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Re:How Debt Can Destroy a Budding Relationship by steveklabnik on Friday September 03, 2010 @08:31PM (#1661611)
> I had under $50k debt from my undergrad (international student, double the cost of tuition)

For some perspective, 1 year of undergrad at CMU this year (tuition + room and board) is now $50k.

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Re:How Debt Can Destroy a Budding Relationship by mhansen on Saturday September 04, 2010 @12:04AM (#1661979)
That's insane. I'm at Waikato University, New Zealand, and we pay around NZD13000 (~= USD9000) a year
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Re:How Debt Can Destroy a Budding Relationship by akgerber on Saturday September 04, 2010 @12:15AM (#1662001)
Many private-university students receive nontrivial scholarships. And if you study a technical field at CMU you're unlikely to have trouble paying back the loans.

I graduated CMU in May. I have quite a bit of debt, but got a good job straight out of school and aim to have the debt paid off in a year by living like the graduate students I live with.

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Re:How Debt Can Destroy a Budding Relationship by henrikschroder on Saturday September 04, 2010 @03:41AM (#1662261)
That's insane. I'm in Sweden, all university tuition is free.
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Re:How Debt Can Destroy a Budding Relationship by mixu on Saturday September 04, 2010 @04:42AM (#1662324)
Not only that, also, the government pays for university study.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_benefit

(Though realistically the total sum is only enough for paying rent, so most people still end up having to work somewhat during their studies.)

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Re:How Debt Can Destroy a Budding Relationship by mseebach on Saturday September 04, 2010 @05:46PM (#1663460)
No, it's not free. It's paid for by the taxpayers.
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