Kari Klein, a project and volunteer coordinator in the genetic support space, left grad school with $108,000 of student loan debt. Since then it has ballooned to $120,000. Klein intended to work in …
The Most Affordable MSW Programs: Public, Private and Online Schools Ranked
Grad school can be expensive and it’s well known that social work is an underpaid field of work. Because of this, it’s important to make sure that a Masters of Social Work (MSW) degree is affordable. …
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Marriage and Family Therapist Salary vs. Cost of an LMFT Degree
As a marriage and family therapist, you play a huge role in changing people’s lives and relationships, helping people find new ways of relating and pathways of thinking that result in real, measurable …
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A Debt Grows in Brooklyn
This essay is from a winner of the 2019 Student Loan Planner® Scholarship. My personal statement for graduate school applications was about social justice, serving those most in need, and …
Refinancing for Psychologists: Whether It’s Worth It Depends on Your DTI
A 2016 study by the American Psychological Association (APA) found the median anticipated graduate school debt for current students to be $110,000 (excluding undergraduate school debt). The APA study …
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Tales from a School Psychologist
This essay is from a finalist for the 2019 Student Loan Planner® Scholarship. This is a story of good fortune and timely decisions that led an aimless high school student to a career in school …