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Re:Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt by rayiner on Saturday April 13, 2013 @07:36PM (#5545137)
In the states, federal graduate student loans are 8%.
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Re:Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt by ryanhuff on Saturday April 13, 2013 @08:10PM (#5545231)
Are you sure? When I did my MBA a few years ago, student loans were about 6.5%, and I thought I heard that rates were lower today.
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Re:Medical School at $278,000 Means Even Bernanke Son Has Debt by rayiner on Saturday April 13, 2013 @08:23PM (#5545268)
There are Stafford loans at 6.5% but they only go up to like $20k/year. GradPLUS covers the bulk of the cost and is at 7.9%.
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