On Your Money: Student Debt Edition

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graduates pose for photographs during commencement
In this May 20, 2013 file photo, graduates pose for photographs during commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. There’s still plenty of pomp and circumstance, inspiring words from lofty speakers and tossing tassels, but today’s college graduation ceremonies include many a contemporary twist. In 1984, according to some estimates, only half of graduates had debt from college loans, averaging about $2,000. Americans owed more than $1.3 trillion in student loans at the end of June 2017, more than two and a half times what they owed a decade earlier, according to the Pew Research CenterAP Photo/Jessica Hill, File

Americans owed more than $1.3 trillion in student loans as of June 2017, according to the Pew Research Center, which is more than two and a half times what they owed just a decade earlier. On this edition of On Your Money, join us as we dive into the world of student debt management and consider how best to handle repayment options without breaking the bank with a guest financial specialist.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Breann Schossow Producer
  • Jennifer Hoepner Guest

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