Student Loan debt

[2Xtreme21]

I graduated in December, and I'm calling around trying to get a consolidated loan and my total amount to repay is around ~$55,000... kind of a smack in the face.

How much was yours and how long did it take you to repay it?

 

[child of wonder]

Had to take the max on loans to supplement our income while I went to school.

Came out with $14,000 in debt.

 

[Farang]

0.. starting to slowly go up during the job hunt. Think I'm at 200 now, don't know if that counts as student loan debt. I did quit a job to go back to school

 

[Kirby]

Still in school, but none so far.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

0 for BS and MS.

 

[2Xtreme21]

For those with 0 debt, scholarships? Parents with money? You with money?

 

[theknight571]

0 for me and 0 for my 3 sisters...I still don't know how my dad did it... but I will never complain about it.

 

[ViviTheMage]

10,596$

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
For those with 0 debt, scholarships? Parents with money? You with money?

A combination of all 3.

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
For those with 0 debt, scholarships? Parents with money? You with money?

Parents.. but I was middle class growing up so I don't really know how it happened. They paid for my 3 brothers too.

 

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
For those with 0 debt, scholarships? Parents with money? You with money?

Scholarships and prepaid tuition (not looking too good).

 

[Terabyte]

I'm in school right now (undergrad), and I have loans. School costs alone ~ $3000 a quarter. Since there are 3 quarters in a year, and hopefully, I will only be in school (ungrad at least) for only 4 years, so....3000x3x4 = ~$36000 in loans. I'm glad they are federal loans at least (right?).

 

[BassBomb]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Still in school, but none so far.

This. 6k per 4 month term is insane though

 

[Deeko]

67 grand

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: BassBomb

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Still in school, but none so far.

This. 6k per 4 month term is insane though

Mine was roughly $9k per term for housing + tuition + fees.

 

[acheron]

my great-grandparents paid for my grandparents to go to college, my grandparents paid for my parents to go to college, my parents paid for me to go to college, and i will pay for my kids to go to college.

thinking of going for an MS soon, but in that case my job has a tuition reimbursement benefit that would pay for it.

however, my wife went to law school, so we have a ton of loans for that.

 

[BassBomb]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21

Originally posted by: BassBomb

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Still in school, but none so far.

This. 6k per 4 month term is insane though

Mine was roughly $9k per term for housing + tuition + fees.

I am only counting tuition + books. I live at home and commute.

 

[Aikouka]

Something around $30k.

Kinda makes me wish I went to a state school instead or if I lived in NY (lived a little south of the border in PA), I would've just gone to the local state school there for mad cheap.

 

[Terabyte]

Originally posted by: Aikouka
Something around $30k.

Kinda makes me wish I went to a state school instead or if I lived in NY (lived a little south of the border in PA), I would've just gone to the local state school there for mad cheap.

Yeah, I should did my lower division classes (general chem, calculus, physics) at a state college. It would've been easier and cheaper.

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: Terabyte

Originally posted by: Aikouka
Something around $30k.

Kinda makes me wish I went to a state school instead or if I lived in NY (lived a little south of the border in PA), I would've just gone to the local state school there for mad cheap.

Yeah, I should did my lower division classes (general chem, calculus, physics) at a state college. It would've been easier and cheaper.

I don't know how common this is but in WA we have running start so you can get your first two years for free during high school. They really did not advertise that program enough.

In my case it was bad though since my college was already free and my Senioritis permanently damaged my college transcripts

 

[ggnl]

$17,000. I worked full time all the way through too.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
For those with 0 debt, scholarships? Parents with money? You with money?

US Army College Fund - roughly $35K total that was paid monthly while enrolled in school full time.

 

[wiredspider]

Scholarships paid for my freshman year, got a full time job which also had a little bit of tuition reimbursement.

 

[Corporate Thug]

$125k

 

[dullard]

BS: $0.

MS/PhD: Just over $8000. But then, I used it to buy a car and make a dent in my house downpayment. Since it is just about 3%, I see no reason to pay it off sooner than I have to. I've been paying for just over 4 years and I will have it paid off in 10 years.

 

[JDub02]

Just under $30k for my BS. My wife had just under $40k for her BA.

Down to $8k on mine and $33k on hers.

Student loans suck. I hope that my kids won't have to deal with student loan debt when the time comes.