Student loan interest rates set to reach 16-year high

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  • Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
  • The borrowing cost for student loans is soon poised to reach a 16-year high. Financial aid expert Mark Kantrowitz told ABC News that the interest rate on a federal undergraduate student loan is expected to climb to 6.5% in July, marking its highest level since 2008. The current interest rate on a new student loan is 5.5%. "I think it's crazy. At least for me, I am scared of how I'm going to pay it off," college student Amber Rivere explained.

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  • @lmn222002
    @lmn222002 10 днів тому +4

    Borrow only what you need and send the rest back to the lender. Do not buy cars, vacations, or furniture...Just don't do it

  • @Kitty8791
    @Kitty8791 9 днів тому +1

    That's only for undergraduates. For grad students it's currently 7.05% & will instease to 8%. For Direct PLUS loans (parents typically take these out), it's currently 8.05% & will increase to 9%! 😱

  • @carolynwheaton8547
    @carolynwheaton8547 10 днів тому +3

    Parents will pay until they died.

  • @silentnot4812
    @silentnot4812 9 днів тому +1

    I was paying 8-9% and managed to pay it off even though I graduated in a recession. We probably have more money sitting unused in these college endowments, foundations and other scholarship funds that we should be using up before forcing the taxpayer to pay more.

  • @Cobracommander1986
    @Cobracommander1986 10 днів тому

    Don’t go to college, do not get a worthless degree and or go into the trades for a real future.

  • @AFloridaSon
    @AFloridaSon 10 днів тому +2

    Gotta pay for those tents and signs somehow.

    • @bobroberts2217
      @bobroberts2217 10 днів тому +3

      Gotta spend tax payer money to burn books somehow.