Sentences with phrase «still graduated with debt»

I got a few small scholarships for school but I still graduated with debt.

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I understand that a post-secondary education can be very expensive (I worked two jobs and had many different entrepreneurial ventures and I still graduated with over $ 20,000 in student loan debt which is now all paid off by the way) and taking on debt is a necessary evil for some.

He pointed out we are yet to see the new wave of students graduate with higher debt levels than ever and there are still «serious questions» over how increased costs are impacting on the subjects chosen by students.

After 2006, graduate students still financed 20 percent of the gap with debt, but they were using Grad PLUS instead of private loans.

After graduating college with $ 30,000 of student loans, I decided to take charge of my finances, earn extra money, and get debt free while still having fun.

First time home buyers, college graduates with accrued school loan debt in particular, can still find a way to save the necessary funds.

We only graduated with about $ 10K in student loan debt, but it still felt daunting at the time.

I can graduate at 27 with a degree, no debt, and still 75k saved (or more).

Putting money toward your loan while still in school might feel like a balancing act, but it will be worth it when you graduate with less debt.

«We're tending to find people are still surprised at the level of debt they're graduating with, which suggests we still have a long way to go in terms of having conversations about planning for college, saving for college and figuring out the best place to go [to college],» said Keith Bernhardt, vice president of college planning at Fidelity Investments.

By keeping student loan debt at a minimum, graduates will still be able to travel the world, continue their education with an advanced degree, start a business, or pursue lower - paying but potentially life - changing opportunities such as volunteering with the Peace Corps or teaching.

In a still tight economy where wages have not improved significantly in recent years, many graduates find themselves with hefty college loan debts and relatively modest means with which to satisfy them.

«That means they will still be paying back their own student loans when their children enroll in college,» he says, noting that the cycle will probably then repeat: They will be unable to save for their children's education, so those kids will be forced to take loans and graduate with even more debt.

On average, survey respondents graduated with nearly $ 40,000 in debt and still have about $ 30,000 left to pay off of the loan.

With tuition and living costs as they are, students can scrimp and save and yet still graduate up to their teeth in debt, but on some level they operate on the assumption that, upon graduating, they'll hit surplus territory and begin to pay it all back.