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Rebecca Grable loves her job as a pharmacy manager at Walgreens. But to study at the University of Oklahoma to become a doctor of pharmacy, she borrowed more than $310,000, and said the debt has limited her options. A few years ago, when she tried to buy a car, she said, more than 11 banks denied her a loan.
“It really effects the remainder of your life,” Bokman said. “There’s no out.”
With the rise of online schools
$25k tuition + $50k other expenses= $75k/year. 4 years = $300k.
Everyone knows women become naturopaths in order to bill insurance companies for tug jobs and slurpies.
Not including summer work income.
Those are much, much worse frauds than real schools. I would never ever hire anyone with a degree from online school.
Maybe I’m not being clear. Online classes and degree programs are offered at many if not most accredited universities and colleges today. These do not require physical infrastructure to maintain, like classrooms And lecture halls to book. If your university does not offer online courses, it will likely fall behind as things progress.
Students these days aren’t as interested in having to physically go to class as they are in completing a course they can do from their iPhone.
Sounds fishy - a friend of mine went through state school for a BS, then pharm school, 4 yrs/20K per year, and she racked up only 120K in debt TOTAL.OK, let's do the budget.
d6rB saysWhen I saw Penn State offer courses online, that got my attention. It's legit.Those are much, much worse frauds than real schools. I would never ever hire anyone with a degree from online school.
Maybe I’m not being clear. Online classes and degree programs are offered at many if not most accredited universities and colleges today. These do not require physical infrastructure to maintain, like classrooms And lecture halls to book. If your university does not offer online courses, it will likely fall behind as things progress.
Students these days aren’t as interested in having to physically go to class as they are in completing a course they can do from their iPhone.
It's legit.
Is this education?
.But so much of any degree program is composed of unnecessary courses that do nothing to prepare a student for their career. The students aren’t oblivious to this either. They know they just have to check the right boxes to be given a shot at the job or career they desire. Actual competence at specific tasks or projects isn’t actually taught very often.
Today, for her doctorate degree in naturopathic medicine and master’s in acupuncture from Bastyr University, she owes $499,322.69.
She and her husband struggled to buy a house because of her debt. Eventually, the financial stress led them to a divorce. “He felt like he couldn’t live his life or do the things he wanted to do,” Bokman, 38, said. She wanted to open her own medical practice, but she said her student debt prevents her from getting a business loan.
“It really effects the remainder of your life,” Bokman said. “There’s no out.”
The average college graduate leaves school $30,000 in the red today, up from $10,000 in the 1990s. Yet much larger balances are becoming more common.
Around 178,000 graduate students owed more than $100,000 in the 2015-2016 academic year, up from 51,000 in 2003-2004, according to Mark Kantrowitz, the publisher of SavingForCollege.com. In the first quarter of 2019, over 6% of all student loan borrowers owed more than $100,000, up from 5.4% in 2017.
Recently, Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have proposed forgiving student debt. Warren’s plan would reduce people’s tabs by up to $50,000, whereas Sanders’ would erase it all.
Rebecca Grable loves her job as a pharmacy manager at Walgreens. But to study at the University of Oklahoma to become a doctor of pharmacy, she borrowed more than $310,000, and said the debt has limited her options. A few years ago, when she tried to buy a car, she said, more than 11 banks denied her a loan.
“I feel like I’m stuck under it,” Grable, 27, said.
Balancing other bills is a challenge. “I just never imagined being a professional who still lives paycheck to paycheck,” she said.
Bokman’s and Grable’s financial records were reviewed by CNBC.
orrowers with huge balances should make a budget to get their spending under control, Kantrowitz said: “It’s a good idea to assign each expense to a category like ‘need’ versus ‘want.’”
Then he suggests paying off your loans with the highest interest rates first, to save money in the long run.
“The name of the game is paying the least amount over time,” said Betsy Mayotte, the president of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors, a nonprofit that helps student loan borrowers with free advice and dispute resolution.
At studentloans.gov, she said, you can figure out the best repayment plan for you. For example, income-driven repayment plans cap your monthly bill at a portion of your earnings.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/12/she-owes-500000-in-student-loans-giant-balances-are-on-the-rise.html