Federal loans make up 90% of all loan disbursements.
The vast majority of college students only have Federal student loans.
>unless you're at a state school or community college
Private colleges enroll about 15-20% of students. If you don't want $100k in debt, go to a public school, or go to a top tier school like Harvard that has very generous financial aid.
If you can't get into a top tier school with excellent financial aid (or your parents make too much money to qualify), you have to decide whether $100k in debt is worth it.
It's not society's job to pay for private college.
Re:Dev Bootcamp Shutting Down
by magic_beans on Friday July 14, 2017 @08:28AM
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I'm from CA. Even with the resident discount, UCs are just as pricy as private colleges.
UC Berkeley tuition and fees comes to about $13k per year for California residents. The average private school tuition is over $30k per year.
Not sure why you think that it's so expensive. I went to school in Georgia (much lower cost of living area) and UCs are only about 15% more expensive than our flagship schools (Georgia Tech and UGA, and GSU).
My federal loans covered about 1/8 of my tuition.