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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by samarama on Thursday January 13, 2022 @11:55AM (#29923115)
Do you have sources for this, because the numbers don’t reflect this.
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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by issa on Thursday January 13, 2022 @07:16PM (#29928891)
Obviously I don't have statistics on the people I talk to at that age, but to get a sense of the scope of the problem, 6,100,000 people are behind on payments. https://educationdata.org/how-many-people-have-student-loans
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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by samarama on Thursday January 13, 2022 @11:16PM (#29930532)
Sure but 85% of those have loans less than $50,000 and those that have more have entry levels salaries of $200,000 usually.

That seems rather small for such a huge debating point?

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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by issa on Monday January 17, 2022 @05:41PM (#29972525)
It would if it were true. But in reality, there are lots of people with $40k starting salary jobs (example: a librarian, which requires a masters degree!) paying off $50k loans with 8% interest rates.
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