Spotlight: Student Loan Dreams, Debt and Determination

SPOTLIGHT:

STUDENT LOAN DREAMS,
DEBT AND DETERMINATION

The amount of student loan debt in the U.S. has eclipsed $1.5 trillion across roughly 44 million borrowers. We followed three stories across three unique walks of life and learned how different people live with student loan debt.

THEIR STORIES

KHALIUN

Completed her undergraduate with a bachelor’s degree in International Studies and is hoping to pursue a law degree.

Student loan debt:
$200,000 (estimated)

Estimated repayment term:
Unknown
JILLIAN

Recently graduated with an MFA and is living in New York as a working actor. It will take her 25 years to pay off her debt.

Student loan debt:
$68,000

Estimated repayment term:
25 years
BRIAN AND AIMEE

Now doctors, they paid off their medical school debt in six and a half years while raising three children.

Student loan debt:
$550,000 (combined)

Payments fulfilled:
6.5 years (early repayment)

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