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Re:On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs ... by lovich on Monday June 05, 2017 @10:54AM (#14488012)
thats only if its government loans. Private loans are still not dischargeable and don't have income based repayment
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Re:On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs ... by learc83 on Monday June 05, 2017 @11:30AM (#14488284)
Private loans make up about 7% of student loans dispersed each year.
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Re:On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs ... by lovich on Monday June 05, 2017 @01:25PM (#14489409)
Is that current or always? I went to college 2007-2011 and the first two years everyone I knew got 5.5k and 6.5k loans from the government and then private loans for the rest. After the great recession no one could get private loans anymore and the government filled in the rest
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Re:On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs ... by learc83 on Monday June 05, 2017 @11:15PM (#14494452)
Looking at the statistics, it looks like its been around that level for a while. Private loans make up a bit less than 10% of the overall outstanding student loan debt, not just new debt.
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