion,»
Mark Kantrowitz, a nationally - recognized
expert on student financial
aid, told Debt.org.
According to
Mark Kantrowitz, an
expert on student
aid, «If you were to save $ 200 a month for 10 years at 6.8 percent interest, you'd accumulate a total of $ 34,433.»
There are other ways to fine - tune this borrowing strategy, said
Mark Kantrowitz, a national
expert on student loans and publisher of Edvisors, a financial
aid website.
Mark Kantrowitz, a financial
aid expert with experience in student loans, has theorized about the underlying causes for student loan delinquency.
«Lenders tend to be really, really strict with co-signer release,» says
Mark Kantrowitz, a student loan
expert and publisher of Edvisors.com, an online resource about financial
aid.