A 38-year-old with $38,000 in student debt tells other generations, ‘I highly recommend finding a way to avoid taking out loans’

"When you’re 17 or 18 years old, you think, ‘Oh, sure, I’ll figure this out.’ Then it's frustrating to still be in this financial situation."

You're viewing a single thread.

4 comments

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.