Browse by Tags

• baby boomers
• Borrowing for a Brighter Future
• brain drain
• California
• college
• college advice
• College Board
• college financial aid
• college graduate
• college loans
• college pricing
• College Savings Foundation
• consumer debt
• cost of living
• Department of Education
• Department of Education
• Dynamic Network Services
• employment
• Erica Perez
• Erin Hathaway
• FAFSA
• federal financial aid
• federal student loan
• federal student loans
• financial aid
• Foster's Daily Democrat
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid
• higher education
• Income-Based Repayment
• inflation
• Institute for College Access and Success
• Kim Clark
• Larry Abramson
• Laura Asher
• Luke Swarthout
• median income
• Mike Cullity
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• National Public Radio
• New Hampshire
• New Hampshire college
• New Hampshire college grads
• New Hampshire financial aid
• New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation
• New Hampshire Union Leader
• New Hampshire university
• NextStudent
• NHHEAF
• NHHEAF survey
• NPR
• out of state employment
• paying for college
• private loans at for-profit colleges and universities
• private student loans
• relocation expense
• Robert Shireman
• Scholarships
• starting salaries
• Stay Work Play Incentive Program
• Stay Work Play Program
• student advocacy groups
• student debt
• student debt load
• student loan debt
• student loans
• Tom Daly
• training expense
• trends
• tuition
• U.S. News & World Report
• U.S. PIRG
• University System of New Hampshire

Students Increasingly Choosing Private Student Loans
22 April 09 03:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

According to analysis of Department of Education data released last week, the number of college students taking out private student loans over the last five years has risen sharply. Analysis by student advocacy group The Project on Student Debt revealed Read More...

Filed under: college loans, Department of Education, FAFSA, federal financial aid, federal student loans, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, higher education, Institute for College Access and Success, Laura Asher, NextStudent, private loans at for-profit colleges and universities, private student loans, Project on Student Debt, student advocacy groups

College Grads in New Hampshire Get $8,000 Incentive to Work in the State
06 March 09 04:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Hoping to entice more college students to work in the state after graduation, the University System of New Hampshire is partnering with the state’s employers to offer students an incentive to stay. New Hampshire graduates who work for an employer participating Read More...

Filed under: baby boomers, brain drain, California, college, college financial aid, college graduate, college loans, Dynamic Network Services, employment, federal student loan, financial aid, Mike Cullity, New Hampshire, New Hampshire college, New Hampshire college grads, New Hampshire Union Leader, New Hampshire university, NextStudent, out of state employment, paying for college, Project on Student Debt, relocation expense, Stay Work Play Incentive Program, Stay Work Play Program, student loans, Tom Daly, training expense, tuition, University System of New Hampshire

High Debt Loads Burdening New Hampshire College Graduates
31 July 08 04:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

New Hampshire provides its students with less financial aid than most of its neighboring New England states — a finding that suggests the state’s financial aid system may be in need of reform, according to an article in Foster’s Daily Democrat (“ Student Read More...

Filed under: Borrowing for a Brighter Future, college, college loans, Erin Hathaway, financial aid, Foster's Daily Democrat, New Hampshire financial aid, New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation, NextStudent, NHHEAF, NHHEAF survey, Project on Student Debt, student debt load, student loans, University System of New Hampshire

Word to the Wise on New Loan Forgiveness Programs: You May Not Qualify
10 June 08 03:56 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

College students looking to relieve their federal student loan debt “will be sorely disappointed” with the government’s new loan forgiveness programs that will begin in 2009, according to an article in U.S. News & World Report (“ The Problem with Read More...

Filed under: college, college loans, College Savings Foundation, Department of Education, financial aid, Income-Based Repayment, Kim Clark, NextStudent, Project on Student Debt, student loans, tuition, U.S. News & World Report

Student Loan Debt Is on the Rise, and College Grads Face Growing Financial Obstacles
04 November 07 08:10 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Money. Some of us have it. Some of us need more of it. Particularly recent college grads transitioning from their campus to the workspace, from having student loans available that help pay their living expenses to having to make it on their own—all while Read More...

Filed under: college, college advice, College Board, college pricing, consumer debt, cost of living, Erica Perez, financial aid, higher education, inflation, Larry Abramson, Luke Swarthout, median income, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, National Public Radio, NextStudent, NPR, Project on Student Debt, Robert Shireman, Scholarships, starting salaries, student debt, student loan debt, student loans, trends, tuition, U.S. PIRG