Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Crushed by college debt: Massive loan bills hang over graduates, derail life plans [View all]Indykatie
(3,691 posts)11. It's Hard for Me to Understand $100K Debt for 4 Year Degrees
I only have to assume that these students went to private or out of state schools that they could not afford when other less expensive options were probably available that were just as good. I would think too that there would be some small level of grants, scholarships and savings but then I'm from a generation that saving for college for your children was a given and actually possible to achieve. I know many families are simply not able to save for education but I also know some who had the means and didn't do it preferring instead to have larger houses and luxury vehicles.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
39 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Crushed by college debt: Massive loan bills hang over graduates, derail life plans [View all]
marmar
May 2012
OP
Kids get remarkably conflicting advice and the situation has become a real Catch 22..
Fumesucker
May 2012
#5
It is pretty much up to the students to try to track what their total loan payments
PA Democrat
May 2012
#21
The University of Illinois, a state school is $30k/year. This is NOT private
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#30
Yeah, on my side of the border tuition's gone up by about 50% in the last decade
Posteritatis
May 2012
#26
The banksters have been using debt as a weapon against everyone who's not a 0.1 percenter.
backscatter712
May 2012
#23