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PsyD Programs: How to Handle the Ridiculous Cost
- August 17, 2017
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Psychologist
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You wanted to be a clinical psychologist. The problem is that funded PhD programs want folks interested in research. To top it off, funded positions are really hard to get. Hence, PsyD programs sprung up in earnest after the Vail conference. Unfortunately, the high cost of PsyD programs grew even faster than enrollments. The untold
Single Servicer Failure: What is Means For You
- August 7, 2017
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Government, News
This administration seems like it’s getting good at “oops just kidding” policy proposals. The latest comes out of DeVos’s Education Department. I don’t know if you heard, but she’s nixing the idea to merge all student loan servicing to one company. Here’s some of my thoughts on the proposal’s failure and what it means for
Discover Student Loans Cost Way Too Much
- July 26, 2017
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Student loan Servicers
Before someone at Discover gets super mad at me, I want to preface this article by saying that relatively low cost Discover student loans do exist. However, the ones that I’ve seen have been at the kind of interest rates you’d assume the mob would lend at. I’m talking 9, 10, 11, and even 12%
New Milestone: Now Helping Clients with $100 Million+ in Student Debt
- July 19, 2017
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: News
I write this post excited and humbled that 362 clients are trusting Student Loan Planner to help them pay back $100 million in student debt now. The last time I did a milestone update was for passing $50 million in late March. Even better, these individuals are now on track to saved a projected $25
When Dental Students Should Avoid Grad Plus Like the Plague
- July 17, 2017
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Dentist
If you’re financing your dental school education, chances are your school is offering you Grad Plus loans as part of your financial aid package. If you owe so much that you’ll never be able to pay back your loans, then Grad Plus can be ok. However, many dental students though are losing thousands of dollars
Seminary School Loans: How to Pay Them and Focus on Your Calling
- July 11, 2017
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Seminary
Before the era of debt financed education, I doubt pastors and ministers faced anything like the student loan burdens of today. In the modern era, future religious leaders must contend with indebtedness from 2 sources. To get to seminary, you probably have to go to college and incur undergrad student loan debt. Then you go
Americans Owe $2 Trillion in Student Loans, We Just Don’t Know it Yet
- July 5, 2017
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Government, News
Every time a news site or the TV talks about student loans, they mention the $1.3 trillion burden hanging over the heads of mostly Millennial generation Americans. Occasionally the figure they use is $1.4 trillion or $1.5 trillion. It really depends on how recent the source they’re referencing is. These stats are just plain misleading
UC Davis Vet School Expansion to Cost a Half Billion Dollars (!)
- June 22, 2017
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Veterinarian
A half billion dollars over 10 years. That’s the approximate projected cost of the recently announced 10 year, $508 million UC Davis vet school expansion. My primary business here at Student Loan Planner is to help clients and readers find ways to save money on student debt. From a logical point of view, I shouldn’t
REPAYE Could Save $1,000 on Student Loans with One Phone Call
- June 20, 2017
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Income Driven Repayment, Student loan Servicers
What if I told you there’s a chance you could save $1,000 on your student loans with one phone call? For many individual borrowers out there on the Income Based Repayment program (IBR), that’s a realistic possibility. Here’s what I mean and who would qualify.
Sofi Makes Changes to Borrower Referral and Affiliate Bonuses
- June 19, 2017
- Posted by: Travis
- Category: Refinancing
I’ve got partnerships now with eight different student loan refinancing companies. Every one of them has the potential to deliver the best interest rate to you as a borrower, or I wouldn’t list them on my site. Because I’ve asked them to pay me less, they’ve all offered significant cash bonuses for refinancing to readers
